Symposium Introduction: Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Deep Phenotyping
This digital symposium explores the ethical, legal, and social implications of advances in deep phenotyping in psychiatry research.
Philosophy
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The study, which involved an online survey of and interviews with older adults, revealed a heterogeneity of ways of thinking about capacity.
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If you want to understand our politics of abortion, you must read Mary Ziegler’s recent book, “Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present.”
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Read more: What the Study of Religion Can Teach Us About Psychedelics What the Study of Religion Can Teach Us About Psychedelics
As a scholar of religion who cares deeply about this psychedelic renaissance, I offer two points of caution from the perspective of my field.
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Read more: Announcing The Journal of Philosophy of Disability Announcing The Journal of Philosophy of Disability
The Journal of Philosophy of Disability (JPD) is a new journal devoted to the philosophical study of disability.
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Read more: Old and New Ways of Coping with COVID-19: Ethics Matters (Part I) Old and New Ways of Coping with COVID-19: Ethics Matters (Part I)
Your life and the lives of many others may depend now on isolation, quarantine, cordon sanitaire, shelter in place, or physical distancing.
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Read more: On the Tyranny of Partners in Posthumous Reproduction Cases On the Tyranny of Partners in Posthumous Reproduction Cases
By Shelly Simana The topic of posthumous reproduction has produced great interest globally due to the fundamental dilemmas it raises. The most controversial cases are the ones in which there is no explicit consent on behalf of the deceased person for using his or her gametes after death. In those cases, courts try to trace…
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Read more: Please and Thank You: Do we Have Moral Obligations Towards Emotionally Intelligent Machines? Please and Thank You: Do we Have Moral Obligations Towards Emotionally Intelligent Machines?
Do you owe Alexa your politeness? Do you owe any moral consideration whatsoever to an AI?
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Read more: What We Lost When We Lost Google ATEAC What We Lost When We Lost Google ATEAC
In a few weeks, Google’s Advanced Technology External Advisory Council (ATEAC) was scheduled to come together for its first meeting to stress test a policy on facial recognition they had come up with internally.
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Read more: No One Is Sovereign Over Genetic Sequences No One Is Sovereign Over Genetic Sequences
The redistributive intuition of interpreting the Nagoya Protocol to apply to sequence information is appealing. But it makes no sense. And more importantly, it will put lives at risk in times of disease.
