Features

Repurposing the Ladder
Liberty, Choice, and Autonomy as Applied to India’s COVID-19 Vaccination Drive

May 19, 2021

Rohin Bhatt, Vishnu Subrahmanyam
On the Status of Rights
Legal and Philosophical

May 18, 2021

Liam Butchart
Weeding Out Disingenuous Emergency Orders
A Consistent Ethical Justification to Determine Whether to Apply Jacobson v. Massachusetts’ Deferential Approach or the Tiered Scrutiny that Would Apply Absent an Emergency

May 12, 2021

Anne Zimmerman
Pregnancy Clauses
The Ethically Unfounded Exemption to Advance Care Directives

Apr 23, 2021

Gianna R. Strand
COVID-19 in the Navajo Nation Without Access to Running Water
The lasting effects of Settler Colonialism

Mar 8, 2021

Cathy Purvis Lively
Putting Patient Concerns on the Policy Agenda
The Need for a Unified, Independent Patient Lobby

Feb 6, 2021

Gyan Moorthy
Public Policy Through the Lens of Necessity
Post-Death Organ Donation

Jan 29, 2021

Anne Zimmerman
Personhood, Critical Interests, and the Moral Imperative of Advance Directives in Alzheimer’s Cases
Jan 23, 2021

Samuel Dale
No Animals Were Harmed in the Making of this Veal
Jan 7, 2021

Edmund Weisberg
The Part of the Primary Care Provider in our National Awakening to Systemic Racism
Dec 11, 2020

Katie Chaucer, Monika DeTurk
Compulsory COVID-19 Vaccination?
Only as a Policy of Last Resort

Dec 7, 2020

Gyan Moorthy
Three Is Not a Crowd
A Case for Granting Parental Rights to Mitochondrial DNA Providers

Dec 5, 2020

Rohin Bhatt
Recruiting Psychology Students to Participate in Faculty/Department Research
Ethical Considerations and Best Practices

Nov 29, 2020

Gyan Moorthy
LASIK Surgery
Do the Advertising and Risk Disclosures Reflect the True Risk of Complication?

Nov 18, 2020

Megan Yu
The Dual Role of the Medical Device Representative
Supporting the Surgeon and Selling the Product, Which Role Takes Priority?

Oct 30, 2020

Cathy Lively
Ethics of Cognitive Restructuring
A Rehabilitation of Rape Victims and Offenders

Oct 27, 2020

Osebor Ikechukwu Monday
The Burden of Deciding for Others
Caring for Unrepresented Patients with COVID-19

Oct 27, 2020

Krishna Chokshi
“Salvage” over “demolition”
Saving the ACA Post Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Sep 23, 2020

Anne Zimmerman
Modernizing and expanding universal eye care coverage after VISION 2020
A call for a new approach to global, equitable access

Sep 18, 2020

Megan Yu
The California Gig Economy Law
Just How Far Will Employers Go to Avoid Providing Health Insurance?

Sep 1, 2020

Anne Zimmerman
Using HIV/AIDS Education as a Model for Female Genital Cutting Education
Respecting culture while educating communities

Aug 4, 2020

Farley Moore
Federal Troops in the Portland, Oregon Protests
Race, Authoritarianism, and a Posse Comitatus Act Violation

Jul 22, 2020

Anne Zimmerman
Flint Revisited
The media’s overwhelming indifference to the existence and impact of environmental racism

Jul 11, 2020

Tracey L. Cohen
Justification for Stem Cell Research Considering Embryos Have Some Moral Status
Jun 30, 2020

Elizabeth Ingram
The Right to Try
Jun 6, 2020

Jacqueline Augenstein
Actually Helping Some Poor People
Global Philanthropy, Sustainability & Privilege

May 8, 2020

Jennifer Wineke
Philosophical Pragmatism and Abortion
Apr 12, 2020

Steven Daws
Oversight of biohacking when the stakes are high
Ethics police or FBI?

Mar 26, 2020

Camille Castelyn
Marketing madness
The disingenuous use of free speech by big data and big pharma to the detriment of medical data privacy

Mar 12, 2020

Anne Zimmerman, JD
Patients Choosing Healthcare Provider Based on Race
Ethical Issues and Considerations

Feb 24, 2020

Melina Kim

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Repurposing the Ladder Liberty, Choice, and Autonomy as Applied to India’s COVID-19 Vaccination Drive May 19, 2021

On the Status of Rights Legal and Philosophical May 18, 2021

Weeding Out Disingenuous Emergency Orders A Consistent Ethical Justification to Determine Whether to Apply Jacobson v. Massachusetts’ Deferential Approach or the Tiered Scrutiny that Would Apply Absent an Emergency May 12, 2021

Pregnancy Clauses The Ethically Unfounded Exemption to Advance Care Directives Apr 23, 2021

COVID-19 in the Navajo Nation Without Access to Running Water The lasting effects of Settler Colonialism Mar 8, 2021

Putting Patient Concerns on the Policy Agenda The Need for a Unified, Independent Patient Lobby Feb 6, 2021

Public Policy Through the Lens of Necessity Post-Death Organ Donation Jan 29, 2021

Personhood, Critical Interests, and the Moral Imperative of Advance Directives in Alzheimer’s Cases Jan 23, 2021

No Animals Were Harmed in the Making of this Veal Jan 7, 2021

The Part of the Primary Care Provider in our National Awakening to Systemic Racism Dec 11, 2020

Compulsory COVID-19 Vaccination? Only as a Policy of Last Resort Dec 7, 2020

Three Is Not a Crowd A Case for Granting Parental Rights to Mitochondrial DNA Providers Dec 5, 2020

Recruiting Psychology Students to Participate in Faculty/Department Research Ethical Considerations and Best Practices Nov 29, 2020

LASIK Surgery Do the Advertising and Risk Disclosures Reflect the True Risk of Complication? Nov 18, 2020

The Dual Role of the Medical Device Representative Supporting the Surgeon and Selling the Product, Which Role Takes Priority? Oct 30, 2020

Ethics of Cognitive Restructuring A Rehabilitation of Rape Victims and Offenders Oct 27, 2020

The Burden of Deciding for Others Caring for Unrepresented Patients with COVID-19 Oct 27, 2020

“Salvage” over “demolition” Saving the ACA Post Ruth Bader Ginsburg Sep 23, 2020

Modernizing and expanding universal eye care coverage after VISION 2020 A call for a new approach to global, equitable access Sep 18, 2020

The California Gig Economy Law Just How Far Will Employers Go to Avoid Providing Health Insurance? Sep 1, 2020

Using HIV/AIDS Education as a Model for Female Genital Cutting Education Respecting culture while educating communities Aug 4, 2020

Federal Troops in the Portland, Oregon Protests Race, Authoritarianism, and a Posse Comitatus Act Violation Jul 22, 2020

Flint Revisited The media’s overwhelming indifference to the existence and impact of environmental racism Jul 11, 2020

Justification for Stem Cell Research Considering Embryos Have Some Moral Status Jun 30, 2020

The Right to Try Jun 6, 2020

Actually Helping Some Poor People Global Philanthropy, Sustainability & Privilege May 8, 2020

Philosophical Pragmatism and Abortion Apr 12, 2020

Oversight of biohacking when the stakes are high Ethics police or FBI? Mar 26, 2020

Marketing madness The disingenuous use of free speech by big data and big pharma to the detriment of medical data privacy Mar 12, 2020

Patients Choosing Healthcare Provider Based on Race Ethical Issues and Considerations Feb 24, 2020

Repurposing the Ladder
Liberty, Choice, and Autonomy as Applied to India’s COVID-19 Vaccination Drive

May 19, 2021

On the Status of Rights
Legal and Philosophical

May 18, 2021

Weeding Out Disingenuous Emergency Orders
A Consistent Ethical Justification to Determine Whether to Apply Jacobson v. Massachusetts’ Deferential Approach or the Tiered Scrutiny that Would Apply Absent an Emergency

May 12, 2021

Pregnancy Clauses
The Ethically Unfounded Exemption to Advance Care Directives

Apr 23, 2021

COVID-19 in the Navajo Nation Without Access to Running Water
The lasting effects of Settler Colonialism

Mar 8, 2021

Putting Patient Concerns on the Policy Agenda
The Need for a Unified, Independent Patient Lobby

Feb 6, 2021

Public Policy Through the Lens of Necessity
Post-Death Organ Donation

Jan 29, 2021

Personhood, Critical Interests, and the Moral Imperative of Advance Directives in Alzheimer’s Cases
Jan 23, 2021

No Animals Were Harmed in the Making of this Veal
Jan 7, 2021

The Part of the Primary Care Provider in our National Awakening to Systemic Racism
Dec 11, 2020

Compulsory COVID-19 Vaccination?
Only as a Policy of Last Resort

Dec 7, 2020

Three Is Not a Crowd
A Case for Granting Parental Rights to Mitochondrial DNA Providers

Dec 5, 2020

Recruiting Psychology Students to Participate in Faculty/Department Research
Ethical Considerations and Best Practices

Nov 29, 2020

LASIK Surgery
Do the Advertising and Risk Disclosures Reflect the True Risk of Complication?

Nov 18, 2020

The Dual Role of the Medical Device Representative
Supporting the Surgeon and Selling the Product, Which Role Takes Priority?

Oct 30, 2020

Ethics of Cognitive Restructuring
A Rehabilitation of Rape Victims and Offenders

Oct 27, 2020

The Burden of Deciding for Others
Caring for Unrepresented Patients with COVID-19

Oct 27, 2020

“Salvage” over “demolition”
Saving the ACA Post Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Sep 23, 2020

Modernizing and expanding universal eye care coverage after VISION 2020
A call for a new approach to global, equitable access

Sep 18, 2020

The California Gig Economy Law
Just How Far Will Employers Go to Avoid Providing Health Insurance?

Sep 1, 2020

Using HIV/AIDS Education as a Model for Female Genital Cutting Education
Respecting culture while educating communities

Aug 4, 2020

Federal Troops in the Portland, Oregon Protests
Race, Authoritarianism, and a Posse Comitatus Act Violation

Jul 22, 2020

Flint Revisited
The media’s overwhelming indifference to the existence and impact of environmental racism

Jul 11, 2020

Justification for Stem Cell Research Considering Embryos Have Some Moral Status
Jun 30, 2020

The Right to Try
Jun 6, 2020

Actually Helping Some Poor People
Global Philanthropy, Sustainability & Privilege

May 8, 2020

Philosophical Pragmatism and Abortion
Apr 12, 2020

Oversight of biohacking when the stakes are high
Ethics police or FBI?

Mar 26, 2020

Marketing madness
The disingenuous use of free speech by big data and big pharma to the detriment of medical data privacy

Mar 12, 2020

Patients Choosing Healthcare Provider Based on Race
Ethical Issues and Considerations

Feb 24, 2020