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Explore big issues in bioethics with John Lantos

Designer babies

Gene therapy

Artificial wombs

AI and Big Data
Disability rights
Babies born at the borderline of viability
Expensive and futile treatment
Euthanasia and other end-of-life choices

Read Dr. John Lantos's perspective on the ethical dilemmas society faces today

John Lantos

UK Appeals Court Supports Ableism

Ms. Heidi Crowter has Down Syndrome. So does her son Aiden. She thinks that her and her son’s lives are are worth living. She thinks...

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Florida’s Anti-Vax Policy

The Florida Department of Health recently recommended that COVID vaccine not be given to males between the ages of 18-39. They claimed...

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The SARS-CoV-2 Lab-Leak Theory and the Dog That Did Not Bark

In a Sherlock Holmes story, a racehorse disappears on the night before a big race. Holmes is called in to investigate. He focuses not...

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Converging Crises for Kids

Two ominous trends, and two ends of the illness severity spectrum, portend trouble for kids who need health care and the doctors who take...

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COVID, Colonoscopies, and Certainty

OK, just “follow the science.” What the hell does that mean? Philosophers of science know that scientific knowledge is value-laden. We...