Category Archives: bioethics

Canada: Global News Live Blogging Promotion of Killing Disabled Kids Tonight (March 16)

bioethics, Canada, media bias, Our News & Commentary Blog, promoting murder, Robert Latimer, tracy latimer, unethical ethicists

(My apologies to people who subscribe to this blog via email.  You’ll get this info after the fact.) Tonight (March 16) Global News is doing a ‘live blog’ promoting the killing of children with disabilities.  The Canadian news network is calling it a ‘discussion,’ but they’re misleading people.  They have a three-person panel.  The first … Continue reading Canada: Global News Live Blogging Promotion of Killing Disabled Kids Tonight (March 16) →

President/CEO of Center for Practical Bioethics Careless with Facts Comparing Final Exit Network to Kevorkian

assisted suicide, bioethics, Center for Practical Bioethics, final exit network, Georgia, John Carney, Kevorkian, lawrence egbert, Our News & Commentary Blog, reality check

I’ll be the first to admit that there are some bioethicists that can and do write with intellectual honesty and engage in rigorous analysis.  However, those qualities are not required in order to gain respect in the field of bioethics.  I offer Jacob Appel and Peter Singer as Exhibits A and B. (Those appear to … Continue reading President/CEO of Center for Practical Bioethics Careless with Facts Comparing Final Exit Network to Kevorkian →

The Onion: Brain-Dead Teen, Limited to Texting and Rolling Eyes, to be Euthanized (SATIRE)

bioethics, brain death, euthanasia, humor, Our News & Commentary Blog, satire, the onion

I love The Onion. I’m pretty sure that the writers aren’t taking a position on euthanasia here, but doing what satirists do best; they’ve taken a well-known, overused, emotionally manipulative and predictable script – and then twisted the context. I apologize for the lack of captioning, but I couldn’t pass this up. If there’s a … Continue reading The Onion: Brain-Dead Teen, Limited to Texting and Rolling Eyes, to be Euthanized (SATIRE) →

Organ Procurement Guidelines, Health Care Decisions and People With Disabilities

bioethics, dcd, diane coleman, donation after cardiac death, national catholic partnership on disability, organ donation, Our News & Commentary Blog, public comment, Stephen Mikochik, united network for organ sharing

Less than two months ago, I was introduced to a new policy arena about which I still have much to learn:  the organ procurement and organ sharing system.  In the U.S., the federal Department of Health and Human Services contracts with the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)/United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to manage … Continue reading Organ Procurement Guidelines, Health Care Decisions and People With Disabilities →

RESEARCH – Study finds that antisocial personality traits linked to embracing utilitarian ethics – (like those promoted by Peter Singer)

bioethics, moral reasoning, Our News & Commentary Blog, Peter Singer, psychopaths, research, Utilitarianism

I suspect most readers of this blog are familiar with Peter Singer – mostly through his views on infanticide and euthanasia.  Many others are already familiar with his book Animal Liberation – a book that served as the first inspiration for many who are now in the animal rights movement. Singer’s worldview – and the … Continue reading RESEARCH – Study finds that antisocial personality traits linked to embracing utilitarian ethics – (like those promoted by Peter Singer) →