The ethics of utilitarianism and the vaccine ‘war’ against coronavirus
The 'greater good' argument is flawed because it assumes an injustice is acceptable if it produces a net benefit.
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Articles tagged National Catholic Bioethics Center
New York Times pushes ‘poly-parent’ children created using next-generation IVF
Ethicists say, however, that in vitro gametogenesis (IVG) has ‘grave ethical concerns with regards to eugenics, custody, and the yet unknown effects on the children created.’
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Scientists pay poor women to get pregnant, abort babies in new research
The hyperstimulated hormone procedure creates as many as 20 eggs at one time and raises serious ethical questions.
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Re-examining ‘brain death’: Doctors may be harvesting organs before donors are dead
If physicians wait long enough to be certain that all functions of the entire brain have irreversibly ceased, then the deceased person's organs will not be transplantable.
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Tinkering with an unborn baby’s DNA is OK: UK think tank
Not so fast: Editing the DNA of a human embryo remains illegal and immoral.
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Charlie Gard’s hospital ‘immorally’ usurps parental rights: Catholic bioethicist
It 'is not the case' that Charlie is a ward of the state, and therefore his parents have the right to make decisions, said Dr. John Haas.
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