If we chose it, would we need it?
An interesting new target has appeared in the discussion on human enhancements: to prevent and halt anthropogenic climate change by the use of moral bioenhancement. The issue of moral enhancements is...
View ArticleEvolutionary psychology and multidisciplinary challenges
Evolutionary Psychology has recently gained some public attention in Finland, as the University of Turku has announced that it will establish the discipline as a permanent study module from the...
View ArticleEpigenetics and Blaming Pregnant Women: Hasty Conclusions, Control, and...
In a recent (13.8.2014) article in Nature , Sarah S. Richardson and colleagues maintain that careless discussion of epigenetic research on how early life affects health across generations could harm...
View ArticleBad news for “intelligence-genes”
Intelligence and its heritability has been a popular topic in scientific communities and public discussions for long. Recent findings give new insight to the debate: one of the largest studies on...
View ArticleFacebook and Apple – Increasing choice and control or creating biased solutions?
Reproductive technologies were in the headlines when Facebook and Apple announced they would offer female employees a $20,000 benefit to freeze their eggs. According to the report, this enables women...
View ArticleBiomedical enhancement and the need for more precise conceptions
Much of the discussion about biomedical enhancements is about arguing whether some biomedical enhancement would, or would not be a good, ethical, or efficient means for enhancing a particular human...
View ArticleConventional and non-conventional medicine and the Placebo Paradox
Alternative medicine is a trendy topic to discuss – both by despising and praising it in a contradictory manner. But there is something controversial in the categorical critique towards it. The...
View ArticleTrust, mistrust, and science – finding the balance between conspiracy...
Scientific illiteracy and “anti-science”-beliefs are a common topic in scientific and academic communities. For example, how most (or many) Americans do not understand the difference between DNA and a...
View ArticleThe discussion that the scientists in Nature and Science called for should...
Just over a week ago, prominent scientists in Nature and Science called for a ban for DNA modification in human embryos. This is because the scientists presume that now it actually would be possible to...
View ArticleGuest Post: New Tools for Bioethics Education and Public Engagement
Written by Johann Ahola-Launonen University of Helsinki How should bioethical discussion be? The academic debate entails a tension between different parties, which often are difficult to compare. To...
View ArticleGuest Post: Genetics education, genetic determinism, and the trickle-down effect
Written By Johanna Ahola-Launonen University of Helsinki In bioethical discussion, it is often debated whether or not some studies espouse genetic determinism. A recent study by Tuomas Aivelo and Anna...
View ArticleGuest Post: The food environment, obesity, and primary targets of intervention
Written By Johanna Ahola-Launonen University of Helsinki Chronic diseases, their origins, and issues of responsibility are a prevalent topic in current health care ethics and public discussion; and...
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