Author Archives: Impact Ethics

The History of Eugenics and Contemporary Debates over Human Enhancement

Heloise Robinson announces a call for papers for a special issue of the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry on the role of the history of eugenics within contemporary debates over human enhancement.

When AI Rents Humans: A Warning for Healthcare

Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon warns that as artificial intelligence (AI) agents begin hiring humans for physical tasks, we must ensure this inversion of labour does not reduce health care to a series of gig-economy transactions directed by algorithms.

Dalhousie’s Case Diversification: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (Part 2)

In an ongoing series of commentaries, Lynette Reid describes the work done at Dalhousie University to diversify the case-based learning curriculum in the medical program.

Dalhousie’s Case Diversification: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (Part 1)

In an ongoing series of commentaries, Lynette Reid describes the work done at Dalhousie University to diversify the case-based learning curriculum in the medical program.

Performative Policy: When Anti-Racism Is Managed, Not Practiced

Danielle Gibbs Koenitzer examines how healthcare institutions manage anti-racism through policy and process while avoiding the structural changes required to protect marginalized patients and professionals.