Category Human Rights
“But I Would Want to Know”: How Should We Think About Parental Rights?
Kirstin Borgerson discusses the nature and limits of parental rights.
Alberta’s Recovery-Based Approach to the Opioid Crisis
Shyanne Dougherty questions the goal and the likely effectiveness of the Alberta UCP government’s supposed “recovery-based” approach to the opioid crisis.
Chatbots and Us: Between Connection and Misconception
Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon and Zoha Khawaja shed light on the crucial task of untangling the limitations, dispelling misconceptions, and averting potential misuses of AI chatbots in the dynamic landscapes of human-machine relationships and in mental health services.
Whose Responsibility Are Ethical Issues in Phase 1 Research?
Dessislava Fessenko reveals that ethical concerns surrounding the participation of healthy volunteers in Phase 1 clinical trials have deep roots in broader social conditions, which require social policy responses.
A real prisoner’s dilemma: Organ donation for reduced sentences
Niklas Kirchner and Daniel Lucas identify three major moral problems with a recently proposed bill offering prisoners reduced sentences in exchange for organ donation.
Impact Ethics 