Impact Ethics

Ubaka Ogbogu argues that vaccinating a child against illness is in the child’s best interest and should be the default norm.

Nuala Kenny discusses the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to remove the prohibition on assisted suicide.

Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry problematizes the desire for “certainty” that has influenced, and no doubt will continue to influence, the debate on physician-assisted dying.

Jocelyn Downie provides a brief summary of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Carter v. Canada (Attorney General) to help explain why prohibiting physician-assisted death is unconstitutional.