Tag Archives: Autonomy
The Moral Heritage of Bioethics East and West
Rashad Rehman argues that bioethicists should turn their attention to the shared moral heritage of both Western and non-Western bioethics.
Adolescent Consent: Culturally Relative or Universal?
Julien Brisson supports removing age-based restrictions on adolescent healthcare consent, advocating for decisions to be made on the adolescent’s capacity to understand the treatment.
Inequities for Trans and Non-Binary Youth in New Brunswick
Julien Brisson argues that New Brunswick’s policy mandating parental consent for students under 16 to use their preferred names and pronouns creates unjust inequalities between students based on parental support.
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.
Dignity and Adolescents’ Autonomy
Julien Brisson argues for an autonomy-based deontological approach to the topic of adolescent access to sexual and reproductive health services.
Impact Ethics 