In ‘Ethical implications of the mereology of pregnancy’, Devanesan argues that the mereology of pregnancy ‘does not determine what [ethical position] you can argue for, but it does determine how you ...

Devanesan argues that competing mereological accounts of pregnancy have important metaethical implications.1 Although no particular ontology of pregnancy entails a specific position on abortion or ...

Mandatory calorie labelling policies (MCLs) are widely defended as neutral tools for promoting public health. This paper argues that they are neither neutral, in effect or justification, nor justified ...

Stem cell-based embryo models (SCBEMs) offer new ways for studying early human development while circumventing ethical challenges associated with natural embryos. Traditionally, SCBEMs are categorised ...

Boundaries in biology are complex, extending across levels, time and space in gradient, varied and discordant ways.1 Which elements of those boundaries are relevant to individuation is sensitive to ...

Arjun Devanesan1 notes that many ethicists have argued that the mereology of pregnancy bears on debates in reproductive ethics, although there is no consensus on the nature or extent of its impact. He ...

“Lay epidemiology” is a term used to describe the processes through which health risks are understood and interpreted by laypeople. It is seen as a barrier to public health when the public disbelieves ...

The purpose of this article is to offer an alternative, more nuanced analysis of the labelling of frontline workers as heroes than originally proposed. Here, we argue that the hero narrative in itself ...

Background: Publications and discussions of survey research in empirical bioethics have steadily increased over the past two decades. However, findings often differ among studies with similar research ...

In this response piece, I argue that the ‘coercive paternalism’ that Sarah Conly endorses in her book Against Autonomy veers towards a back-door perfectionism. Although Conly points out that coercive ...