Rapid advances in neuroscience and neurotechnology have opened up an unprecedented set of possibilities “for accessing, collecting, sharing and manipulating information from the human brain”, announced Roberto Andorno, professor at the University of Zurich (Switzerland), at the Interuniversity Congress on [...]
Peter Singer has been awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Humanities and Social Sciences [shared with Steven Pinker] for “innovative academic contributions in the spheres of rationality and the moral domain” as announced by its sponsors. Philosopher [...]
INTRODUCTION Pérez Luño (2010, p. 50) defines human rights as “a set of faculties and institutions that, in each historical moment, specify the demands of dignity, freedom and equality, which must be positively recognized by the legal systems at the [...]
On March 17, the insurer of the pharmaceutical company Sanofi was sentenced by the court of first instance number 91 of Madrid, to compensate three families with an amount between 600,000 and 1.3 million euros in relation to the commercialization [...]
The European federation “One of Us”, of which the Bioethics Observatory of the Catholic University of Valencia is a member, has released a statement denouncing the war in Ukraine. It states that “Europe and Western civilization need a true moral [...]
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has asked the European Parliament in Strasbourg that abortion and environmental protection be explicitly incorporated (EU) in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. “I want us to consolidate our values as [...]
On the last International Women’s Day (March 8, 2021) an Indian web said “For a country that is home to the second largest population of women in the world and which has spiritually put women on a pedestal of Goddess, [...]
Updated 9/14/2021 The term ageism was coined in the English language in 1969, and is defined in the Cambridge Dictionary as “unfair treatment of people who are becoming old or who are old”. From a bioethical point of view, this definition is an excellent interpretation of ageism – it is [...]
The vaccine passport has become a matter of debate from a medical and bioethical perspective. The question of what it is and where is it currently being used, and the difference between a certificate of vaccination and a certificate of [...]
Human trafficking is an issue that characterizes our complex developed societies. However, it is difficult to evaluate as victims are coerced and are often afraid to make their situation known. The United States (US) has found a means to partially [...]
The parent consent responsibility for babies before parental or adoption is obtained by intended parents appears to be almost unknown by medical pediatric staff. Parental responsibility (PR) regarding consent for babies before a parental or adoption order is obtained by [...]
The COVID-19 risk in Africa has been an issue of concern from the beginning of the global outbreak. The weak health care systems in most countries, poor regions with low sanitary structures, etc. are factors that could put the entire [...]
