What is a genome? The fact that many diseases can now be traced to genetic makeup makes sequencing of personal genomes a useful diagnostic tool. This legitimate endeavour, together with recent developments in next generation sequencing techniques, is dramatically altering aspects of clinical practice. In the UK, the rise of personalised medicine is evident from […]

I retired about six years ago and have since been engaged on a number of projects as project developer (with the usual quota of failures) and so have been following current developments in banking and business as more of an outsider. I wanted to place the idea of ethics in business in a philosophical context but shied […]

We are here to talk about a man who elevated attacks on Christianity to a high art – or rather lowered his high art to attacks on Christianity. At age 50, Tolstoy declared he was giving up literature to teach the world how to live. Consequently, half of his life’s work is non-fiction – a 45-volume […]

Neil Scolding trained in Medicine in Cardiff and in Neurology in Cardiff, Cambridge and Queen Square, London. He has been Burden Professor of Clinical Neurosciences in Bristol since 1999. He is also a past Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics. He has a clinical and research interest in […]

The moral code presented by a religion for its practitioners is produced and influenced by a number of factors, some of which are universal, while others are specific to the particular religion. The potentially universal include, for instance, natural law, the human conscience, and the ‘speaking’ of God in the human soul. Religion-specific ones include (a) […]

Not all cases admit of only one permissible outcome. In some areas, judges have a discretion to exercise. In others, they have to make an evaluative judgment. The paper will explore the parameters within which these exercises are carried out and the extent to which they are susceptible of  review on appeal.  

No nation is free from disputes and confrontations between other nations. These disputes often derive from territorial and economic interests, control of naturaL resources, etc. However, recent cases show that another source of intra-nation disputes arises from the interpretation and perception of historical facts. As part of a recent Stanford project on historical studies/education and reconciliation […]

Religious believers are often accused of seeking to impose their morality upon others and of not respecting the separation of Church and State. They are told to keep their beliefs to themselves and to stay out of the public arena. However, what we are now finding is that those who insist on the separation of […]