The present paper discusses the relevance and significance of the Hippocratic Oath to
contemporary medical ethical and moral values. It attempts to answer the questions about …

Does life have meaning? What is flourishing? How do we attain the good life? Philosophers,
and many others of us, have explored these questions for centuries. As Eva Feder Kittay …

The question whether the free exercise clause requires the granting of religious exemptions
from generally applicable laws with secular purposes has generated lively debate. Beyond a …

This is the second part of a paper on the relevance and significance of the Hippocratic Oath
to modern medical ethical and moral values with the aim at answering questions on …

Beneficent actions and motives have traditionally occupied a central place in morality.
Common examples today are found in social welfare programs, scholarships for needy and …

Artificial intelligences (AIs) are widely used in tasks ranging from transportation to healthcare
and military, but it is not yet known how people prefer them to act in ethically difficult …

Developments in medical big data analytics may bring societal benefits but are also
challenging privacy and other ethical values. At the same time, an overly restrictive data …

Objectives Patients with complex long-term needs experience multiple parallel care
processes, which may have conflicting or competing goals, within their individual patient …

"[Cantor provides] both a cogent and provocative text and prodigious references."--The New
England Journal of Medicine" Cantor develops a careful and accessible ethic of autonomy …

Following developments in human medical ethics, veterinary ethics has similarly shifted from
a historic paternalistic approach, toward greater respect for autonomy. Veterinarians operate …