As we look towards the future of healthcare, integrating Care Robots (CRs) into health
systems is a practical approach to address challenges such as an ageing population and …

This article presents a revised version of negative utilitarianism. Previous versions have
relied on a hedonistic theory of value and stated that suffering should be minimized. The …

Abstract The European Union's 2018 updated bioeconomy strategy A Sustainable
Bioeconomy for Europe: Strengthening the connection between economy, society and the …

Blumenthal-Barby et al.(2022) present a nuanced and convincing case for the continued
presence of moral and political philosophers in bioethics. We agree with the authors that …

This Element provides an exploration of antinatalism, the view that assigns a negative value
to reproduction. First, the history of Western philosophy as a two-and-a-half millennia …

Climate change poses a challenge to bioethics due to overpopulation and a declining
quality of life, among other factors. In this article, we discuss four scenarios of possible …

I present a qualified new defense of antinatalism. It is intended to empower potential parents
who worry about their possible children's life quality in a world threatened by environmental …

There is no longer any doubt that the coming decades will bring serious threats to humanity
from anthropogenic climate change. As we have suggested elsewhere, horrible scenarios …

Aim: This paper investigates the conditions for inclusive design of regenerative medicine
interventions from a bioethical perspective, taking regenerative valve implants as a …

Sustainability, properly understood, is an existential moral ideal. The United Nations,
however, defines it in terms of 17 indivisible sustainable development goals. This definition …