Science and technology studies concerned with the study of lay influence on the sciences
usually analyze either the political or the normative epistemological consequences of lay …

The impetus for this review is the intriguing realisation that eugenics, viewed as dystopian
and authoritarian in most of the 20th century, is in the process of being reinterpreted today …

Abstract “Ethics” is used as a label for a new kind of expertise in the field of science and
technology. At the same time, it is not clear what ethical expertise consists in and what its …

The acquisition of genetic information (GI) confronts both the affected individuals and
healthcare providers with difficult, ambivalent decisions. Genetic responsibility (GR) has …

We start (section The COVID-19 Pandemic and Italy's Response to It) by focusing on Italy's
“tough” response to COVID-19 pandemic, which included total lockdown with very limited …

Background The concepts of disease, illness and sickness capture fundamentally different
aspects of phenomena related to human ailments and healthcare. The philosophy and …

Background End-of-life decision making constitutes a major challenge for bioethical
deliberation and political governance in modern democracies: On the one hand, it touches …

Bioethicists tend to focus on the individual as the relevant moral subject. Yet, in highly
complex and socially differentiated healthcare systems a number of social groups, each …

The professional and institutional responsibility for handling genetic knowledge is well
discussed; less attention has been paid to how lay people and particularly people who are …

Empirical studies on people's moral attitudes regarding ethically challenging topics
contribute greatly to research in medical ethics. However, it is not always clear in which …