Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 20, Issue 1 Free Access Editorial: “The Danger of Words”: Language Games in Bioethics Michael A. Ashby Free Access Editorial: Dogs, Epistemic Indefensibility and Ethical Denial: Don’t Let Sleeping Dog Owners Lie David Shaw Open Access Recent Developments: Voluntary Assisted Dying in Australia—Key Similarities and Points of Difference Concerning Eligibility…
Research Ethics
“The Danger of Words”: Language Games in Bioethics
Michael A. Ashby Editorial. Free Access. Published online: 19 April 2023. To most doctors and health workers who haven’t studied philosophy, the works of Ludwig Wittgenstein are hard to approach. Many of us outside the philosophical academy will tend to know more about him through the landmark biography by Ray Monk (1991): the irascible genius…
Issue 19(4)
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 4 Free Access Editorial: One Last Unexpected Lesson From the Life and Death of Queen Elizabeth II Michael Ashby Open Access Recent Developments: Victoria, Australia, is getting a new Mental Health and Wellbeing Bill Chris Maylea Free Access Letter to the Editor: Critical Incident Stress Debriefing George Skowronski…
Issue 19(3): Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Emerging Technology
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 3, 2022 Guest Editor: Evie Kendal Editorial Michael Ashby Despair of the Intellect, but Hope of the Heart? Recent Developments Neera Bhatia Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust v WV [2022] EWCOP 9 Symposium: Lead essay Evie Kendal Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Emerging Technology (ELSIET) Symposium Symposium:…
Professional Oversight of Emergency-Use Interventions and Monitoring Systems: Ethical Guidance From the Singapore Experience of COVID-19
Original Research Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 2 Tamra Lysaght, Gerald Owen Schaefer, Teck Chuan Voo, Hwee Lin Wee & Roy Joseph Abstract High degrees of uncertainty and a lack of effective therapeutic treatments have characterized the COVID-19 pandemic and the provision of drug products outside research settings has been controversial….
Issue 19(2)
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 2 Free Access Editorial: Nature of Suffering, Anarchy, Life and Liberty: Is the Cure Worse Than the Disease? Michael Ashby Open Access Recent Developments: Clinical Software and Bad Decisions: The “Practice Fusion” Settlement and Its Implications Megan Prictor Open Access Critical Perspectives: An Ethical Framework for Visitation of…
Philosophy of Science Can Prevent Manslaughter
Critical Perspectives Open Access. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. Published online 24 June 2022. Andreas De Block, Pierre Delaere & Kristien Hens Abstract In September 2020, the surgeon Paulo Macchiarini, who used stem cell technology to enable the transplants of artificial and donor trachea, was charged with aggravated assault in Sweden. In this comment, we argue…
Symposium: The Legacy of Miles Little
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 1, 2022 Guest Editors: Claire Hooker, Ian Kerridge, Wendy Lipworth, and Kathryn MacKay The full texts of all the symposium articles are available to read using the links below**. Editorial : Liminality: The Not-So-New Normal?, Free Access, Michael Ashby Lead essay: A Discursive Exploration of Values and Ethics in…
Issues 19(1): Symposium–The Legacy of Miles Little
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 19, Issue 1, 2022 Guest Editors: Claire Hooker, Ian Kerridge, Wendy Lipworth, and Kathryn MacKay Editorial Michael Ashby Liminality: The Not-So-New Normal? Editorial David Shaw The Side Effects of Not Being Vaccinated: Individual Risk and Vaccine Hesitancy Nationalism Open Access Recent Developments Carolyn Johnston Ethical Design and Use of Robotic…
Issue 18(4)
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Volume 18, Issue 4, 2021 Free Access Editorial: A Lost Idyll of Connection? Michael Ashby Recent Developments: Semi-Automated Care: Video-Algorithmic Patient Monitoring and Surveillance in Care Settings Piers M. Gooding & David M. Clifford Letter to the Editor: It Is Time to Stop Racial Exclusion in Scholarly Citations Afsaneh Shirani Critical Perspectives:…









