Uehiro Centre Latest News

The Moral Maze: Organ Donation

2012-02-16 14:10:09

Janet Radcliffe-Richards recently appeared on BBC Radio 4's 'Moral Maze' discussing elective ventilation and organ harvesting

Ethics of Brain Stimulation

2012-01-26 10:21:46

Recent research in Oxford and elsewhere has shown stimulating the brain with an electrical current boosts performance on cognitive tasks, such as language and maths, memory, problem solving, etc

Julian Savulescu features in iPad magazine app

2012-01-26 10:49:41

Brand Australia are launching a new iPad magazine 'Australia Unlimited' today at the Australian High Commission in London

Lent Lecture: Mark Sheehan

2012-01-23 14:37:05

Mark Sheehan is to deliver a lecture 'Rare and exceptional: Dealing with difficult healthcare resource allocation decisions' at KCL.

UPDATED: Adelaide Festival of Ideas

2011-10-19 11:45:17

Listen to Julian Savulescu in recent panel discussions on life-extension and 'the case for perfection'

BBC Radio 4: Remaking the Self. The growth of cosmetic surgery

2012-01-16 15:58:46

Julian Savulescu recently appeared on BBC Radio 4 consumer programme 'You&Yours' discussing the 'normalisation of cosmetic surgery'

Podcast: Aurora Plomer 'EU ban on hESC Patents: A Threat to Science and the Rule of Law'

2012-01-20 16:41:59

A podcast is available of Professor Plomer's (Chair in Law and Bioethics) lecture on the EU ban on hESC patents where she argues that from a legal perspective the Oliver Bruestle ruling is seriously flawed.

BBC Radio 4: Ethics of creating a deadly virus

2012-01-16 15:28:35

Julian Savulescu to appear on 'File on 4' to discuss ethics of creating a deadly virus and censorship of research data

Open Access Article: Should we allow organ donation euthanasia?

2012-01-16 14:52:25

Read/download free open access article by Julian Savulescu and Dominic Wilkinson

Lunchtime talk: EU ban on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Patents

2012-01-16 12:41:33

OUC Visitor, Professor Aurora Plomer is to give a talk in Oxford this Friday

Media piece on EU Ban on Stem Cell Patents

2012-01-05 13:30:12

Professor Aurora Plomer (OUC Academic Visitor) has piece on EU ban published in The Guardian newspaper

Bio-Ethics Bites

2011-06-01 14:10:47

We are pleased to announce the release of the ninth 'Bio-Ethics Bites' podcast by Molly Crockett 'Brain Chemistry and Moral Decision-Making'

Oxford gets Top Ranking in Leiter's 'Philosophical Gourmet' Report

2011-12-07 15:15:56

Brian Leiter's bi-annual survey is widely considered the most influential and important in the field.

Free article/audio on enhancement in sport

2011-11-28 15:31:25

An article by David Edmonds, OUC Senior Research Associate, has been published in Prospect magazine (Dec 2011) with a follow-up essay on the BBC World Service

BBC Radio: performance enhancing drugs in sport

2011-12-08 10:07:04

Julian Savulescu recently appeared on BBC's Start the Week on 12 December discussing the 'spirit of the game' and perfomance enhancing drugs.

Toby Ord interview in Wall Street Journal

2011-11-30 13:37:01

OUC Research Fellow, Dr Toby Ord, was recently interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about his charity 'Giving What We Can'. Read the article 'Small Sacrifice, Big Return' here

Media Coverage of William Crouch and Eighty Thousand Hours

2011-11-21 13:34:55

On Tuesday 22 November, William Crouch appeared on BBC's Today programme and other media outlets to introduce Eighty Thousand Hours

Expert reaction to latest developments in detection of PVS

2011-11-14 15:29:12

Read Professor Savulescu's full comment on a paper on bedside detection of awareness in the vegetative state, recently published in The Lancet.

BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival 2011

2011-11-03 13:15:58

Professor Julian Savulescu recently participated in the BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking Festival 2011 in a discussion on moral enhancement

Julian Savulescu on Organ Donation

2011-10-24 12:20:31

Julian Savulescu discusses organ donation on Australian television programme

BBC Viewpoint: Should organ donors get free funerals?

2011-10-12 13:43:32

Simon Rippon (OUC Research Fellow) has written a front-cover feature on organ donation for the BBC's online magazine.

Interview with Mark Sheehan: Collaboration and positive change

2011-10-10 11:49:48

In this interview Sheehan outlines some of the collaborative projects in which he has been involved since joining the Oxford Martin School.

The Philosopher's Arms

2011-09-08 11:58:48

New radio series on thought experiments, 'The Philosopher's Arms', with David Edmonds and Matthew Sweet. Final episode now available...

Philip Pettit's Philosophy Bites Podcast

2011-09-12 15:38:54

Uehiro Lecturer and Honorary Fellow, Philip Pettit, discusses consequentialism with Nigel Warburton

High Impact Publications

2011-09-07 11:15:47

See list of recent most cited/downloaded articles by Julian Savulescu, Guy Kahane and Bennett Foddy

International Neuroethics Society Conference

2011-09-01 09:01:46

Registration now open for the 2011 Annual Meeting of the International Neuroethics Society on 10-11 November

Laces Trust Scholarship in Philosophy/Ethics

2011-08-31 12:32:50

Applications invited for a St Cross College scholarship to study a postgraduate research degree in philosophy and/or ethics in 2012-13.

Latest podcast from Nick Bostrom

2011-09-01 09:34:06

Listen to Nick Bostrom discussing the Simulation Argument.

House of Lords 'Behaviour Change' Inquiry

2011-07-28 10:52:11

Report from House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee 'Behaviour Change' cites a piece by Bennett Foddy and Eric Mandelbaum.

Latest publication: 'Ethics for Enemies: Terror, Torture, and War'

2011-07-21 09:49:29

Professor Frances Kamm's book for the Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics has been published by OUP.

iTunesU Recommends Bio-Ethics Bites: 4th podcast available

2011-06-22 11:26:34

Bio-Ethics Bites feed featured in noteworthy spot on iTunesU. 4th podcast by Nick Bostrom now available.

Pettit Lectures: audio files available

2011-06-27 10:26:39

Resources for Professor Philip Pettit's recent lectures "Making Good: The Challenge of Robustly Demanding Values" now available.

Anders Sandberg film: TRANSHUMAN

2011-06-15 14:36:27

A documentary film on Anders Sandberg's work on uploading the human mind, TRANSHUMAN, is set to premiere on 26 June in Amsterdam.

Is Immunisation Child Protection?

2011-06-08 12:15:00

Latest publication by Julian Savulescu in this week's 'The Lancet Series: The New Decade of Vaccines'.

Tom Douglas: guest blogger for the Wellcome Trust

2011-05-16 12:27:48

Tom Douglas asks if it could ever be justifiable to use biomedical technologies to improve our morality

2011 Uehiro Lectures

2011-05-05 13:53:52

The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics is delighted to announce that Professor Philip Pettit will deliver the 2011 Annual Uehiro Lecture Series in three consecutive lectures on 1, 2 and 3 June.

Anders Sandberg interview on Whole Brain Emulation

2011-05-23 11:11:15

Listen to Sandberg's recent interview for Spark (Canadian radio show).

Peter Singer and Toby Ord on Global Poverty

2011-05-12 13:36:05

Date and time: Friday, 20 May, 15:00 � 16:30
Venue: South School, Exam Schools

Latest Open Access Publication: Neil Levy

2011-04-28 16:22:54

Levy's recent paper 'Searle's Wager', published in AI and Society, is now freely available from Springer's open access service.

Latest Annual Activity Report (2010-2011)

2011-04-14 09:55:24

This comprehensive report includes the OUC members' academic outputs, media appearances, international presentations etc,

Peter Singer Lecture

2011-05-12 13:37:38

Date and time: Wednesday, 18 May, 17:00 � 18:30
Venue: MBI Al Jaber Auditorium, Corpus Christi College

New Neuroimaging Study of Moral Decision-Making

2011-04-06 11:01:28

A new study by Guy Kahane, Katja Wiech, Julian Savulescu, Irene Tracey and colleagues is the first to use neuroimaging to investigate the neural basis of intuitive and counterintuitive moral judgments.

Video: Relaxing the Ban on Doping

2011-04-06 10:49:04

Video now available of Julian Savulescu's keynote speech at 'Human enhancement - Biotechnology in Sports' Conference in Oslo on 16 March 2011.

Latest publication: new book launched on 18 March, 2011

2011-03-17 15:49:35

Edited by Julian Savulescu and Guy Kahane, together with Ruud ter Meulen, (University of Bristol).

Minds of our own?

2010-03-18 10:03:52

Julian Savulescu was recently interviewed for a forthcoming edition of Analysis for BBC Radio 4

Geoengineering Institute's submission to Science and Technology Select Committee

2010-03-18 10:04:47

Responding to the STS Committee's inquiry into the regulation of geoengineering, the Oxford-based Geoengineering Institute has presented draft principles.

Fighting Global Poverty: Giving What We Can

2010-03-18 12:35:14

Toby Ord's charity, Giving What We Can is an international society dedicated to eliminating poverty in the developing world. It's members are united in the belief that global poverty is one of the most important problems in the world today.