Debra Beight is a third-year Ph.D. student and a co-instructor for BETH 371, Advanced Bioethics. Her research interests encompass LGBTQ+ health with special attention on sexual and reproductive health ...

Bioethics for Beginners maps the giant dilemmas posed by new technologies and medical choices, using 60 cases taken from our headlines, and from the worlds of medicine and science. This eminently ...

In 1927, the ethicality of eugenics faced a major test in the U.S. Supreme Court. Eugenics won, and Carrie Buck was the victim. The historic Buck v. Bell case legitimized the forced sterilization of ...

In summary, the framework asks moral reasoners to distill background facts and identify all relevant stakeholders before articulating options for ethical action. Then, it encourages them to ask: ...

Bioethical debate has seldom been more vibrant, or more important. Although some people dispute whether it is even a discipline, bioethics claims the high ground by tackling some of the most complex ...