Over the last forty years, the field of disability studies has emerged from the political activism
of disabled people. In this challenging review of the field, leading disability academic and …

In the past decade, scientific developments in human germline genome editing (GGE) have
reinvigorated questions about research ethics, responsible innovation, and what it means to …

Pandemics such as COVID-19 place everyone at risk, but certain kinds of risk are
differentially severe for groups already made vulnerable by pre-existing forms of social …

Reproductive freedom plays a pivotal role in debates on the ethics of procreation. This moral
principle protects people's interests in procreative matters and allows them discretion over …

This article extends current theorizations of the ethics of the commons by drawing on
feminist thought to propose a relational embodied ethics of the commons. Departing from …

Although vulnerability often diminishes a person's autonomy, this is not true in all senses.
The realization of autonomy, understood as an ideal of personal agency, is entwined with …

The idea that science is or should be value-free, and that values are or should be formed
independently of science, has been under fire by philosophers of science for decades …

In a critical intervention into the bioethics debate over human enhancement, philosopher
Melinda Hall tackles the claim that the expansion and development of human capacities is a …

Victim's Stories and the Advancement of Human Rights takes on a set of questions
suggested by the worldwide persistence of human rights abuse and the prevalence of …

The value of, and need for, parent–professional partnerships is an unchallenged mantra
within policy relating to 'special educational needs'. In spite of this, partnerships continue to …