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4. A Response to Zambrano.

Author

Harris, John

Subjects
*MEDICAL cadavers, *DEBATE, *POSTHUMOUS conception, *FUNERAL industry, *PHILOSOPHY, *DEATH, *TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc., *MEDICAL needs assessment, *ORGAN donation
Abstract

Alexander Zambrano sets out to refute an argument that I have made on a number of occasions over many years since 1992, which he calls "Harris's Greater Need Argument" (2002). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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7. Combatting Covid-19. Or, "All Persons Are Equal but Some Persons Are More Equal than Others?".

Author

Harris, John

Subjects
*COVID-19, *HEALTH services accessibility, *COVID-19 vaccines, *HEALTH status indicators, *PUBLIC health, *MEDICAL ethics, *BIOETHICS
Abstract

Vaccines, when available, will prove to be crucial in the fight against Covid-19. All societies will face acute dilemmas in allocating scarce lifesaving resources in the form of vaccines for Covid-19. The author proposes The Value of Lives Principle as a just and workable plan for equitable and efficient access. After describing what the principle entails, the author contrasts the advantage of this approach with other current proposals such as the Fair Priority Model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2021
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12. Why Kill the Cabin Boy?

Author

HARRIS, JOHN

Subjects
*ORGANIZATIONS & ethics, *CRIMINAL justice system, *HUMAN rights, *JUDGMENT (Psychology), *LIFE expectancy, *MEDICAL care, *PROFESSIONAL ethics, *VALUE (Economics), *PASSIVE euthanasia
Published
2021
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24. How To Welcome New Technologies.

Author

HARRIS, JOHN

Abstract

In this article the author comments on articles of professor Inmaculada de Melo-Martin related to medical ethics on topics including mitochondrial DNA that influences one's susceptibility towards disease and suffering, safety of medical technologies, and genetic essentialism.

Published
2017
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27. Germline Modification and the Burden of Human Existence.

Author

HARRIS, JOHN

Abstract

In this article, the author discusses ethical issues related to genetic modification of humans particularly with the help of mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT). Topics discussed include beginning of human cloning techniques in Great Britain, application of MRT with the help of assisted reproduction technology (ART), and the HumanReproductive Cloning Act 2001 drafted by the Great Britain's government.

Published
2016
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34. A Debate about Moral Enhancement.

Author

HARRIS, JOHN and SAVULESCU, JULIAN

Subjects
*BIOETHICS, *BIOMEDICAL engineering, *COGNITION, *EMPATHY, *ETHICS, *TECHNOLOGY
Abstract

The article presents an edited transcript of a debate on moral enhancement between John Harris and Julian Savulescu during the "Enhancement: Cognitive, Moral and Mood" conference held at the University of Belgrade in Serbia. Topics discussed include morality's ability to keep up with scientific change and if not, whether it should be compulsory, Harris' skepticism about moral enhancement's value and methodologies, and how to bridge the gap between what people see to be right and how people act.

Published
2015
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40. Time to Exorcise the Cloning Demon.

Author

HARRIS, JOHN

Subjects
*STEM cell research ethics, *GENETIC techniques, *DIGNITY, *HUMAN rights, *MEDICAL ethics, *ETHICS
Abstract

The article discusses the prospect of human reproductive cloning. The responses of members of the European Parliament and former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush on human cloning following the birth of Dolly the sheep, the first cloned animal, in 1997 are cited. The alleged threat of cloning to individuality, the right to know a person's genetic origins and the role of human reproductive cloning in eliminating disease and disability are explored.

Published
2014
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42. Consequentialism without Consequences: Ethics and Embryo Research.

Author

Chan, Sarah and Harris, John

Subjects
*MEDICAL ethics, *EMBRYOS
Abstract

The article highlights the arguments of Ingmar Persson and Julian Savulescu in relation to the ethics of embryo research and the moral relevance of various kinds of potentiality in the U.S. It states that the creation of lotteries offer the only possible chance of life to all participants equally. It emphasizes that individuals who are committed to creation lotteries cannot object to embryo research.

Published
2010
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43. Embryos and Eagles: Symbolic Value in Research and Reproduction

Author

BORTOLOTTI, LISA and HARRIS, JOHN

Abstract

On both sides of the debate on the use of embryos in stem cell research, and in reproductive technologies more generally, rhetoric and symbolic images have been evoked to influence public opinion. Human embryos themselves are described as either “very small human beings” or “small clusters of cells.” The intentions behind the use of these phrases are clear. One description suggests that embryos are already members of our community and share with us a right to life or at least respectful treatment, whereas the other focuses on the differences between embryos and adult human beings with normal capacities, that is, their lack of sentience and of personal identity. The research on stem cells has been nicknamed “Frankenstein science” or presented as “research that could stop Parkinson disease.” Again, one description reminds us of scary science-fiction scenarios where the scientist is guilty of “playing God,” whereas the other description highlights the worth and potential benefits of the research outcomes.

Published
2006

44. Response to “Utilitarianism Shot Down by Its Own Men” by Tuija Takala (CQ Vol 12, No 4): Takala Shoots Herself in the Foot

Author

Harris, John

Abstract

In a lively, interesting, and provocative paper Tuija Takala charges Julian Savulescu and me with bringing utilitarianism into disrepute and indeed with attempting to shoot it down, presumably in flames.1 Takala does not mince words. When she suggests that in our writings “utilitarianism is turning into the monster its critics always thought it was” (p. 447), she is associating herself with those who charge us (and others) with propounding, again her words, the “inhumane theory that allows the sacrifice of minorities, the killing of the innocent, and simplistic calculations on the value of life” (p. 447). Perhaps surprisingly for someone who identifies herself strongly with utilitarianism, Takala seems to take the worst and most ignorant critics of consequentialism generally, and of utilitarianism in particular, at face value and suggests that because their lazy, tendentious, and misdirected attacks on those they take to be utilitarians are often made against Savulescu and me that we somehow bear responsibility for this and for any charges they make, however ill judged or poorly supported by evidence.

Published
2004

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