This article investigates the introduction of the Huntington’s Disease Integrated Staging System (HD-ISS) in research ...

Alasdair MacIntyre’s (1929–2025) work in moral philosophy was wide-ranging, erudite and controversial. Following his death in ...

Bioethics, like other areas of academic inquiry, needs to find new ways to ensure quality and integrity in publishing given the risks that generative artificial intelligence (AI) poses. We consider ...

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Bair’s recent article (J Med Ethics, 2026) offers a thoughtful Wittgensteinian analysis of ‘understanding’ in informed consent which proposes that comprehension should be evaluated through ...

Moral equivalence and the grounds of moral status in stem cell-derived embryo models: a response to de Graeff and De Proost (8 January, 2026) ...