Melinda C. Hall, PhD

Lisa Guenther of Vanderbilt recently published an incisive column in The New York Times’ The Stone entitled “The Living Death of Solitary Confinement.” Check it out! Her book, Social Death and Its Afterlives: A Critical Phenomenology of Solitary Confinement, is forthcoming from the University of Minnesota Press. Lisa would like this post to be read […]

Julian Savulescu, editor-in-chief of the prestigious Journal of Medical Ethics and director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, has recently reiterated his argument that using genetic engineering to create morally improved babies is an ethical obligation for all parents. But how does Savulescu know that genetic intervention will improve individual morality? To Savulescu, […]

Today is the 22nd anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, an incredible law that has lost its teeth because of a lack of support in the Supreme Court. To celebrate the spirit of the ADA, take a look at this video (recently posted on Feminist Philosophers) featuring activists who talk about […]

I had a wonderful time teaching a summer class – Intro to Medical Ethics – which I am wrapping up here in Nashville. It was very hot, and my class was very early, but my students were great! Thanks to them for making my experience so enjoyable. We talked about everything from cyrogenic freezing (an […]

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