June 22, 2010 by

CASE STUDY: Surrogacy and Baby M

CASE STUDY: Surrogacy and The Case of Baby M. (1987) For a copy of the judgement go to: http://www.justiceharvard.org/?option=com_content&view=article&id=94&catid=21:episode-one&Itemid=7 You can…

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June 16, 2010 by

Extract 3: Right to a child: cost (NHS guidelines)

Right to a child: IVF and other treatments Here are the NHS guidelines on who has the right to fertility treatment…

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May 28, 2010 by

Extract 2: Keir Starmer’s 2010 guidelines

Starmer guidelines on assisted suicide February 2010 Keir Starmer (Director of Public Prosecutions) published the policy after taking account of 5,000…

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May 28, 2010 by

Case Studies: Abortion

The underage girl Dorothy, 14, and her mother Rachel are among the first clients to arrive. She is nervous and embarrassed,…

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May 26, 2010 by

Handout: Environmental Ethics

Environmental Ethics This interactive handout is written by Dr Julian Dobson of Tonbridge School, Kent. The issues Environmental Ethics has been…

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March 23, 2010 by

Handout: Kant and Business Ethics

A Kantian approach to business ethics The importance of purity of motive • Kant argued that the highest good was the…

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February 20, 2010 by

Discussion: Do Doctors assist suicide?

Jeremy Laurance reviews the evidence that doctors already assist covertly in suicide. Independent Feb 18th 2010 In February 2010 broadcaster Ray…

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February 18, 2010 by

Extract 1: Veritatis Splendor 1995 Encyclical

Veritatis Splendor 1995 Veritatis Splendor (1995) strikes a more conservative note after the liberalization of the catholic Church after Vatican II…

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January 30, 2010 by

CASE STUDY 2: Pfizer/ Constant Gardener film

Pfizer to pay £50m after deaths of Nigerian children in drug trial experiment in the case that inspired ‘The Constant Gardener’…

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January 26, 2010 by

CASE STUDY: Mercy killing and two women

Robert Verkaik Independent 26.1.10 Two cases of mercy killing came to court in early 2010.  Bridget Kilderdale was cleared of murder…

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