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Rebecca Bennett
Rebecca Bennett is a leading figure in the field of bioethics, and is frequently looked to by the British media for advice on ethical dilemmas. With almost 30 years experience in teaching bioethics, Rebecca has published on a wide range of issues, including the ethics of screening for Down's syndrome and responsibility in pregnancy. Rebecca's latest paper, published in 2013, is When Intuition is Not Enough. Why the Principle of Procreative Beneficence Must Work Much Harder to Justify Its Eugenic Vision, where she argues that the suggested moral obligation to have the best child we can is not only incoherent but dangerously eugenic. Rebecca also worked as the ethical advisor on the recent BBC documentary "A world without Down's Syndrome?" She is currently a professor in Bioethics at the University of Manchester.
Rebecca Bennett is a leading figure in the field of bioethics, and is frequently looked to by the British media for advice on ethical dilemmas. With almost 30 years experience in teaching bioethics, Rebecca has published on a wide range of issues, including the ethics of screening for Down's syndrome and responsibility in pregnancy. Rebecca's latest paper, published in 2013, is When Intuition is Not Enough. Why the Principle of Procreative Beneficence Must Work Much Harder to Justify Its Eugenic Vision, where she argues that the suggested moral obligation to have the best child we can is not only incoherent but dangerously eugenic. Rebecca also worked as the ethical advisor on the recent BBC documentary "A world without Down's Syndrome?" She is currently a professor in Bioethics at the University of Manchester.
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Brave New Horizon
Where will technology lead the human race?
The Immortal Now
Can philosophy teach us how to die?
Emperor's New Genes
Are genes not the blueprint for life we imagined?
What happens to our bodies when we die?
Biologist Brooke Magnati reveals the secrets of decay
The Evolution of Desire
Do genetics explain all of human nature?
Defeating Aging
Do you want to live forever?
The New Bodies
Transhumanism: Rise of the Cyborgs
Orgasmatron
What can MRI scans of brains in orgasm tell us?
After Darwin
Is the age of selfish gene theory over?
Are Doctors Bad For Us?
Medicine, trust, and power
The Illusion of Race
How do we move on from race?
After Evolution
Is culture beyond genetics?
Doctors in the Age of Google
Is it time to rid ourselves of medical authority?
The Evolution of Suicide
Nicholas Humphrey | Self-killing's genetic history
Doctors and the Danger Industry
Can big data improve the effectiveness of drugs?
Life On The Edge
How can we halt society's existential crises?
Overcoming death
Does fearing death prevent us from fully living?
Why We Are Who We Are
The epigenetic revolution
Planet of the Clones
Should we clone human beings?
The Uniqueness of Humanity
Is evolution progress?
Genes, Cells, and Brains
Taking on the bioscience industry
A Paradigm of Health
What are the limits of western medicine?
The Naked Truth
How does the body in art relate to physical-being? Is nudity ever more than a sales tactic?
Cyborg Future
Microprocessors & nano-robots in the human body
Inside the Mind’s Eye
The Solitary Self - Darwin and the Selfish Gene
Your Life in the Balance
Should we trust doctors less than we do?
Documenting Death
Whose death is worth recording? | Brooke Magnanti
Docs in the Dock
What can we do about medical errors?
Are Hospitals Bad For Us?
Social justice impacts our health more than medicine
Why Genes Are Not Selfish and People Are Nice
Neoliberalism makes for crude science
Morality, Hypocrisy and Health
Drugs and Western imperialism
Sex, Science, and Stereotypes
Why women have evolved differently from men
How Science Tells Us Who We Are
George Ellis | Nature vs nurture
Designing Life
How to Live Forever
A future without morality
Medicine's Mistakes
Should we distrust medicine?
Meat, Metal, Code
Human and Superhuman
Is the pursuit of eternal youth fair on the young?
Should We Change Our Genes?
Is ‘gene-doping’ a threat to humanity?
The Mystery of Life
If we find extraterrestrial life, will we recognise it as life at all?
Stem Cells and the Future of Medicine
Can stem cells ethically transform medicine?
Trust Me, I'm Google
Medicine in a digital age
Extra-terrestrial life
Are we the sharpest cookie in the jar?
The origin of life
The mystery of life's beginning
The virus vs lockdown
Will we be on the right side of history?
The pattern seekers
Why can humans alone invent?
Gene Editing in the Wild
The ethics of CRISPR technology
Why Dawkins is wrong
An interview with the renowned biologist
Our saviour or our downfall
Does reliance on science doom us to a grisly fate?