Holding and Letting Go Reviewed at NDPR

IJFABster Hilde Lindemann’s recent book, Holding and Letting Go: The Social Practice of Personal Identities, has been reviewed in the series of Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, feely available online and by email subscription. An excerpt: In Lindeman’s words, the book is about the … Continue reading

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“Is it moral to save this puppy?”

Peter Singer at Salon on factory farming. There is no feminist dimension to the piece, but it does nicely tie together the bioethical themes of food and climate to be featured in upcoming issues of IJFAB. There You must make sure … Continue reading

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Alice Dreger Live-Tweets Son’s Sex-Ed Class

…and the results are truly quite wonderful. You can learn more about Professor Dreger (Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University) at her Aside from improving sex drive in men, it is also recommended for those who can’t or do not … Continue reading

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Deadline Extension to 1 June: “See How She Runs: Feminists Rethink Fitness”

The deadline for submissions to IJFAB‘s upcoming special issue “See How She Runs: Feminists Rethink Fitness” has been extended to 1 June, 2015. From the CFP: Fitness is a neglected concept in bioethics but fitness is of key importance to women’s health … Continue reading

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#FreetheNipple?

Okay, so I posted about this before on the occasion of Scout Willis’s topless foray through the Lower East Side, and hesitate to do so again because I am not sure I have much new to say. Nevertheless, since the issue has … Continue reading

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Chronicle Data

The Chronicle of Higher Education has recently added a feature to their website that they are calling Chronicle Data, and it is worth a look. Not only does it Sildenafil amerikabulteni.com viagra prices provides significant benefits to restore the penile … Continue reading

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“Disability Rights Panel Discussion with Rushdie and Kittay”

“Emory Distinguished Professor Salman Rushdie and Eva Kittay, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University, join English The produces are available at any authorized viagra shop usa medical pharmacies. A third model consist of balloon-like cylinders implanted in the … Continue reading

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In Memory of Anne Donchin (1930-2014)

 I do not wish [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.        —Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 1792 We learned, with great sadness, that Anne Donchin had passed away. She is a … Continue reading

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“The Philosophical Treatments of Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss”

The first-ever collection on philosophical treatments of miscarriage and pregnancy loss is also the first entirely Open Access issue of Journal of Social Philosophy. The creation of the Special Issue: Miscarriage, Reproductive Loss, and Fetal Death is motivated by the fact that miscarriage … Continue reading

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A Fictive Reality:
Science Fiction, Dystopia, and Assisted Reproduction

Guest post by Alana Cattapan (York University, Dalhousie University) The use of science fiction to make sense of reproductive technologies is nothing new. As new advances in assisted reproduction make headlines, journalists, politicians, and policymakers alike herald their trajectory “from … Continue reading

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Twenty Years of Bioethics at UNESCO

In celebration of the 20th year of its Bioethics Programme, UNESCO has published an edited anthology, Global Bioethics: What For? It is freely available in its entirely online and features short essays by IJFAB advisory board member and one-time guest-contributor Daniel Callahan as … Continue reading

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Searchable Database of Language in Teacher Reviews by Gender

Some terms are quite revealing. Men are described as funnier across all disciplines, women as usually more unfair and incompetent. The site has simple, well-designed interface. The best thing about this canadian viagra pills medicine is the availability in the … Continue reading

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