What a cool project I got to be part of over the weekend! Presenting my doctoral research to the community at a social enterprise bar in a series called, Late Light Lectures! Got to meet some amazing people who just wanted to know something different!

What happens when the wrong embryo gets implanted? Do genetic or birth parents have stronger moral claims to the child? @juliansavulescu.bsky.social and I consider some preliminary answers to the recent questions arising from the Monash IVF mix up in this JME blog: blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethi...

Maybe it’s the ~3 years I’ve spent analysing and writing about the online response to the Depp v Heard trial talking here, but I’m really not sure another series of Johnny Depp puff pieces is the journalism we need right now

Day #2 of the health data sharing ethics and solution workshop in Bangkok! Thanks to the Southeast Asia Bioethics Network for sending me here and cheers to @owenschaefer.bsky.social for a key note on pluralistic principalism and finding local bars despite google maps trying to hide them.

Finally getting brave enough to share my deepest intuitions about human genetic enhancement. I loved my PhD - I would do it again in a heartbeat. Here's me talking about why I think human genetic enhancement is not going to make our lives more meaningful: www.buzzsprout.com/2384633/epis...

Human Genetic Enhancement with Sinead & James - C B m E & U

In episode 2, and series first, James and Sinead banter their way through the ethics of human genetic enhancement. Many people think of this as designer babies, but whether we should genetically modif...

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We are excited to release the first episode of CBmE & U for 2025! To kick off a year of big questions and new problems, @petersinger.info chats with @juliansavulescu.bsky.social and I about practical and controversial ethics! Check it online at: www.buzzsprout.com/2384633/epis...

Controversial Ethics with Peter Singer - C B m E & U

In the first episode of 2025, Julian and Sinead interview Professor Peter Singer on his life's work and controversial ideas in bioethics and ethics more broadly. Peter discusses his favourite karaoke ...

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Everyone loves a good non-identity problem question 🤣 but guess what, when it comes to promoting health, it's not as relevant as philosophers think. Andy McGee and I respond to Julian Savulescu, Jeff McMahan (our helpful reviewer), and Rob Sparrow! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Is germline genome‐editing person‐affecting or identity‐affecting, and does it matter?

Writers have debated whether germline genome-editing is person-affecting or identity-affecting. The difference is thought to be ethically relevant to whether we should choose genome-editing or choose...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Finally getting brave enough to share my deepest intuitions about human genetic enhancement. I loved my PhD - I would do it again in a heartbeat. Here's me talking about why I think human genetic enhancement is not going to make our lives more meaningful: www.buzzsprout.com/2384633/epis...

Human Genetic Enhancement with Sinead & James - C B m E & U

In episode 2, and series first, James and Sinead banter their way through the ethics of human genetic enhancement. Many people think of this as designer babies, but whether we should genetically modif...

buzzsprout.com

We are excited to release the first episode of CBmE & U for 2025! To kick off a year of big questions and new problems, @petersinger.info chats with @juliansavulescu.bsky.social and I about practical and controversial ethics! Check it online at: www.buzzsprout.com/2384633/epis...

Controversial Ethics with Peter Singer - C B m E & U

In the first episode of 2025, Julian and Sinead interview Professor Peter Singer on his life's work and controversial ideas in bioethics and ethics more broadly. Peter discusses his favourite karaoke ...

buzzsprout.com

Everyone loves a good non-identity problem question 🤣 but guess what, when it comes to promoting health, it's not as relevant as philosophers think. Andy McGee and I respond to Julian Savulescu, Jeff McMahan (our helpful reviewer), and Rob Sparrow! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Is germline genome‐editing person‐affecting or identity‐affecting, and does it matter?

Writers have debated whether germline genome-editing is person-affecting or identity-affecting. The difference is thought to be ethically relevant to whether we should choose genome-editing or choose...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

PhD Graduation '24!! Never have I ever felt so dope in medieval robes. My heart is full of love for my family and friends and supervisors, and I will always cherish this sweet period of time I had at QUT!

@aabhl.bsky.social 2024 was my favourite conference yet! I LOVED catching up with everyone and I am feeling refreshed and valued - thanks to the Sydney Health Ethics team for a cracker of a conference!