Bioethics

PHIL 3345. Supporting the philosophical study of bioethics, bio-medical ethics, biotechnology, and the future of life, at Middle Tennessee State University and beyond... "Keep your health, your splendid health. It is better than all the truths under the firmament." William James

About Me

Phil: BIO. The author of "William James's Springs of Delight: The Return to Life," Phil Oliver specializes in the American philosophical tradition with supporting interests in applied ethics (particularly Bioethics and Environmental Ethics), Anglo-American literature, history, humanism, naturalism, science and exploration, peripatetic ("walking & talking") philosophy, baseball, cycling, swimming, the pursuit of happiness, and the perpetual dawn of day. One of his favorite MTSU courses is The Philosophy of Happiness. He is academic advisor for minors in American Culture (American Studies). You can follow him on Mastodon (@osopher@c.im) and on his blogsite Up@dawn but of course, as Immaneul Kant and Monty Python's Brian Cohen agreed: You don't have to follow anybody. "Sapere aude," have the courage to think for yourself. But not by yourself. Good philosophy collaborates and converses. (Full disclosure: finally replaced that profile photo caricature drawn by a London street artist many years ago. Current image from March 2020, at Spring Training in Scottsdale.

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Bioethics

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The Troubled History of Psychiatry

Can I Get My Anti-Vaxx Sister’s Kids Vaccinated?

Can We Live Longer but Stay Younger?

What You Should Read to Understand the Measles Epidemic

Michael Pollan: Not So Fast on Psychedelic Mushrooms

A Novel About Surrogacy, Set at a ‘Farm’ Where the Crop Is Human Babies

Bards of medicine-"a delicate business"

Updated draft?

Falter

Good News

STEM is Great, STEAM is Better(Make up Post)

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