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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Why Our Hope for the Planet Is Not Yet Extinct

Final Blogpost

Deborah Birx’s Excruciating Story of Donald Trump’s Covid Response

A Freelancer’s Forty-Three Years in the American Health-Care System

We Politicized Masks. Now What?

FINAL VERSION: Ethics Through the Lens of Insurance.

‘It’s Life or Death’

FINAL REPORT: Physician Assisted Suicide

Microdose, Earth Day

The Curious Fact...

remote attendance

The Future of Psychotherapeutic Palliative Care

Final Presentation: The Plastic Disaster