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The Roboagents Are Coming! The Promise and Challenge of Artificial Intelligence Advance Directives

Abstract: Advance directives have historically relied upon human agents. But what happens when a patient appoints an artificial intelligence system as an agent? This essay introduces the idea of roboagents—chatbots...
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On Old Age: A Relational Account of Agency and Meaning in Later Life

Dignity is rightly treated as a key value for people in old age, but agency and meaning can be even more important. Later life entails a more pronounced manifestation of...
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Arguments and Analogies: Do Children Have a Right to Know Their Genetic Origins?

Those who believe that children have a right to know that they were created using “donated” gametes make an analogy to adoption, where policies and attitudes promote transparency. By contrast,...
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In Defense of Post Hoc Explanations of Medical AI

Recently, critics have argued that the benefits of post hoc explanations for medical AI’s outputs and operations have been greatly exaggerated. These explanations have been faulted for merely approximating, rather...
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What Does Moral Agency Mean for Nurses in the Era of Artificial Intelligence?

Abstract: Being a moral agent was once thought to be an irreplaceable, uniquely human role for nurses and other health care professionals who care for patients and their families during...
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Benefits and Risks of Using AI Agents in Research

Abstract: Scientists have begun using AI agents in tasks such as reviewing the published literature, formulating hypotheses and subjecting them to virtual tests, modeling complex phenomena, and conducting experiments. Although...
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Abortion Access Persists, but So Do the Threats

Abstract: “Shield laws” declare that, for purposes of reproductive health care, the law of the jurisdiction in which the clinician practices governs when state laws conflict. In 2024, approximately 100,000...
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How Should Clinical Ethics Evolve to Ensure Moral Use of AI?

Abstract: Artificial intelligence is reshaping clinical decision-making in ways that challenge assumptions about patient-centered care, moral responsibility, and professional judgment. Encoding Bioethics: AI in Clinical Decision-Making, by Charles Binkley and Tyler...
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The Hastings Center Report explores the ethical, legal, and social issues in medicine, health care, public health, and the life sciences. Six issues of the pioneering bioethics journal are published each year, containing an assortment of essays, columns on legal and policy developments, case studies of issues in clinical care and institutional administration, caregivers’ stories, peer-reviewed scholarly articles, and book reviews.

To access supporting information for articles in the Hastings Center Report, such as tables, figures, and appendices that do not appear in the journal itself, see this page.

Authors come from an assortment of professions and academic disciplines and bring a range of perspectives and political opinions. We welcome submissions from new authors. The Report’s readership includes physicians, nurses, scholars of many stripes, administrators, social workers, health lawyers, and others.

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Laura Haupt, editor
Julie Chibbaro, staff editor
Nora Porter, art director

Contributing Editors

Nancy Berlinger
Lori Bruce
Rebecca Dresser
Susan Gilbert
Emily Largent
Stephen Latham
Carolyn Neuhaus
Cristina Richie
Lauren Taylor


Editorial Committee

Nancy Berlinger
Virginia Brown
Susan Gilbert
Laura Haupt
Gregory E. Kaebnick
Julia Kolak
Carolyn P. Neuhaus
Erik Parens

Robert Arnold
Liz Bowen
Tod S. Chambers
Marion Danis
Rebecca Dresser
Carl Elliott
Joseph J. Fins
Christine Grady (retired)
Bradford H. Gray (retired)
Michael K. Gusmano
Bruce Jennings
Eric Juengst
Stephen R. Latham
Thomas H. Murray
Annette Rid
Cynda Hylton Rushton
Jackie Leach Scully
Ilina Singh
Tyler Tate
Robert D. Truog
Benjamin S. Wilfond
Matthew Wynia

ISSN: 0093-0334; online ISSN: 1552-146X LC: 75-64303, publication no. 108810
Publisher: The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Bioethics Journal
(Ethics)(Health Care Sciences & Services)(Medical Ethics)(Social Sciences, Biomedical)

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