Selected resources from The Hastings Center. Bioethics Briefings: Nature, Human Nature, and Biotechnology Moral views about nature—claims that nature or a natural state of affairs has value—are important in contemporary...

Selected resources from The Hastings Center. Bioethics Briefings: End of Life Care The central philosophical question in end-of-life care is how to make decisions surrounding the numerous choices about what...

Selected resources on from The Hastings Center. Bioethics Briefings: Organ TransplantationThe central philosophical question in organ transplantation is how to ensure a fair and just system for the allocation of...

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