Centre for Human Bioethics

  IQ2 Debate:  Is it OK for Athletes to Use Performance Enhancing Drugs? ABC News–Culture and Society 3 June 2013   Click here to read, watch, listen, and/or download. Read more

    “An Ethical Education:  Why Gonski is a Moral Issue” Julian Savulescu and William Isdale The Conversation 11 April 2013   Click here to read article Read more

Justin Oakley cautions that the World Egg Bank is a commercial organisation whose processes it is difficult for Australian authorities to monitor. The Sunday Age 10 March 2013. Click here and here for both stories. Read more

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“Would you take a pill to get over someone?” Alex McClintock Daily Life 1 March 2013   Click here to read article Read more

  Drugs in Sport:  Peptides ABC RadioNational 20 February 2013 Julian Savulescu argues that “athletes should be allowed to use any performance-enhancing drug, as long as it does not jeopardise their health.” Click here to listen Read more

  18 February 2013 2GB–873AM Click here to listen Read more

  “Legalise PEDS and we’ll prosper, says ethicist” Sydney Morning Herald 17 February 2013 Click here to read article Read more

  “Doping in Sport – should it be legal? BBC News Asia 7 February 2013   Click here for article and video Read more

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Why banning cigarettes should follow plain packaging. Read the full article Read more

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  “One study, two paths:  the challenge of dual-use research” Wendee Holtcamp Environmental Health Perspectives June 2012   Click here to read article Read more

“Censorship of science is acceptable when lives are at stake” Michael Selgelid Sydney Morning Herald 26 December 2011   Click here to read article Read more

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  “Amageddon super virus recipe:  keep secret or publish? Glenda Kwek Sydney Morning Herald 6 December 2011   “This study, from what I can tell, may be the most worrisome and controversial dual-use research that has occurred.”   Click here to read article Read more

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While drugs may ease depression, can doctors ethically prescribe them if they know there is a drug-free option available that is equally effective? Read more Read more