My article, "Against Public-facing Religious Bio-restrictionism" is out at Bioethics.

This paper, Co authored with @juliansavulescu and @G_Owen_Schaefer is out. Here, we argue that across a variety of public-facing contexts, we should attribute bias to an algorithm only if it is publicly justifiable that its unselective deployment in a given context would be wrong

These two papers can be considered companion papers. Both papers take a public justification requirement and then argue against certain excesses of the right and left.

If you didn't read the story about the woman having her 15th child, and catching felonies in the NYT...I suggest you do. My jaw is still dropped. https://t.co/ARUiuhceiH

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Hilary discusses the recent @nytimes article on the woman currently fighting for legal parenthood of twin children that she is not genetically, gestationally, or socially related: her only connection with the twins is that she wanted them and so coordinated IVF and the surrogate!

New episode of CBme&U with @hbowmansmart on what it means to be a parent and the future of parenthood in light of modern assisted reproductive technologies! Find it online at: https://t.co/OKGId6MPgY #podcast #bioethics #parenthood

New Podcast alert! @CohenProf discussed the ethics of modern #ART: Should we invest so much in these technologies? Do genes matter that much in families? What happens when they go wrong? Listen online now: https://t.co/ZQEczhHdie

A Panel on Integrating Traditional Medicines and arising ethical challenges, with Dr Kathryn Muyskens, A/Prof Michael Dunn, Dr. Siwi Padmawati, and Prof Wu Jin, hosted by Emertius Prof Roy Joseph: Day 2 of #ABN2025

Asst Prof Faizah Zakaria (@NUSingapore) discussed traditional #Malay medicine in modern times #ABN2025

Another excellent talk by A/Prof Michael Dunn @NUSMedicine at #ABN2025 on integrating traditional medicines with biomedical healthcare systems!

This book serves as a single resource of medical law cases in Singapore for legal and medical professionals, students, or anyone seeking to understand the medico-legal landscape in Singapore.

New book launch at #ABN2025! The Bioethics Advisory Committee, Singapore is excited to launch their new book📓 Biomedical Ethics in Singapore: Cases and Commentary’ Medico-Legal Casebook

Consistently, panellists highlighted that ethics is complex, contextual, and difficult, but one thing we can always do, is be transparent with those affected.

📌 Ethical Process: Openness in decision-making, across all levels of policy making, contributes to procedural legitimacy.

📌 Ethical Policies: Most people know ethics is important in policymaking, but the public should know why policies are made.

Some key takeaways: 📌 Ethical Tensions: How we resolve them matters - trust, transparency, and justifiability matter to the public

Opening Riverside Dialogue at #ABN2025 with Prof. Zhai Xiaomei @PKU1898, Prof Kenneth Mak @MOHSingapore, Dr Roli Mathura (Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Bioethics Unit), Prof Kazuto Kato (Osaka University), and Prof Angus Dawson @NUSMedicine

Adj Prof (Dr) Raymond Chua @MOHSingapore talked on the role of ethics in regulation in ever evolving healthcare, particularly the roles of ethics in AI-enhanced healthcare, and longevity sciences. His key point: Ethics is a compass pointing us in the right direction #ABN2025

In Session 2 of #ABN2025 Prof. Prasit Palittapongarnpim (Mahidol University) discussed ethical challenges in microbial genomics from a Thai perspective.