Is it time to allow assisted dying?

Universities across the country are cutting back on humanities courses – philosophy, history, modern languages – subjects long seen as central to a well-rounded education. The reason is familiar: falling student numbers, financial pressure, and a growing insistence that degrees m ...  Show more

Today, humanity reaches towards the Moon once more. The first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years. But as NASA’s Artemis 2 lifts off, some troubling moral questions follow in its wake.Are the billions of pounds being spent a visionary investment in our future, or a luxury ...  Show more

Should anyone be eligible for medical assistance in dying? 

"Choosing Death: Assisted Dying, Assisted Suicide, Murder – Who Decides?"

Autonomy, dignity and compassion. We wish to experience these things in our lives, so why shouldn’t we experience them in our deaths? That’s the argument made by those who support a change in the law to legalise assisted dying in the UK. People who are suffering intractably, they ...  Show more

La France est-elle enfin prête à trancher sur la question de la fin de vie ? Dans une interview donnée à La Croix et à Libération, le président de la République Emmanuel Macron s’est prononcé dimanche 10 mars 2024 en faveur d’une “aide à mourir”. Il ne fait ainsi ni référence à l ...  Show more

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Venki Ramakrishnan considers both why we might live longer, and the dilemmas this raises. In the last few years, medical advances have led to treatments that really do offer the potential to tackle life-threatening cancers and debilitating diseases s ...  Show more