Blar i Institutt for helsevitenskap Gjøvik på tidsskrift "Bioethics"
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The death of dignity is greatly exaggerated: Reflections 15 years after the declaration of dignity as a useless concept
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Fifteen years ago, Ruth Macklin shook the medical community with her claim in the BMJ that dignity is a useless concept. Her essay provoked a storm of reactions. What have we learned from the debate? In this article I ... -
Informing about mammographic screening: Ethical challenges and suggested solutions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Providing high quality and user oriented information about mammographic screening is no easy task, as screening has been subject to heated professional and public debates. Although the information has to be developed and ... -
Progress bias versus status quo bias in the ethics of emerging science and technology
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)How should we handle ethical issues related to emerging science and technology in a rational way? This is a crucial issue in our time. On the one hand, there is great optimism with respect to technology. On the other, there ... -
‘You are inferior!’ Revisiting the expressivist argument
(Journal article, 2017)According to the expressivist argument the choice to use biotechnologies to prevent the birth of individuals with specific disabilities is an expression of disvalue for existing people with this disability. The argument ...