Should One Kind of Freedom Be Restricted to Promote Another?

When Should Two Minds Be Considered Versions of One Another?

What does it mean for one mind to be a different version of another one, or a natural continuation of another one? Or put differently: when can two minds sensibly be considered versions of one another? This question occurs in relation to mind uploading, where one wants to be able to assess whether an approximate upload constitutes a genuine continuation of the uploaded mind or not. It also occu...

Recanalization devices should be restricted to clinical trials: pro (kind of).

Yes, they work (sometimes)! However, “caveat emptor”—let the buyer beware. Both authors have encountered astonishing success stories with interventional recanalizations using them alone or in combination intravenous (IV) and intra-arterial (IA) lytics and devices. One of the authors (W.H.) did the ward rounds on their intensive care unit last Monday (first week of August); he found 2 patients n...

Organ donations should not be restricted to relatives.

Should we remove whole organs from living donors only in the case where they are genetically related to the intended recipients of such organs? The practice in a majority of European nations is to apply such a restriction. Yet this restriction obviously limits the availability of already scarce donor organs, and curtails the opportunities for altruistic action on the part of those who, in any g...

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Should We Consider another Booster Dose of Measles Vaccine?

Background: To date, 36 years has passed since the beginning of measles vaccination; the disease is still circulating around the world, threatening lives of human beings especially in developing countries.  In recent years, we have confronted measles in previously vaccinated adults from all over the country. Objective: To find out if there is a need for changing our routine measles vaccination ...