This article argues that population policies need to be evaluated from macro and micro perspectives and to consider individual rights. Ecological arguments that are stringent conditions of liberal democracy are assessed against a moral standard. The moral standard is applied to a series of reasons for limiting procreative rights in the cause of sustainability. The focus is directly on legall...

Within the past decade, nearly 1/5 of the human genome has been patented by corporations, universities and research institutes. This happened with little in the way of philosophical debate nor ethical inquiry. There are a number of practical, ethical questions raised by this practice which should be explored, and which are introduced here, which should inform debate in the public policy arena r...

Interventions to reduce childhood obesity entail ethical considerations. Although a rationale exists for government to intervene in a way that limits individual rights while protecting the public's health, a clear economic rationale also exists. The markets for goods and services that contribute to obesity are characterized by multiple failures that create an economic rationale for government t...