In the article 'After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?' arguments are made in favour of the moral permissibility of intentionally killing newborn infants, under particular conditions. Here we argue that their arguments are based on an indefensible view of personhood, and we question the logic of harm and interest that informs their arguments. Furthermore, we argue that the conclusions ...

According to Streumer and Wodak, a particular type of formal objection normative error theory fails because it rests on questionable assumption about the logical duality concepts permissibility impermissibility. In this discussion, we argue that there is an in their indictment; as such, might still prevail.

Organisations increasingly use digital nudges to influence their workforces’ behaviour without coercion or incentives. This can expose employees arbitrary domination by infringing on autonomy through manipulation and indoctrination. Nudges might furthermore give rise the phenomenon of “organised immaturity.” Adopting a balanced approach between overly optimistic dystopian standpoints, I propose...

Since 1973 the practice of infanticide for some severely handicapped newborns has been receiving more open discussion and defence in the literature on medical ethics. A recent and important argument for the permissibility of infanticide relies crucially on a particular concept of personhood that excludes the theological. This paper attempts to show that the dispute between the proponents of inf...