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Humans
Stolen penises and other exotic psychological tales
Culture
Humans
The neuroscience of interrogation: Why torture doesn’t work
Culture
Health
A manifesto for playing god with human evolution
Culture
Down with placebolatry
Dying rites: the ethics of euthanasia – Most philosophers argue that euthanasia is justified when a patient is dying and suffering intractable pain. But would legalising it cast doctors and nurses as executioners?
Features
Solving the doctor’s dilemma?: The medieval art of argument by ‘casuistry’ is making a comeback in the US. The new casuists are avoiding abstractions and focusing on real situations
Features