{"title":"The cost-benefit and ethics of Covid-19 vaccine mandates in New Zealand.","authors":"Martin Lally","doi":"10.1007/s40592-026-00284-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40592-026-00284-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43628,"journal":{"name":"Monash Bioethics Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147594932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modus tollens and the epistemic limits of moral intuition in bioethical reasoning: a response to Gabriel Andrade.","authors":"Johnny Sakr","doi":"10.1007/s40592-026-00286-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40592-026-00286-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gabriel Andrade's recent article, published in Monash Bioethics Review, employs a modus tollens argument to claim that abortion cannot be murder by contending that, if it were, violent resistance (e.g. bombing abortion clinics) would be justified under Just War theory. Because such violence is widely condemned, he concludes that abortion is not murder. This paper critically examines the underlying ethical and legal assumptions of that argument. By interrogating the premises related to Just War theory, and supplementing the critique with counter-modus tollens arguments derived from contemporary foetal homicide statutes and the concept of conditional moral status, this paper demonstrates that reducing the moral status of abortion to the permissibility or impermissibility of violence is both conceptually and practically flawed. This paper calls for an ethical framework that respects legal consistency, competing rights claims, and the importance of procedural restraint in resolving bioethical challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":43628,"journal":{"name":"Monash Bioethics Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147521878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rosalind McDougall, Sharon Feldman, Katheryn Hall, Danielle Ko
{"title":"Attending to the micro in resource prioritisation: ethical challenges for staff working with long waiting lists for elective surgery.","authors":"Rosalind McDougall, Sharon Feldman, Katheryn Hall, Danielle Ko","doi":"10.1007/s40592-026-00285-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40592-026-00285-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43628,"journal":{"name":"Monash Bioethics Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147515569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How can we foster solidarity in a culturally diverse society? Taking dementia prevention through technology as an example.","authors":"Shingo Segawa, Zümrüt Alpinar-Segawa","doi":"10.1007/s40592-026-00283-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40592-026-00283-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43628,"journal":{"name":"Monash Bioethics Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146150970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factitious disorder and liability.","authors":"T M Wilkinson","doi":"10.1007/s40592-026-00281-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40592-026-00281-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43628,"journal":{"name":"Monash Bioethics Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146126937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The ethics of wegovy for children: the argument from too many unknowns.","authors":"Nanette Ryan, Julian Savulescu","doi":"10.1007/s40592-025-00280-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40592-025-00280-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43628,"journal":{"name":"Monash Bioethics Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145991246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stephen Scher and Kasia Kozlowska: Revitalizing health care ethics: the clinician's voice : Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. Open access.","authors":"Berge Solberg","doi":"10.1007/s40592-025-00278-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40592-025-00278-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43628,"journal":{"name":"Monash Bioethics Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145935452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Against the right to mutilation: an analogy ad absurdum.","authors":"Morten Dige","doi":"10.1007/s40592-025-00279-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40592-025-00279-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43628,"journal":{"name":"Monash Bioethics Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145913338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matheus Machado Rech, Lucas Henrique Viscardi, Carlos Zubaran
{"title":"The persistence of \"Caucasian\" as a descriptor in research and clinical practice in australia: a commentary with focus on mental health.","authors":"Matheus Machado Rech, Lucas Henrique Viscardi, Carlos Zubaran","doi":"10.1007/s40592-025-00270-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40592-025-00270-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In research and clinical practice, the words chosen to describe others matter, particularly regarding race and ethnicity. Some terminologies are particularly problematic and should be avoided, given their tendency to distort cohorts of individuals based on presupposed common attributes and demographic characteristics. Racial taxonomy may unintentionally give rise to pejorative and potentially unsettling connotations. Hence, outdated racialised designations should be superseded by ethically and scientifically meaningful alternatives. The term Caucasian, as demonstrated in this manuscript, has persisted as a frequent terminology in Western biomedical parlance when referring to white individuals. The use of the term Caucasian represents a relic of an outdated and prejudiced racial classification system. In particular, the persistence of this terminology in the Australian healthcare setting is in disagreement with contemporary scientific and worldview values. Although the use of Caucasian as a descriptor has been challenged, given its inherent taxonomic and methodological flaws, several professional associations continue to include Caucasian as an acceptable category in racial classification systems, which suggests this time-worn term remains in wide use. It is likely, therefore, that the persisting use of Caucasian will continue to generate unreliable information and contribute to a misinterpretation of Australian populational composition. To the authors' knowledge, the persistent use of Caucasian as a demographic descriptor has never been questioned in the Australian scientific literature. It is hoped that the argument presented herein will prompt further debate and development regarding this critical issue.</p>","PeriodicalId":43628,"journal":{"name":"Monash Bioethics Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145669321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}