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Staying Human

Advancing science and medicine for, not on, human beings

Read the Editors’ Introduction
End of Life •
Eugenics •
Reproductive Technology •
Enhancement •
Beginning of Life •
Human Dignity •
Medicine •
Transhumanism •
All

Essay | Winter 2023

Winter 2023

  • Alan Jacobs

A Humanism of the Abyss

At a moment when people who don’t share our identity feel alien, Oliver Sacks’s classic book about reaching catatonic patients has much to teach us.

Alan Jacobs

Essay | Winter 2023

Winter 2023

  • Matthew Loftus

Arcs of Life

A just society does not kill suffering people, it shares their burden.

Matthew Loftus

Essay | Winter 2023

Winter 2023

  • Alexander Raikin

No Other Options

Newly revealed documents depict a Canadian euthanasia regime that efficiently ushers the vulnerable to a “beautiful” death.

Alexander Raikin

Essay | Spring 2022

Spring 2022

  • James Mumford

Therapy Beyond Good and Evil

A nonjudgmental psychology is failing patients who need to hear hard truths.

From: Saving the Real

James Mumford

Online Exclusive | January 21, 2022

January 21, 2022

  • Leah Libresco Sargeant

Sacrifice Is Not a Therapy

Covid doesn’t care how hard we fight it — only about what works.

From: The Coronavirus Pandemic

Leah Libresco Sargeant

Essay | Fall 2021

Fall 2021

  • Joseph E. Davis

All Pathology, All the Time

What ails a culture that sees illness everywhere?

Joseph E. Davis

Review | Summer 2021

Summer 2021

  • William Lombardo

Losing Ourselves

Why the prospect of loving machines is so sad

William Lombardo

Review | Summer 2021

Summer 2021

  • William Hasselberger

Can Machines Have Common Sense?

“Deep learning” hype misses a basic feature of human intelligence.

From: Available in Audio

William Hasselberger

Essay | Summer 2021

Summer 2021

  • Joshua Briscoe

Dying, But Not Alone

We can’t escape the social dimension of choosing how we die.

Joshua Briscoe

Essay | Summer 2021

Summer 2021

  • Brendan Foht

Just Say No to Human–Monkey Chimeras

The biotech industry wants to set its own rules on a disturbing new practice. This time, we can’t trust them to act responsibly.

Brendan Foht

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