Conversations about end-of-life care can turn into conflicts over authority ...

While libertarians should reject state paternalism, what should we do about those who are alleged to lack the competence to make free choices?

In an op-ed in The New York Times titled "Three Cheers for the Nanny State," Sarah Conly, a philosophy professor at Bowdown College and author of Against Autonomy, dismisses principled concerns about ...

Secretary Kennedy has been talking a lot about “shared decision making.” The phrase sounds democratic, humane, empowering; a rebuke to paternalistic medicine and a promise of respect for patient ...

Part of the aim of these essays is to engage with topics that may be challenging, reflecting the importance of having difficult conversations that advance progress. If we find that nothing we say ...