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German Ethics Council

The German Ethics Council ("Deutscher Ethikrat") is an independent body that provides expert ethical recommendations on questions pertaining to society and the individual.

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UK vaccine against COVID-19

Anti-vaxxers should forgo ventilators: German doctor

Anti-vaxxers should forgo ventilators: German doctor

A German geneticist has said those who turn down the new COVID-19 vaccine should also refuse intensive care treatment.
HealthDecember 19, 2020
AfD MPs in the Bundestag

Outrage of AfD 'incest' query

Outrage of AfD 'incest' query

German church and ethics spokesmen have slammed the wording of a far-right AfD query on incest leading to disability.
PoliticsApril 13, 2018
Leipzig Plakat für eine dritte Option Intersexuelle

When 'male' or 'female' is insufficient

When 'male' or 'female' is insufficient

Intersex people are lodging a complaint over binary gender enforcement with Germany's Federal Constitutional Court.
SocietySeptember 3, 2016
Human embryonic stem cell under a microscope

An idiot's guide to human gene editing

An idiot's guide to human gene editing

Human gene editing tools have long raised hopes of preventing incurable diseases. It's time we learned more about them.
SocietyDecember 3, 2015
Image from a Big Data art exhibition, München

Big Data: a rocky road to big science

Big Data: a rocky road to big science

Big Data has been hyped up for years. It's finally got Germany's Ethics Council worried enough to work out a position.
ScienceMay 21, 2015
Siblings Patrick and Susan

Ethics Council: Legal incest?

Ethics Council: Legal incest?

The German Ethics Council has made a daring move and opposed the criminalization of incest between siblings. The matter was put to the council after appeals made by a Leipzig man over a relationship with his sister.
September 24, 2014