Dr. Nazar Shabila, a lecturer and public health researcher at Hawler Medical University in Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, writes about his efforts to understand and combat the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). Read More
Dr. Nazar Shabila discusses his research on the roots of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Iraqi Kurdistan region. Read More
What Japan and the UK can learn from one another’s attitudes toward elder care, and what students can learn from thinking in terms of care and compassion, rather than solely in terms of power struggles. Read More
A deep grammar of hope allows us to build bridges between this world and counter-worlds. Read More
Drawing on the work of theological Karl Barth, Paul Dafydd Jones assesses what, to him, represents the ideal balance of patience and impatience with respect to our current political climate. Read More
Approaching ethical questions from a multidimensional framework. Read More
How religions through their often paradoxical and ironic teachings can enhance worldly life. Read More
How a deep understanding of the role of religion would help public policymakers as they strive to enhance life for us all. Read More
A study of consumer behavior highlights the importance of "sophia" Read More
Political philosophy beyond groundless optimism and constraining pessimism. Read More
How should academia aim to interface with the world around it? Read More
Anne Mocko discusses her research on ascetic traditions, and what contemporary lifestyles have to learn from those traditions. Read More
Governmental paternalism in public procurement. Read More
How human freedom allows for human acts of divine power aimed at remaking and enhancing the world and human life Read More
Dr. Christopher Scott, the director of Stanford University’s Program on Stem Cells in Society, is using his support from the Enhancing Life Project to investigate the future of human longevity research. Read More
Let's say technology will allow us to stay healthy until age 100 or beyond. What happens next? Read More
Are body modifications an enhancement or a violation of life? Read More
How wisdom can manifest in our daily choices. Read More
The art of getting a lot more from a lot less. Read More
Why life should be about more than competition. Read More
Smart drugs might allow us to work harder or more efficiently, but would they make our lives better? Read More
Investigating sustainability beyond its strictly environmental dimensions Read More
How sustainability confronts us with moral and existential questions in the here and now Read More
Enhancing Life Scholar Christopher Scott's research explores questions of transhumanism and what it means for our collective future. Read More
Our Public Interlocutor from South Africa takes a wide angle view of big problems Read More
Michael Hogue discusses Unitarian Universalist ministry, systems theory, and how the work of The Enhancing Life Project can have practical applications within specific communities. Read More
How discourses about technological progress cover up ethical questions about surveillance that threaten our most basic freedoms Read More
Nick Couldry of the London School of Economics addresses problems of continued automated online surveillance Read More
What role can women’s personal values and beliefs, namely religion and spirituality, play in patient-centered care surrounding beginning-of-life decisions? Read More
What does it mean to be a ‘person’ and more importantly, who decides? Read More
Discovering the beauty of an “Ethics of Surrendering” Read More