Bernadette Tobin

Bernadette Tobin is director of the Plunkett Centre for Ethics, a joint centre of St Vincents & Mater Sydney and Australia Catholic University, in Sydney.

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If doctors can’t care for all the coronavirus victims, what happens then?

31 Mar 2020 | FEATURES |  

tags: coronavirus, healthcare rationing, triage

This may be one of our most difficult ethical challenges

Did the Pope and Donald Trump ‘side’ with Charlie Gard’s parents?

17 Jul 2017 | FEATURES |  

tags: charlie gard, quality of life, withdrawal of treatment

If so, what exactly did they support?

Gender and personal identity: two views

21 Apr 2017 | CONJUGALITY |  

tags: amoris laetitia, Amoris Laetitia, Sexuality and Gender, sexuality and gender, transgenderism

How ‘transgenderism’ differs from the more traditional view of sex and gender.

Distinguishing differences in the notion of ‘transgenderism’

4 Aug 2016 | CONJUGALITY |  

tags: gender, John Haldane, sex, transgenderism

A philosopher sheds some light on how to discuss sex and gender

Should human genes be patentable?

23 Apr 2013 | FEATURES |  

tags: genetic testing, genetics, patents

We must ensure that access to needed tests and treatments is not limited by the operations of the market.