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data-apath="/medethics/50/11/723.atom"><div class="highwire-cite highwire-cite-highwire-article highwire-citation-bmjj-toc clearfix"> <a href="/content/50/11/723" class="highwire-cite-linked-title" data-icon-position="" data-hide-link-title="0"><span class="highwire-cite-title">Allowing for open debate in medical ethics</span></a> (22 October, 2024) <span class="highwire-cite-access"><span class="highwire-citation-access highwire-citation-access-check" data-pisa-id="medethics;jme-2024-110495" data-atom-uri="/medethics/50/11/723.atom" data-request-view="full"><span class="highwire-access-icon highwire-access-icon-user-access user-access bmjj-free bmjj-free-access bmjj-access-tag" title="You have access">Free</span></span></span> <div class="highwire-cite-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-author first" data-delta="0"><span class="nlm-given-names">Cressida</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Auckland</span></span></span></div> </div> </div></div></li></ul></div><div class="issue-toc-section issue-toc-section-current-controversy"><h2 id="Currentcontroversy" class="toc-heading current-controversy">Current controversy</h2><ul class="toc-section"><li class="first last odd toc-item"><div class="toc-citation"><div class="highwire-article-citation highwire-citation-type-highwire-article node153621" data-node-nid="153621" id="node-153621--21665532671" data-pisa="medethics;50/11/725" data-pisa-master="medethics;jme-2022-108817" data-apath="/medethics/50/11/725.atom"><div class="highwire-cite highwire-cite-highwire-article highwire-citation-bmjj-toc clearfix"> <a href="/content/50/11/725" class="highwire-cite-linked-title" data-icon-position="" data-hide-link-title="0"><span class="highwire-cite-title">Animus: human-embodied animals<img src="/sites/default/modules/jnl_template_bmjj/plugins/content_types/images/editors-choice.svg" alt="Editor's Choice" class="bmjj-access-tag editors-choice bmjj-editors-choice"></span></a> (6 October, 2023) <span class="highwire-cite-access"><span class="highwire-citation-access"><svg class="icon icon-open-access bmjj-open-access bmjj-access-tag"><use xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="#icon-openaccess"></use><svg></svg></svg></span></span> <div class="highwire-cite-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-author first" data-delta="0"><span class="nlm-given-names">Julian</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Savulescu</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="1"><span class="nlm-given-names">Tsutomu</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Sawai</span></span></span></div> </div> </div></div></li></ul></div><div class="issue-toc-section issue-toc-section-feature-article-and-commentaries"><h2 id="Featurearticleandcommentaries" class="toc-heading feature-article-and-commentaries">Feature article and commentaries</h2><ul class="toc-section"><li class="first odd toc-item"><div class="toc-citation"><div 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have access">Free</span></span></span> <div class="highwire-cite-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-author first" data-delta="0"><span class="nlm-given-names">Daniel</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Rodger</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="1"><span class="nlm-given-names">Daniel J</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Hurst</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="2"><span class="nlm-given-names">Christopher A</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Bobier</span></span>, <span class="highwire-citation-author" data-delta="3"><span class="nlm-given-names">Xavier</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Symons</span></span></span></div> </div> </div></div></li><li class="even toc-item"><div class="toc-citation"><div class="highwire-article-citation highwire-citation-type-highwire-article node153619" data-node-nid="153619" id="node-153619--21852299039" data-pisa="medethics;50/11/734" 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A reply to Daniel Rodger and coauthors</span></a> (24 July, 2024) <span class="highwire-cite-access"><span class="highwire-citation-access highwire-citation-access-check" data-pisa-id="medethics;jme-2024-110187" data-atom-uri="/medethics/50/11/736.atom" data-request-view="full"></span></span> <div class="highwire-cite-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-authors"><span class="highwire-citation-author first" data-delta="0"><span class="nlm-given-names">David</span> <span class="nlm-surname">Benatar</span></span></span></div> </div> </div></div></li><li class="even toc-item"><div class="toc-citation"><div class="highwire-article-citation highwire-citation-type-highwire-article node153609" data-node-nid="153609" id="node-153609--27016404" data-pisa="medethics;50/11/738" data-pisa-master="medethics;jme-2024-110199" data-apath="/medethics/50/11/738.atom"><div class="highwire-cite highwire-cite-highwire-article highwire-citation-bmjj-toc clearfix"> <a href="/content/50/11/738" 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