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1. What role, if any, should social values play in ascriptions of health and disease?

2. Is there anything special about evidence from randomised control trials, as opposed to other forms of evidence?

3. Does it matter whether we use frequentist or Bayesian statistics to analyse clinical trials? If so, which should we use?

4. How should we decide whom to screen for medical conditions?

5. What is the greatest obstacle to measuring overall health states? Can it be overcome, either in theory or in practice?

6. Is using the Quality Adjusted Life Year in cost-effectiveness analysis for the distribution of limited healthcare resources fair? Why or why not?

7. Are there any morally salient differences between Pronuclear Transfer (PNT) and Maternal Spindle Transfer (MST)?

8. Does the symbolic value of human embryos impose ethical constraints on how they should be treated?

9. If I consent to the removal of tissue, do I thereby consent to the removal of an organ?

10. Should alcohol policy target "high risk" drinkers or "moderate" drinkers?

11. Critically assess Philip Kitcher's arguments for "democratising" the research agenda.

12. Does the argument from inductive risk show that science cannot be objective?

13. Are people with addiction responsible for their behaviour? Why or why not?

14. Did Gdel show that time travel is possible?

15. Does new physics force us to update our understanding of time, space, or causation? Discuss with reference to an example.