Carl Elliott

Carl Elliott teaches philosophy and bioethics at the University of Minnesota. His most recent book is The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No.

Welcome to the Bioemporium

Brain-dead bodies hold great promise for medical education and research, but how do we calculate the ethical cost?

By Carl Elliott | Friday September 11, 2026

The Degradation Drug

A medication prescribed for Parkinson’s and other diseases can transform a patient’s personality, unleashing heroic bouts of creativity or a torrent of shocking, even criminal behavior

By Carl Elliott | Thursday September 29, 2022

Tuskegee Truth Teller

Peter Buxtun, like many medical whistleblowers, got little thanks for exposing a notorious scandal

By Carl Elliott | Monday December 4, 2017

Life Story

A bioethicist and his creation

By Carl Elliott | Friday March 1, 2013

Welcome to the Bioemporium

By Carl Elliott | Friday September 11, 2026

The Degradation Drug

By Carl Elliott | Thursday September 29, 2022

Tuskegee Truth Teller

By Carl Elliott | Monday December 4, 2017

Life Story

By Carl Elliott | Friday March 1, 2013

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