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Samia Hurst-Majno

@samiahurst.bsky.social
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Professor of bioethics at the University of Geneva medical school, physician by background, tag me for questions

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Dominique Dirlewanger @dirlewanger.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Dans le quotidien Le Temps, ma réaction au dernier livre de Markus Somm sur l’origine de la richesse en Suisse et mes critiques face à son nationalisme méthodologique… et non, ce n’est pas que le génie des entrepreneurs qui expliquerait le succès helvétique! www.letemps.ch/opinions/aux...
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Aux (vraies) origines de la richesse en Suisse, et dans le monde - Le Temps
OPINION. Acte politique déguisé en analyse historique, le nationalisme méthodologique du dernier ouvrage de Markus Somm opère un retour en arrière délibéré et célèbre une morale du mérite bourgeois. L...
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Je ne l’ai pas encore vu en fait
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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The Roadmap on Eradicting Poverty Beyond Growth is being launched today by Olivier De Schutter. www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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Are you losing the plot?
Our world is changing, and we need to stay anchored somehow despite this
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The NRP80 Covid-19 in Society @nrp80.bsky.social is reaching its end and here we are at the closing #nrp80conference2026 conference! So many interesting results we would have loved to know already during the pandemic crisis. Here's to handing this knowledge over to make us better prepared next time
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Sending hugs 🤗
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
"Identity holding is a moral task and, like all moral tasks, it can fail."
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We are made of stories
And failure to realise this can be damaging
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
“I had contingency planned for possible arrest and detention, for a US invasion of Greenland and border closures on one or both sides, for civil unrest in the US to reach levels of violence incompatible with travel. I had not planned for the case that, in January, it may snow. Insert facepalm here.”
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I planned to come to the US
And then I didn't go
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Thank you so much 🤗
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
What had you misunderstood ?
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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Eugenics: why it's bad
We need to understand this if we are to defend against its return
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
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The Geneva Conventions matter more than you may think
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
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Abortion ethics 101, lesson 7: a primer on professional duties
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Dads have rights in abortion ethics, but their rights are not the most important rights in the room
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Abortion ethics 101, lesson 6: How should we write laws on topics that divide us?
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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Free will probably doesn’t exist, but it really doesn’t matter
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Do we really need this?
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Abortion ethics 101
A primer
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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Abortion ethics 101, lesson 5 : what justification is required for state mandated gestation ?
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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Three things you need know if someone asks you to be their healthcare proxy
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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Abortion ethics 101 lesson 4: the case of the violinist by Judith Jarvis Thompson
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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Am I am atheist? You tell me, because there are different meaning of this term. Let’s get into it
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
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Lesson 2: let’s discuss candidate answers to the question of embryos’ and fetuses’ moral status
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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Swiss gun culture is different
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
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Lesson 1: When we ask about the status of embryos and fetuses, what is the question exactly?
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
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So, I went on hunger strike
It was just one day, I'm not the one you should be worrying about
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
I have no idea. If it becomes too strong we may not even be able to get across from Europe on social media. For now, however, at least that is working
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
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Do we need this?
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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Terrorists’ real targets are our hearts and minds and their aim is often true
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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Pre-test probability with an example from the news
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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It’s the duty of all states to implement International humanitarian law
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
In which I am very proud of my husband and -for now- substantially less proud of my country
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Swiss doctors go on hunger strike
It's "only" a symbolic strike but symbols matter here
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
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Swiss neutrality
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
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160 international law professors
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
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Are you going over why *you* are safe?
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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Processing the crisis stage of new diseases can take a long time. Many of us spend it in denial
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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Just a quick reminder
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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Our identities are made of stories. Illness can disrupt our stories. Healthcare doesn’t always help
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Pas de la philo analytique mais ceci vaut la lecture. Attention (ça devrait être évident): ne pas prendre littéralement www.einaudi.it/catalogo-lib...
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Istruzioni per diventare fascisti, Michela Murgia. Giulio Einaudi editore - Super ET Opera Viva
Istruzioni per diventare fascisti. «Essere democratici è una fatica immane. Allora perché continuiamo a esserlo quando possiamo prendere una scorciatoia piú rapida e sicura?»
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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Resistance is not futile. Frustration, however, is to be expected
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
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If you are privileged you are more likely to attribute your successes to your own efforts
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Sara Custer @saracuster.insidehighered.com · 09/04/2025
We're tracking the number of international students whose visas have been revoked by the State Department. We've confirmed over 300 so far and there are likely many more. Get in touch if you've got information you'd like to share with us www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
“These professional podcasters stand in front of a bunch of career scientists and say ‘What has science ever done?’ I don’t know, science eradicated measles until two months ago...” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Means defends HHS cuts, calls bureaucracy an ‘utter failure’
He also said the election of Trump was a mandate to make dramatic change in leadership.
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Nationalism is not patriotic Populism is not democratic
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
You are so very welcome
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I was asked to share this gender seminar playlist with you here too, so here goes. I called it seminar because it's based on a series of questions. This is not my field, however, comments and corrections all the more welcome
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Gender seminar - YouTube
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Thank you so much 🙏🏽☺️
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
We need to read #ingridrobeyns on #limitarianism
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“Damaging addiction to capital accumulation”, she said
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Findings are coming in and it’s starting to all come together now
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The Onion hath done it again
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Samia Hurst-Majno @samiahurst.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
You are following Swiss German media narratives at the time, as it turns out tough, people here in the French speaking part were very restrained but the virus had different timelines in the different language regions
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