AbstractThis issue introduces an occasional series where readers are invited to argue points of view, express opinions, raise issues they deem important ‐ or indeed disagree with an earlier point of view. Controversy need not be avoided! Contributions to the series, which should normally fall between 400 and 2000 words are now being sought.The first contribution is concerned with abortion and infanticide and the moral problems thrown up by following certain lines of philosophical enquiry to their logical conclusion. Karin Bernath introduces the topic, pointing out that this is a topic intensely debated in the German‐speaking world, and Hans Furrer develops some of the philosophical implications in his paper. It is perhaps well to be reminded of these matters as the shades of World War II and the ideologies that underpinned it are once more in our minds.