Every year, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health organizes a Bioethics Symposium to bring together distinguished scholars from diverse backgrounds and explore topics that ...

My wonderful friend Mark Pickup has rerun an essay on his blog Human Life Matters by Dr. Dianne Irving on the history of bioethics. Irving was present at the birth of the field, dissents strongly from ...

At dinner after a recent meeting about ethics and genetics, a guest told me that he had never been to a conference of bioethicists before. The person next to him sat up straight, as if insulted, and ...

All students regardless of concentration are required to take the core courses in the Traditional Program. We believe that laying a Foundation in Bioethics and Medical Humanities and Clinical Ethics ...

The Houston/Galveston Network is comprised of philosophers working at the intersection of philosophy and bioethics. The network is a collaborative between philosophy faculty and post-docs in The BCM ...

This video shows an interview centering on the possible benefits and misuses of creating viruses. 1. To begin, write the following sentence stem on the board: “In the future…” Ask each student to try ...

It is hard to read a newspaper, watch a news show, or listen to the radio without hearing the voice of the bioethicist. Cloning, stem cell research, genetic testing, gene therapy, managed care, organ ...

The UAB Philosophy Department sponsors a team that competes each year in the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl under the auspices of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics. The ...

National ethics and bioethics committee members from about forty countries * across the world gathered in Mexico City, Mexico, from 22 to 24 June 2014 for the 10th Global Summit of National Ethics and ...

How can bioethics enable better protection, promotion and development of human rights? What is the role of ethical reflection in the protection of the environment? How can principles in bioethics help ...