76 results for bioethics

  • Bioethics Chair LSI

    Cátedra de Bioetica, School of Theology Universidad Pontificia Comillas Madrid The main objective of this society is to shed light on moral dilemmas arising from rapid progress made in the biomedical sciences, responsibility and stewardship in ecological matters and the distribution of resources, and the right to health care. Leaders aim to encourage interdisciplinary reflection and research by bringing together […]
  • Wittenberg Bioethics Colloquium

    Evangelische Akademie Sachsen-Anhalt Lutherstadt Wittenberg Wittenberg The aim of this society is to discuss bioethical issues from multidisciplinary perspectives with a special emphasis on science and religion. A team of experts in the sciences and humanities from the Protestant Academy of Saxony-Anhalt, the Center for Medicine, Ethics and Law, and Martin-Luther-University-Halle-Wittenberg join together to work on collaborative projects, with the […]
  • Group Discussion of Science and Religion in Bioethics

    Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores, S.C. (Universidad Anáhuac) Mexico City This society brings together academics representing fields of philosophy, ethics, theology, and the sciences with Christian and Jewish clergy and interested members of the community. Topics include broad historic and specific overviews of religious insights into ethical considerations in the field of biomedical sciences to invite a deeper appreciation of the […]
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  • Is Neurotechnology Unethical?

    Britain’s Nuffield Council on Bioethics, which examines ethical issues raised by new developments in biology and medicine, recently launched a consultation on the ethics of new technologies and devices that intervene in the human brain. The three main areas of the group’s focus are brain-computer interfaces, neurostimulation and neural stem cell therapy.
  • Zoloth, Laurie

    Laurie S. Zoloth is the director of the Center for Bioethics, Science and Society and a professor of medical ethics and humanities at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. She is also a professor of religion and a member of the Jewish Studies faculty at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts and Science, and directs the school’s Brady […]
  • Wolpe, Paul

    Paul Root Wolpe is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Bioethics, the Raymond F. Schinazi Distinguished Research Chair in Jewish Bioethics, and the director of the Center for Ethics at Emory University. He is also a professor in the departments of medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, and sociology. He serves as the first senior bioethicist for NASA, where he is responsible for […]
  • Caplan, Arthur

    Arthur L. Caplan is the Emmanuel and Robert Hart Director of the Center for Bioethics and the Sydney D. Caplan Professor of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author or editor of 29 books and more than 500 journal papers, and he has served on a number of national and international committees and boards.
  • Ha! Philosophy of Science in the Comedy Club

    Times Square and New York City were right outside. I was on the stage talking about the difficulty of proving all ravens are black and explaining why my students should care about dead white guys from Vienna. Fortunately, real science came to the rescue.
  • Yogyakarta Society for Science and Religion

    Center for Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta As an interfaith and interdisciplinary forum on science and religion, Yogyakarta Society for Science and Religion (YSSR) is the first of its kind in Indonesia. Established in 2003, YSSR has brought up many central issues of science and religion, especially in the Indonesian context, from the academe to the public. […]