Bioethics is a field of inquiry that addresses questions of life and death, vulnerability and possibility, in human existence and in the whole of nature. It is above all concerned with the human duties that such questions involve. As such, bioethics is essentially interdisciplinary and interprofessional. It constitutes, therefore, a set of issues that challenge any university that is committed not only to the pursuit of knowledge but to the service of society. Specific issues range from the moral dimensions of medical decisions, to the ethical questions raised by molecular genetics, to the goals of sustainable world populations within a viable world environment.
April 15, 5:30-7pm, Alzheimer's Disease: Metaphysical and Moral Dimensions of an Emerging Global Challenge
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Speaker: Ruth Purtilo and David Smith April 16, 11:30-1pm, Addiction, Mental Health and HIV/AIDS
"Ethical and Human Rights Imperative to Ensure Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Dependence in Prisons and Pre-Trial Detention"
Speaker: R. Douglas Bruce and Kaveh Khoshnood
May 14, 4:30-7pm, Technology and Ethics
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Speaker: Michael and Susan Anderson