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McDonald-Agape Fellow Ben Frush consulted on debate over prayer in healthcare
A February MedScape column by physician Andrew Wilner about his discomfort with prayer in some clinical settings generated active discussion and a reader poll showing that 70% of…
May 5, 2025
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46th Intensive Bioethics Course June 9-11 to honor Tom Beauchamp; early registration ends May 15; student rates added
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May 2, 2025
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Sulmasy addresses the ethics of the “de-extinction” of the “dire wolf” with Emergent Ethics Network colleague Pete Marra
As part of Georgetown’s “Ask a Professor” series, KIE director Dan Sulmasy, along with Earth Commons dean Pete Marra, discuss recent claims that scientists have brought&…
April 11, 2025
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GU wins National Bioethics Bowl for second time in three years
For the second time in three years, Georgetown’s team has won the National Bioethics Bowl. The team’s head coach was GU philosophy PhD Jake Earl, and in the final…
April 9, 2025
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“Father of the internet” Vint Cerf speaks on emerging ethical issues around the internet in inaugural Emergent Ethics Network event
On April 2, 2025, “father of the internet” and disability rights activist Vint Cerf discussed emerging ethical issues around the internet in the first Distinguished Lecture…
March 10, 2025
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Remembering Tom Beauchamp (1939-2025)
The Kennedy Institute of Ethics mourns the loss of our friend and colleague, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and retired Senior Research Scholar Tom Beauchamp, who passed away…
February 25, 2025
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Disability Studies Program hosts Erik Parens for February 25 talk
Tuesday, February 255:00 – 6:15 pmMcShain Room, McCarthy Hall The Disability Studies Program, which is led by the KIE’s Joel Michael Reynolds, hosts Erik Parens,…
February 20, 2025
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Reynolds presents webinar on disability and health disparities at Catholic Health Association
On January 8, 2025 Joel Michael Reynolds, PCCB faculty member, Kennedy Institute of Ethics senior scholar, and associate professor of philosophy and disability studies, presented…
February 14, 2025
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KIE Director Sulmasy quoted on spirituality in health care on NPR and on the Hippocratic Oath in MedScape
KIE Director Dan Sulmasy, MD, PhD, has been interviewed for two recent news stories on contemporary approaches to longstanding medical practice: addressing the spiritual needs of…
January 23, 2025
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Sheldon Rubenfeld, MD speaks on “Medicine After the Holocaust” Jan. 27 in recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Co-sponsored by This seminar aimed to address both the central and indispensable role of the German medical profession in the design and implementation of the Holocaust and…
January 6, 2025