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John Keown, DPhil, PhD, DCL, LLD retires after 22 years at Georgetown
After 22 very happy years in the post, John Keown is retiring from the Rose Kennedy Chair in Christian Ethics. John is spending his last semester on leave as a Visiting…
June 30, 2025
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Sulmasy quoted in NYT story on controversial alternative treatments for Alzheimer’s
A May 21, 2025 New York Times article exploring a controversial non-traditional approach to treating Alzheimer’s features a quote from KIE director Dan Sulmasy, MD, PhD.…
June 24, 2025
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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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KIE’s Sulmasy featured on WHYY (Philadelphia) program on the debate over assisted suicide
on April 29, 2025, in response to a bill in Delaware that would legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, NPR affiliate WHYY’s Studio 2 hosted a discussion…
April 30, 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