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The Bioethics Research Library of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics was awarded an Institute of Museums and Library Services (IMLS) grant.

The Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE) at Georgetown University is seeking an outstanding scholar to fill the Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. Chair in Bioethics.

Dr. John Keown, KIE Senior Research Scholar and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Christian Ethics, recently published a new play entitled Babydoctor: The Trial of Dr. William Clifford.

The Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE) is pleased to announce that Maggie Little, BPhil, PhD, Professor of Philosophy, Senior Research Scholar at the KIE, and Director of the Ethics Lab, has been named recipient of the Francis J. McNamara, Jr. Chair.

The Kennedy Institute of Ethics seeks a Managing Editor for Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, a prestigious international forum for interdisciplinary studies in the ethics of health care and in the philosophy and methodology of medical practice and biomedical research.

Through a generous grant from the McDonald-Agape Foundation, The Kennedy Institute of Ethics is pleased to announce this call for applications for the 2022-2024 McDonald-Agape Postdoctoral Fellowship in Bioethics.

KIE Director Dr. Daniel Sulmasy is Appointed to the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the American Medical Association.

The Kennedy Institute’s faculty members have undertaken initiatives on a number of fronts to incorporate issues of racial justice and anti-racism into their teaching, research, and service, particularly through the efforts of Ethics Lab, under the direction of Maggie Little. The following is a partial list of these efforts.

Thank you to the KIE 50th Anniversary Symposium speakers and participants.

The Kennedy Institute of Ethics and the staff of the Bioethics Research Library (BRL) would like to thank Dr. Jonathon Erlen for his valuable contribution to the development of our collection.

The Kennedy Institute of Ethics is pleased to announce a 50th anniversary symposium on bioethics from June 1-5th, 2021. It will be held in association with the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

Hans-Martin Sass and Martin Woesler publish new book collecting essays responding to ethical challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic

KIE Fellows and Staff Present at the 2021 Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual Conference

KIE Acting Director Dr. Daniel Sulmasy and Dr. Sheldon Rubenfeld Co-Edit New Book Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia Before, During, and After the Holocaust.