Hastings Center senior research scholar Erik Parens will present “BINOCULARITY: A Tool for Comprehending Persons in Depth” at the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre at the University of Alberta.

It is plain that, to exhibit care for persons, we need to respect them as persons. I will suggest that, to show respect, we should aspire to comprehend them “in depth.” And I will suggest that the metaphor of binocular vision can help us as we seek such in-depth comprehension.