Short Course on Public Deliberation and Gene Editing in the Wild

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Hastings Center scholars Michael Gusmano and Karen Maschke present a Short Course on Public Deliberation and Gene Editing in the Wild for attendees of Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association via zoom.   Emerging technologies for the genetic modification of organisms present unprecedented opportunities to alter wild populations of organisms, from microbes to...

“BINOCULARITY: A Tool for Comprehending Persons in Depth”

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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...

Addressing Racism in Medical Research & Publishing

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Racism and unconscious bias persist in medical research. Given that journalists who write, or aspire to write, about medicine look at journals for story ideas, the editors of those journals have an indispensable role in identifying and eliminating racism in the review and publication of research. What antiracist steps are leading journals taking? What more should be done? What kinds of cues can help journalists recognize racial bias in a research article?

The Role of Choice in Death and Dying in Late Life

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In this symposium, we will discuss the changing attitude towards death and dying in late life, bringing together insights from different disciplines, such as sociology, philosophy, (bio)ethics and thanatology. The question will be raised: what is the impact of the growing emphasis on individual choice regarding death and dying on the way we – as individuals and as a society – live towards the end of life?