Our Mission
We address social and ethical challenges in medicine, healthcare, science, and technology wisely and responsibly.
Our Impact
Events
The Elephant from Heaven and the Chicken from Hell: Does De-extinction Make Sense?
AI and Aging Societies: The Ethics of Thinking about Problems and Solutions
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Special Reports
Special Reports to the Hastings Center Report present the results of research projects. Reports may be single-authored or collections of essays prepared by members of project working groups, consensus documents, or lively conversations among those who reached differing moral conclusions about a project’s central questions.
Living with Dementia: Learning from Cultural Narratives of Aging Societies
Envisioning a More Just Genomics
Bioethics Briefings
Bioethics Briefings contain overviews of issues of high public interest, such as abortion, racism and health equity, climate change, and medical aid-in-dying. The briefs, written by leading bioethicists, are nonpartisan, describing topics from a range of perspectives that are grounded in scientific facts.
- Abortion
- Racism and Health Equity
- Environment, Ethics, and Human Health
- Medical Aid-in-Dying
- Public Health Ethics and Law
- End-of-Life Care
- Law Enforcement and Genetic Data
