This episode of the podcast features Executive Director Matthew Eppinette's update from this year’s conference on CBHD’s future in light of the changes coming at our host institution, Trinity.
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“The World Isn’t Ready for What Comes After I.V.F.” by Ari Schulman, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/09/opinion/ivf-debate.html
“Open Wallets, Empty Hearts” by Ari Schulman, The New Atlantis https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/open-wallets-empty-hearts
“Silicon Valley’s Trendy Ethic: Effective Altruism” by Heather Zeiger, Mind Matters News https://mindmatters.ai/2024/09/silicon-valleys-trendy-ethic-effective-altruism/
“I was adopted from China as a baby. I’m still coming to terms with that” by Cindy Zhu Huijgen, New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/opinion/china-adopted-babies-identity.html
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In this episode of The Bioethics Podcast, we have one of the most powerful pieces we have ever published.
It is read for us by the author, Lori Way, and it comes from her experience caring for her husband through illness, recovery, and a “new normal.”
This piece is part of our "Faces of the Church Series" of articles, which are posted on our Intersections Forum at our website, https://www.cbhd.org/
Our Intersections Forum is meant to discuss, equip, and inspire pastors, ministry leaders, and laypeople regarding the real-life issues people are experiencing and seeking Christian guidance on at the intersection of medicine, technology, and the Christian life.
In this episode of the podcast, CBHD Research Scholar Anna Vollema and CBHD Research Analyst Heather Zeiger join CBHD Executive Director Matthew Eppinette for a discussion of several recent bioethics-related news items.
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Support the work of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity: https://www.tiu.edu/giving/bioethics/
We at CBHD have been addressing reproductive technologies throughout our history. In 2017, at our 24th annual conference, we held a colloquium on Catholic, Protestant, & Orthodox Approaches to Reproductive Technologies. Three speakers walked through their convictional approach to these issues, each in turn.
This episode of the bioethics podcast is the third of three that carries these talks.
In the first episode, Marie T. Hilliard, JCL, PhD, RN, of the National Catholic Bioethics Center. presented A Catholic Approach to Reproductive Technologies.
The second episode had Scott B. Rae, PhD, of Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, with Protestant Approaches to Reproductive Technologies.
The series concludes in this episode with Gayle E. Woloschak, PhD, on an Orthodox approach.
Dr. Woloschak is Professor of Radiation Oncology, Radiology, and Cell and Molecular Biology in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University.
She is also adjunct faculty at Lutheran School of Theology, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary.
This episode is the second in a series of three looking at reproductive technologies from Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox perspectives.
In the first episode, Marie T. Hilliard of the National Catholic Bioethics Center presented a Catholic approach to Reproductive technologies.
This episode has Scott B. Rae, PhD, of Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, with a protestant approach.
The series will conclude in the next episode with Gayle E. Woloschak, PhD, on an Orthodox approach.
Reproductive technologies, especially in vitro fertilization (IVF), remain at the forefront of the news and societal conversation in 2024.
In 2017, at our 24th annual conference, we held a colloquium on Catholic, Protestant, & Orthodox Approaches to Reproductive Technologies. Three speakers walked through their convictional approach to these issues, each in turn.
This episode, then, begins a series of three episodes that will carry these talks.
The first, in this episode, is by Marie T. Hilliard, JCL, PhD, RN, of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, presenting a Catholic approach to Reproductive technologies.
The next episode will feature Scott B. Rae, PhD, with a Protestant approach, and the series will conclude with Gayle E. Woloschak, PhD, on an Orthodox approach to reproductive technology.
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Our 31st annual conference, "The Future of Health: Faith, Ethics, and Our MedTech World," will take place June 27-29 of this year on the Campus of Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois.
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CBHD Research Analyst Heather Zeiger interviews Yves Moreau, professor of engineering at the University of Leuven, Belgium. His research is located at the interface between artificial intelligence and genetics, focusing in particular on mass surveillance technology.
SHOW NOTES
"Unethical studies on Chinese minority groups are being retracted — but not fast enough, critics say," Nature, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00170-0
"US company must stop supplying China’s regime with DNA surveillance tech," The Hill, https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4421537-us-company-must-stop-supplying-chinas-regime-with-dna-surveillance-tech/
"U.S.-made Dna Id Equipment Is Being Sold to Xinjiang’s Police," MindMatters, https://mindmatters.ai/2021/07/u-s-made-dna-id-equipment-is-being-sold-to-xinjiangs-police/
"China: Dna Phenotyping Profiles Racial Minorities," MindMatters, https://mindmatters.ai/2019/12/china-dna-phenotyping-profiles-racial-minorities/
"A Christian Response to Xinjiang: Technological Repression and Cultural Genocide," Dignitas, https://www.cbhd.org/dignitas-articles/a-christian-response-to-xinjiang-technological-repression-and-cultural-genocide
As you may know, April marks the end of our fiscal year, so our Executive Director, Dr. Eppinette, provides updates on some of the work we’ve been doing and some of the plans we have for the future.
This is a special episode of the podcast featuring the second half of our own Barbenheimer, a phenomenon you may remember from the summer of 2023 when both Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenhiemer were in theaters.
Both of these movies highlight themes relevant to our consideration of bioethics, and so, with Oscar season upon us, we are featuring pieces by CBHD staff members exploring the nexus of film and bioethics.
In this episode, CBHD Research Analyst Heather Zeiger presents a piece titled “The Manhattan Project and the Seduction of Technology.”
INTERSECTIONS: "The Manhattan Project and the Seduction of Technology"
This is a special episode of the podcast featuring the first half of our own "Barbenheimer," a phenomenon you may remember from the summer of 2023 when both Greta Gerwig’s Barbie Movie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer were in theaters.
Both of these movies highlight themes relevant to our consideration of bioethics, and so with Oscar season upon us, we are featuring pieces in this episode and the next by CBHD staff members exploring the nexus of film and bioethics.
In this episode, CBHD Research Scholar Anna Vollema presents a piece titled “On Being Human: Reflections on Greta Gerwig’s Barbie Movie.”
INTERSECTIONS: “On Being Human: Reflections on Greta Gerwig's Barbie Movie”
In this talk, Dr. Stephen Greggo, Chair of the Counseling Department and Professor of Counseling at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, part of our host institution, responds to and extends Dr. Megan Best’s presentation, which we featured on the previous episode of the bioethics podcast, on the moral status of the embryo and other ethical issues that arise at the beginning of life, which are especially relevant to the conversations happening in the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court’s recent ruling.
Our 31st annual summer conference is coming up in June, and Early Bird Pricing will be in effect through the month of March. For more information and to register, visit https://www.cbhd.org/conference
The recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling regarding cryogenically preserved human embryos raises numerous questions about the process of in vitro fertilization (IVF), the moral status of human embryos, the cryopreservation of embryos, the status of embryos as a matter of law, and more.
These are questions that we at The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity have been addressing for 30 years now. We have a number of resources on our website that speak to these and other questions surrounding reproductive technologies like IVF and the issues that arise from them.
For this episode of the podcast, we’ve chosen a presentation by Dr. Megan Best, an Associate Fellow of CBHD, a Researcher at the Institute of Ethics & Society at the University of Notre Dame Australia, and an honorary Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney.
In the presentation, Dr. Best looks at the moral status of the embryo and other ethical issues that arise at the beginning of life, which are especially relevant to the conversations happening in the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling.
I should also add that our next episode will feature a response by a psychologist and Christian counselor on how we can extend this conversation even further into our churches, so stay tuned for that!
This episode of the podcast features an article written by our Executive Director on recent developments in artificial intelligence, particularly within the realm of healthcare. What do we need to know about these rapidly developing new technologies, and how might Christians think about and respond to AI?
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FREE Lecture, in person OR online, "How Assisted Dying Creates New Realities: Looking back on 40 Years of Euthanasia Experience," by Theo Boer, PhD. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bioethics-lecture-how-assisted-dying-creates-new-realities-tickets-796371457467
As we close out 2023, our Executive Director wanted to take a few minutes to talk about where we’ve been this year and where we’re planning to go next year.
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Our thought leadership in the arena of bioethics is more crucial than ever, and we need your help to continue this work. If you have never given to CBHD before, this is a great time to make that first gift. If you’ve given before, first of all, thank you! Would you consider giving again, and perhaps giving a larger gift this year? With your help—and only with your help—will we be able to do the work to which we are called. https://give.tiu.edu/CBHD
In this episode of the podcast, we try something new and different. CBHD Executive Director Matthew Eppinette, CBHD Research Scholar Anna Vollema, and CBHD Research Analyst Heather Zeiger discuss current bioethics news items posted on bioethics.com.
Topics they discuss include artificial intelligence, CAR-T therapy, medical debt, and ways churches and individuals might care well for those in their congregations and communities who are going through a time of illness.
To keep up with all of the latest news from the arena of bioethics:
In addition, the Call for Proposals for our 2024 conference—The Future of Health: Faith, Ethics, and our MedTech World—remains open until December 18. For more information, see the Submission Guidelines on our website.
Also, help spread the word to others in your circle of influence. Perhaps someone you know has a great idea for a paper and just needs a little encouragement!
