The Bioethics Podcast

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 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

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. Read the full letter Give Now: https://give.tiu.edu/CBHD --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

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" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

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” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

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 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

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! YouTubecbhd.orgReproductive Ethics --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

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? Show Notes: 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 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

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. Show Notes: The Future of Health: Faith, Ethics, and our MedTech WorldArtificial Intelligence: More than Byte-Sized IssuesOur Executive Director On the Newly Approved CRISPR Gene Editing TreatmentOur 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 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

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: https://bioethics.com/https://twitter.com/bioethicsdotcomhttps://www.instagram.com/bioethicsdotcom/https://www.threads.net/@bioethicsdotcomhttps://bioethics.com/rss-2/ 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! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

In this episode of the podcast—our second ever video episode—we have an address given by William Hurlbut, MD, of Stanford University on genomic editing. This is a topic that is much in the news – in fact, the United Kingdom has just become the first country to approve a treatment using the gene editing technique known as CRISPR. But what, exactly is genomic editing, what opportunities does it provide, what challenges come with it, and for those of the Christian faith, how do our theological beliefs help us to evaluate it? These are the topics of this address. 2024 CALL FOR PROPOSALS CBHD invites healthcare and other professionals, scholars, researchers, educators, and students to submit abstracts of papers that address questions associated with our conference theme—The Future of Health: Faith, Ethics, and our MedTech World—or that engage more broadly with other foundational and emerging bioethical issues raised at the intersections of medicine, science, technology, and our common humanity. For more information, see the Submission Guidelines at https://www.cbhd.org/conference/cfp --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

In this edition of the podcast, our Executive Director, Matthew Eppinettte, provides an update on the work of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity, framed by what he sees as the most pressing bioethics issues of the coming years. We cannot do the work of unpacking and addressing these vital topics without your help. Your donation today will help us continue to advance our research on these and other vital areas of life and health. With your help—and only with your help—will we be able to continue to stay ahead of the curve on these and other areas in the academic arena of bioethics. In addition, your backing will allow us to continue to provide resources and support to physicians, pastors, and other church leaders on the front lines who face these issues in their work, their congregations, and their communities each day. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

This episode of the podcast features our Executive Director's Plenary Address from 30th annual summer conference. In the talk, he makes a few comments on the history of bioethics over the past 30 years before spending the bulk of the time talking about the present state of bioethics and what it might look like in the coming years. Are you a member of CBHD? If so, thank you! If not, join today. By becoming a member of The Center of Bioethics & Human Dignity, you gain access to content from the Center that can’t be found anywhere else! Members receive: A print subscription to Ethics & Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics. Access to past CBHD Conference audio & video through our web portal on CBHD.org. Discounts at prominent publishers such as University of Chicago Press & InterVarsity Press. Discounts on prominent journals such as the American Journal of Bioethics. Book discussion groups available only to CBHD members. Members-only email newsletter with more in-depth content from CBHD. And more! And it’s worth noting that next week we’ll be sending out an email to all our members announcing the next book discussion title as well as a few other pieces of member-specific info. Membership is $75/per year (or for students it’s $40/year or only $5/month). Join today at https://www.cbhd.org/sign-up --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

Welcome to our first video podcast! This episode features Dr. Gilbert Meilaender’s presentation of the 2023 John F. Kilner Bioethics Lectureship from March of this year. The lecture is entitled "The Meaning of Children: Competing Narratives," and it encourages us to consider whether it is best to view children as gifts to be received or projects to be undertaken, and what each view indicates regarding our own humanity. Also, please save the date June 27–29, 2024, for our 31st annual conference, "The Future of Health: Faith, Ethics, and our MedTech World." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

As we prepare for our 30th annual conference, this episode of The Bioethics Podcast features a plenary addresses from our 2002 conference, "Bioethics at the Bedside." The speaker is the late Dr. Edmund Pellegrino, and in this address he looks at issues of justice with respect to the physician-patient relationship. Edmund D. Pellegrino, MD was Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Medical Ethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and the founding director of the Center for Clinical Bioethics, which was renamed the Edmund D. Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics in his honor in 2013, at Georgetown University Medical Center. Our 30th annual conference, The Christian Stake in Bioethics Revisited, is coming up June 22-24, and will be available to attend in-person, online, or on-demand. Register now at cbhd.org. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

As we prepare for our 30th annual conference – The Christian Stake in Bioethics Revisited, June 22-24, available in person and online – this podcast episode features another of the plenary addresses from the very first conference, The Christian Stake in Bioethics, in 1994. Our speaker in this episode is the late Dr. Allen Verhey, and in this address, he takes a careful look at the concept of autonomy and compares it to Martin Luther’s Freedom of the Christian. Dr. Allen Verhey was published widely and was the author, editor, or co-editor of 12 books. He is perhaps best known for Reading the Bible in the Strange World of Medicine, and his final book was The Christian Art of Dying. Dr. Verhey died at age 68 in February 2014, after a long struggle with Amyloidosis. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

In this episode of The Bioethics Podcast, CBHD Executive Director Matthew Eppinette shares an update on the Center. In short, as we approach the end of our fiscal year on April 30, we need to raise $60,000 to maintain our momentum and continue providing leadership in supporting and training pastors and Christian thought leaders in the critically strategic areas of bioethics. The need for sound, biblical wisdom on the issues of bioethics has never been greater. We can meet these challenges only with the help of people just like you. Please give as generously as you are able today. Thank you in advance! https://give.tiu.edu/CBHD --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

In this episode of the podcast, we have a recent lecture by Michael J. Sleasman, PhD, Associate Professor of Bioethics and Director of Bioethics Degree Programs at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Trinity International University. His lecture is entitled “From Science Fiction to Reality: The Bioethics of Emerging Technologies” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

As we look forward to our 30th annual conference – The Christian Stake in Bioethics Revisited, June 22-24 – this episode of the podcast looks back to the very first address from the very first conference, way back in May of 1994. In this address, Dr. Cameron identifies a profound cultural shift in public life, in institutions, and in professions that has seen each of these areas move away from Judeo-Christian underpinnings. Cameron focuses on medicine and what he identifies, from the Hippocratic Oath, as the three covenants involved in the profession of medicine, one of which in his view has been abandoned. He concludes with two suggestions on what might be done to respond to these changes. CBHD Members Reading Group: Read Frankenstein with the CBHD Staff The novel wrestles with themes of creation and destruction, alienation and loneliness, birth and life, the toxicity of revenge, and the quest to conquer the unknown at the cost of one’s own humanity. Literature professor Karen Swallow Prior has created an edition of this classic that illuminates Shelley’s intended themes and messages, including an extensive introduction to the original author and context of the novel. Through her footnotes and discussion questions, Prior’s commentary also helps the reader understand how to read Frankenstein in light of the gospel. We will meet via Zoom during the week of April 10 for the book discussion. Exact date and time TBD. To Participate, become a CBHD Member: https://www.cbhd.org/sign-up 30th Annual Conference Registration for our 30th annual conference, The Christian Stake in Bioethics Revisited is open and early bird rates are still in effect. For more information and to register, visit https://www.cbhd.org/conf2023 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message

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First, CBHD Membership is now open -- become a member today! For information on the benefits of membership and to join, visit https://www.cbhd.org/sign-up Second, Conference Registration is now open -- and early bird pricing is in effect! The theme for this, our 30th annual conference, is The Christian Stake in Bioethics Revisited: Crucial Issues of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. It will take place June 22-24 on the campus of Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. For more information and to register, visit https://www.cbhd.org/conf2023 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cbhd/message