On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established the nationwide right to choose an abortion. For decades, rancorous debate about the ruling ...

The world of bioethics is defined by four basic principles: autonomy, justice, beneficence and nonmaleficence. Healthcare practitioners use these principles as their guiding force when evaluating the ...

Lecture by Professor James F. Childress on the suitability of different concepts of autonomy On Thursday, October 18, 6.00 p.m. medical ethicist Professor James F. Childress (University of Virginia) ...

A class offered occasionally within Barrett, The Honors College, teaches LGBTQ+ issues are critical for providing additional perspectives that deepen students' understanding of how to help others.

There is no good death, I now know. It always hurts, both the dying and the left behind. But there is a good enough death.” So concludes Ann Neumann in re­sponse to the central questions of her book: ...

Decision-making, e.g. about the treatment of somebody in a coma, often becomes a massive burden for the near relatives or the partner of such a person. Which weight should be given to their point of ...