Video – Extracts from “Multiculturalism and Interreligious Perspective on Informed Consent” Workshop

Jul 31, 2018 | News

 

The UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights hold its 6th international Bioethics, multiculturalism and religion workshop to discuss issues of informed consent and clinical research on February 21-23. As part of the i-Consent consortium (a project funded by the European Union – Horizon 2020), the ethical reflections of the workshop focused on the multicultural and interdisciplinary dimension of the ethical requirements of informed consent applied to transnational / clinical research and vaccination.

 

 

First Interdisciplinary Neuroethics Diploma Course

Jul 10, 2018 | News

1st Interdisciplinary Neuroethics Diploma Course

Anáhuac México Norte University and the Bioética Clínica y Neuroética Anáhuac (BINCA) in collaboration  with UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights, Faith and Science Institute, The Interdisciplinary Research Group in Neurobiothics (GdN), and with the support of Faculty of Education, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Economics and Business, Faculty of Psychology, and Faculty of Bioethics is launching the1st Interdisciplinary Neuroethics Diploma Course. This course will be available in English and in Spanish. You can take it from any part of the world and attend to the live lectures.

Objectives

To give basic knowledge to the students about what is neuroethics, from an interdisciplinary perspective that allows appreciation of its neuroscientific and philosophic identities. From this, the course should make evident problems and novelties arising in diverse knowledge domains, at the philosophic and practical level. Likewise, we aim to prompt connections and interdisciplinary dialogue among the professors for the course’s benefit and the ignition of future collaborations. For further information read the detailed program following this link.

Start: 1st September 2018

Duration: 100 hours 

For further information and application: mariel.kalkach@anahuac.mx or yael.zoneszainl@anahuac.mx

 

Structure

A Collaboration to Share Love and Generosity

Jul 3, 2018 | News

 

Based on the values of cooperation and generosity, the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights and the social program Contagia Alegria have reached an agreement and a common goal. Contagia Alegria was born as a social action to help children and people in need react to and live with disease. Through joy and happiness volunteers try to brighten the patient’s day and offer him and his relatives hope. Indeed, this initiative also represents a great opportunity for volunteers who experience the beauty of truly giving and receiving unconditional love. The collaboration is part of the UNESCO Chair’s Global Art Interest Area, and recognizes the art of the clown as culturally significant and medically beneficial. Each organization will support the other’s initiatives, and they will work together to create joint ones.

 

 

 

The Latest Advances in Genetics: CRISPR and the Ethics of GM humans

Jun 26, 2018 | News

 

Starting from a debate about to what extend we should use technology to correct genetics illness and enhance human race, Father Joseph Tham, Fellow of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights, will give a talk on new technologies and on how these may affect a new strong, healthier, and smarter offspring from an ethical perspective.

After the Human Genome Project, the field of genetics had laid dormant until recently.  First there was the discovery of the field of epigenetics and environment’s impact on genes inheritance.  The more surprising advance of CRISPR technology allows scientists and amateurs to edit the DNA of plants, animals and humans.  There is a heated debate about whether we should use this technology not only to correct genetic illnesses, but also to enhance the human race.  We are on the verge of creating superior offspring who would be healthier, smarter, and stronger. Could such technology change human nature in a radical and possibly disastrous way?  The conference will look at the state of the technology and offer some ethical reflections on its use.