UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights
Fostering the Art of Convergence and Cooperation in Global Ethics
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Bioethics Made Personal
Bioethics Made Personal: An Interview with UNESCO Chair Global Art Competition Board Member on the Artistic and Ethical Significance of the Exhibit An interview with Hallie Moore by Michael Baggot What is the value of the UNESCO Chair Global Art Exhibit? This exhibit...
Signing of an International Code of Ethics
In accordance with the mission of creating an appropriate framework to guide the implementation of ethical principles, Professor Alberto Garcia, Director of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights with its headquarter in Rome, Italy, has signed a document that...
The Beauty of Respect for the Vulnerable
UNESCO Chair Director awards mother for heroic embodiment of respect for vulnerable life at Rome art foundation event Alberto Garcia, Director of the UNESCO Chair of Bioethics and Human Rights, presented an award to Maria Grazia, loving mother of a daughter in...
2011 INS And SfN Neurobioethics Group Poster Presentation
Four posters whose authors are among the members of our Neurobioethics Group have been presented at the International Neuroethics Society (INS) Annual Meeting, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington DC, November 10th -11th. One of them, regarding the activities...
International Conference on Human Vulnerability
October 9-11, 2011 Rome International Conference on Human Vulnerability With the advance of biomedicine, certain individuals and groups are vulnerable because of their incapacities to defend themselves. Many world religions include the protection of the weak,...
Religious perspectives on human vulnerability
By Fr. Joseph Tham, LC, MD, PhD. Fellow, UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights Who are the vulnerable? What are the proper attitudes and responses toward them, especially in the field of biomedicine? These were the questions discussed at a recent workshop held...
Rome Workshop on “Human Vulnerability”
Second International Bioethics, Multiculturalism and Religion Workshop and Conference on Human Vulnerability Rome, Italy, October 9-11, 2011 With the advance of biomedicine, certain individuals and groups are vulnerable because of their incapacities to defend...
Global Art Competition’s Unveiling Ceremony
You are thoughtfully invited to the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights Global Art Competition's Unveiling Ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters Building 1st Avenue & East 44th Street New York, New York 10017 October 3, 2011 Cocktails served at...