UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights
Fostering the Art of Convergence and Cooperation in Global Ethics
Areas of Interest
Activities and News
Bioethics – A Humanistic Approach to Medicine
Alberto Garcia and Fr. Joseph Tham will speak at the conference, “Bioethics - A Humanistic Approach to Medicine.” held near Detroit, Michigan. See the news here. To sign up, visit http://www.bioethicsinternational.org/blog/upcoming-conferences/.
Summer Bioethics Course, 2010 Biomedi@
Biomedi@, Annual Summer Bioethics Course, 2010, Rome From June 28 to July 9 of 2010, the Annual Bioethics Summer Course was held in the School of Bioethics in Regina Apostolorum in collaboration with UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights. 60 participants from...
Religions, Cultures, Human Rights
International Conference Religions, Cultures, Human Rights: Complex Relations in Evolution The UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights was one of the co-sponsors of the International Conference “Religions, Cultures, Human Rights: Complex Relations in Evolution”...
“He Isn’t Gage Anymore”: How Our “I” Depends on Our Brain
by Alberto Carrara | translated by Adrian Lawrence What would happen to a man if a spear pierced through his face entering through his jaw and exiting through his skull? We would probably say that this human being in the worst case scenario would die a victim of the...
Neurotheology
by Alberto Carrara (translated by Adrian Lawrence) What is a cloistered Carmelite nun doing kneeling with her eyes closed, connected to dozens of cables plugged into an EEG machine? The question seems legitimate. The answer, however, is not so simple. Indeed, many...
The Birth of Neurobioethics
By Alberto Carrara (translated by Adrian Lawrence) We find ourselves in Spain in the middle of a bull fight. The audience is applauding the undaunted bullfighter. In comes the famous beast which strikes fear in men’s hearts. It’s an enormous animal that would put any...
Official Presentation of the Unesco Chair
INVITO Lunedì 22 Marzo 2010, ore 18:00 Via degli Aldobrandeschi, 190 - Roma Presentazione della Cattedra UNESCO di Bioetica e Diritti Umani Il Pontificio Ateneo Regina Apostolorum e l´Università Europea di Roma sono lieti d´invitare la S.V. alla presentazione della...
Official presentation of the UNESCO Chair
The official presentation of the UNESCO chair in Bioethics and human rights took place on the 22nd of March, 2010. The event was held in the Pontifical athenaeum Regina Apostolorum and hosted the speakers: Henk Ten Have - Director of the Division of Ethics of Science...