Can Bio-Tech Make Us Socially Just?

Social justice has often been improved and worsened by new technology, which always creates winners and losers. What does the rapidly advancing field of bio-technology mean for social justice as a whole around the world? Who will it help, and who will struggle for access to its benefits? And how might it change the nature of humanity itself and so raise completely new questions of justice for our species and our place on the earth? Drawing on secular and Catholic thought, Professor Jason Eberl will look across the spectrum of social justice to identify where researchers need to think harder about the challenges ahead.

This event will be hosted by the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice at Blackfriars Hall where Prof Eberl, from Saint Louis University, is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Aquinas Institute. Dr Hugo Slim, the Director of the Las Casas Institute, will respond.

The workshop will take place in-person at the Blackfriars Hall Annexe, on Tuesday the 4th of November at 3.30pm . Places are limited, and priority will be given to Blackfriars students and fellows. To register, please email the Las Casas Institute.

Professor Jason Eberl is the Hubert Mäder Chair in Bioethics, Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Albert Gnaegi Center for Bioethics at SLU. Previously, he held the Semler Endowed Chair for Medical Ethics in the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Marian University in Indianapolis. His research focuses on bioethics, metaphysics, and medieval philosophy. He is particularly interested in the thought of Thomas Aquinas and how his theories of human nature and morality may inform the ethical evaluation of various bioethical issues, including those at the margins of human life — such as abortion, human embryonic stem cell research, the definition of death, euthanasia, and organ donation — as well as emerging issues in biotechnology and justice in the allocation of health care resources. He is giving a lecture series at Blackfriars Hall this term, for details of the next event, please see the link.

Venue: Blackfriars Annexe Seminar Room - 33 St Giles Oxford, OX1 3LD United Kingdom Array ( [lat] => 51.7585577 [lng] => -1.2609288 )

Contact:
Las Casas Institute
lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk