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What is the True Death of a Human Being?

Blackfriars Hall St Giles, Oxford, United Kingdom

The debate regarding the validity of the use of neurological criteria to determine death – so-called “brain death” – has been central to the field of bioethics since its inception....

Thomism and Transhumanism: Can Biotechnology enhance Human Flourishing?

Blackfriars Hall St Giles, Oxford, United Kingdom

In this presentation, I critique transhumanism, which denies any objective account of human nature and flourishing in favour of “morphological freedom” to reshape ourselves in any way one chooses so...

Can we BioTechnologically Construct a Morally Better Human?

Blackfriars Hall St Giles, Oxford, United Kingdom

In this presentation, I comparatively analyze traditional indirect means of moral enhancement, such as moral education within families and wider societies, with direct biotechnological means that affect a moral agent’s...