NYU Center for Bioethics

As science, technology, and medicine advance, society will confront new ethical dilemmas at the nexus of public health policy and individual choice. The Master of Arts in Bioethics at the College of Global Public Health provides a strong philosophical foundation for navigating these urgent questions.

5th Annual Philosophical Bioethics Workshop

The 5th Annual NYU Philosophical Bioethics Workshop

April 25th – 26th, 2025
Deutsches Haus
42 Washington Mews
New York, NY 10003
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The New York University Center for Bioethics is pleased to present the 5th Annual Philosophical Bioethics Workshop, being held in person at NYU on April 25th and 26th, 2025. 

We are seeking to showcase new work in philosophical bioethics, broadly understood. This includes (but is not limited to) neuroethics, environmental ethics, animal ethics, reproductive ethics, research ethics, ethics of AI, data ethics, public health ethics, gender and race in bioethics, and clinical ethics.

Our distinguished keynote speaker will be Professor Caspar Hare of MIT.

If you would like to attend in person as an audience member, please RSVP using the form linked below. We have limited space for in-person participation; there will not be a Zoom option.

This year’s Philosophical Bioethics Workshop is organized by S. Matthew Liao, Daniel Fogal, Claudia Passos-Ferreira, Dan Khokhar, and Jonathan Knutzen of the NYU Center for Bioethics.

Featured Speakers

  • Caspar Hare (MIT) – Keynote Speaker
  • Ben Lang (Oxford University) – Graduate Student Prize Winner
  • Richard Yetter Chappell (University of Miami)
  • Sophie Gilbert (NYU / Penn) 
  • Michal Masny (MIT)
  • Nada Gligorov (Albany) & Pierce Randall (Albany)
  • Sam Director (Richmond)
Friday, April 25
9:30-10:00am Coffee, light refreshments (provided)
10:00am Welcome — S. Matthew Liao (NYU)
10:05-11:25am Richard Yetter Chappell (Miami) – ‘Genetic Reproductive Freedom’
Chair: Aleksy Tarasenko-Struc (Seton Hall)
11:35-12:55pm Sophie Gibert (NYU/Penn) – ‘Paternalism and the Right to Be Wronged’
Chair: Blake Hereth (Western Michigan)
12:55-2:00pm Lunch Break
2:00-3:20pm Michal Masny (MIT) – ‘Extension and Replacement’
Chair: Brian Berkey (Penn)
3:30-5:30pm Mala Kamm Memorial Lecture (NYU Philosophy): Peter Railton (Michigan)
6:00-7:30pm Workshop reception (everyone invited)
 
Saturday, April 26
9-9:30am: Coffee, light breakfast (provided)
10:00-11:20am: Nada Gligorov & Pierce Randall (Albany) – ‘The Volitional Approach to Surrogate Decision Making’
Chair: Max Kramer (UCLA)
11:30-12:50pm: Sam Director (Richmond) – ‘Does Black Box AI In Medicine Compromise Informed Consent?’
Chair: Emily Slome (SUNY Oswego)
12:50-2:00pm: Lunch Break
2:00-3:20pm: Ben Lang (Oxford) – ‘Dropping Anchor or Chasing a Moving Target? Challenges for Personalized, Moral Advisement LLMs’ (Graduate Student Prize Winner)
Chair: Levy Wang (USC)
3:30-5:00pm: Caspar Hare (MIT), TBA
Chair: S. Matthew Liao (NYU)
 
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Questions? Email bioethics@nyu.edu