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.

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  • Night in the Library: Out of Darkness

    On Saturday, March 16 from 7 pm-2 am, join us at this year’s Night in the Library: Out of Darkness at the Brooklyn Public Library:an all-night symposium on the philosophy, histories and strategies of moving into a new world together from the Brooklyn Public Library RSVP at https://bklynlib.org/nitl

  • Spring 2024 Colloquium Series: Dr. Johann Frick

    The Center for Bioethics Presents: Spring 2024 Colloquium Series The Value of Life, the Value of Virtue Dr. Johann Frick Wednesday, April 3rd 2:00 - 3:30 pm Location TBD It is sometimes said that, just as Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires, the field of population ethics is the graveyard of moral theories. Ethical views […]

  • Is Any Embryo an “Unborn Child”? The Ancient Jewish Debate

    Is Any Embryo an "Unborn Child"? The Ancient Jewish Debate Noam J. Zohar, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Bar-Ilan University, Israel Visiting Scholar, Division of Medical Ethics, NYU Langone Dr. Zohar specializes in Moral and Political Philosophy, with an emphasis on applied ethics - especially bioethics and morality in war - philosophy of Jewish Halacha […]

  • Cannabis Use and Violent Deaths: A Data Fusion Approach to Epidemiologic Research

    Cannabis Use and Violent Deaths: A Data Fusion Approach to Epidemiologic Research APRIL 12 AT 10AM ET This event is hosted by the GPH Department of Epidemiology Join Guohua Li, MD, DrPH, M. Finster Professor of Epidemiology and Anesthesiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, as he discusses the public health significance of epidemiologic research on cannabis use […]

  • Nancy N. Dubler Medical Ethics Lecture Series presents: “Light and Shadow: The Ethics of Writing Fiction about Medical Ethics”

    Nancy N. Dubler Medical Ethics Lecture Series presents: "Light and Shadow: The Ethics of Writing Fiction about Medical Ethics" - 5/13, 12pm-1pm ET with Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH HCEC-C Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH HCEC-C (he/him/his) Chief, Division of General Pediatrics Leader, EthicsLab@CHOP Research Affinity Group The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Professor of Pediatrics, […]