The Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics
Medical & Bio-ethics
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Resources
Publications
- John Wyatt, Matters of Life and Death: Human dilemmas in light of the Christian Faith 2nd ed. (IVP 2009).
Audio/Video
- In Search of "Better Humans" and a Brave New World - Nigel Cameron and Matt James
- Abortion and Conscientious Objection - Daniel J. Hill
- A Case Against Permitting Intentional Medical Killing - Nigel Biggar
- Embryos and Genes, Clones and Cybrids: Aspects of the 2008 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act - John Bryant
- Tube-Feeding Patients in PVS - James E. Read
- Christian reflection on Infertility and the ARTs - Kenneth Magnuson
- Jonathan Chaplin writes on "Do we know why we are all equal?"
- John Wyatt writes on Human identity in a technological world.
Media
- Jonathan Chaplin articles in the Guardian.
Events
Future
KLICE has three summer school events this year, dates as follows: June 8-10 (nurses), August 29-30 (doctors and healthcare workers), September 14-16 (lawyers and legal professionals). More information here.
Past
'Putting Principles-based Ethics in Proper Perspective: Appeals to Covenant as the Basis for a Bioethical Framework': October 24, 2011
- A special seminar on medical ethics led by senior medical oncologist, Dr Jim Rusthoven, from Canada. Talk followed by discussion. Professor John Wyatt (emeritus, UCL) participated. "For three decades, principles-based ethics has been the dominant paradigm for biomedical ethics. Recently, appeals have been made among health professionals of diverse beliefs and vocations within medicine for a developing a covenantal ethical model. In response, a covenantal framework taken from a biblical perspective will be presented. Its creational grounding gives validity to its appeal by persons of different belief traditions."
Summer Schools: Medical ethics summer school
- 18 medical practitioners and health care workers attended ‘Medical Ethics for the 21st Century’, a two-day summer school offered by the KLICE Public Leadership programme in partnership with the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF). The main speaker was Professor John Wyatt, author of Matters of Life and Death (IVP 2009). Dr Pablo Fernandez (CMF) spoke about recent developments in the work of CMF, KLICE Associate Director Joshua Hordern presented a literature review on medical ethics, and Dr Robert Song, president of the Society for the Study of Christian Ethics participated in a panel on bio-ethics.
KLICE was a co-sponsor of the 2009 Veritas Forum in Cambridge University on the theme of 'Becoming Human'.
- The focus was on medical ethics, bio-ethics and emerging technologies. The Director chaired a panel on 13 November on 'Persons, Bodies, and Technologies: Human Dignity and Bio-medical Ethics'. Panellists included Professor John Wyatt (University College London), Professor Nigel Cameron (President, Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future), and Dr Peter Cave (Chair, Humanist Philosophy Group).
Research
KLICE Grantee
KLICE grantee Anthony Kaniaru is a second-year doctoral student at Durham University working on medical ethics under the supervision of Dr. Robert Song. Anthony has a master’s degrees in theology from the USA and earlier established an impressive track record of Christian leadership in Kenya. He plans to initiate much-needed research and education on medical ethics in his home country of Kenya upon his return.
Recommended Reading
- Xenotransplantation - David Cook
- Health Care Ethics: The Child B Case A Proposed Framework for Moral Decision-Making - Katherine Wasson
- How do We Address Human Needs and Wants in Health Care - Katherine Wasson
Books
- Watt, Helen (ed.), Fertility & Gender: Issues in Reproductive and Sexual Ethics, (Oxford: The Anscombe Bioethics Centre)
- Bratton, Mark (ed.), God, Ethics and the Human Genome: Theological, Legal and Scientific Perspectives(London: Church House Publishing, 2009).
- Hans Reinders, Receiving the Gift of Friendship: Profound Disability, Theological Anthropology, and Ethics(Eerdmans, 2008).
- Ronald Cole-Turner, ed., Design and Destiny: Jewish and Christian Perspectives on Human Germline Modification (MIT Press, 2008).
Links
For articles:
- Ethics and Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics
- Studies in Christian Ethics
- Journal of Religious Ethics
- Grove Booklets
- Law and Justice: The Christian Law Review
Other:
1. New book on 'Living Witness: Explorations in missional ethics'.
2. KLICE Comment on Missional Ethics.
3. KLICE News May 2012 here.
4. Summer Schools 2012: Nurses, Doctors and Lawyers.
5. Director on religion and public reason in new law journal