The Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics
Events
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.
Publications
Recommended recent publications:
- John Wyatt, Matters of Life and Death: Human dilemmas in light of the Christian Faith 2nd ed. (IVP 2009).
- 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).
Abortion and Conscientious Objection - Daniel J. Hill
Tube-Feeding Patients in PVS - James E. Read
Christian reflection on Infertility and the ARTs - Kenneth Magnuson
Whitefield Briefing
Health Care Ethics: The Child B Case A Proposed Framework for Moral Decision-Making - Katherine Wasson
Xenotransplantation - David Cook
How do we address human needs and wants in health care - Katherine Wasson
Look for articles on medical and bio-ethics in:
Ethics and Medicine: An International Journal of Bioethics
Studies in Christian Ethics
Journal of Religious Ethics
Law and Justice: The Christian Law Review
Grove Booklets on Ethics
Links
Christian Medical Fellowship
Christians in Science
Faraday Institute for Science and Religion
1. Director's commentaries on the Coalition and the Conservative Party
2. Summer 2010 Newsletter
3. Latest issues of Ethics in Brief
4. Director's commentary on McFarlane v Relate case
5. KLICE contributes to 'Studies in Christian Ethics' issue
6. Director's article on role of institutions, in 'The Other Journal'
7. Review article on God and Government
8. Director's Guardian postings
