#235 Bioethics yesterday, today and tomorrow 🗓
With Dr Matthew Eppinette
Bioethics has brought a slate of topics over the past years. Today, we face a set of complex and pressing issues, and the dilemmas of tomorrow are, at most, just over the horizon. This talk will include a few comments about the bioethics of yesterday before turning to the issues of today and tomorrow, which, as you might expect, are closely intertwined. Finally, it will close with brief remarks on how we, as Christians, might respond.
Further Resources:
- The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity (CBHD) - Annual Conference
- Bioethics Degree and Certificate Options - Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- Dignitas - Academic Publication of CBHD
- ICMDA Bioethics Training with Prof John Wyatt
Recommended Books:
- Carter Snead, What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics
- Gilbert Meilander, Bioethics: A Primer for Christians 4th ed.
- Paul Ramsey, The Patient as Person
- Matthew Eppinette, "Will Posthumans be Persons? Taking the Transhumanist Goal Seriously" in Mihretu P. Guta and Scott B. Rae, eds. Taking Persons Seriously: Where Philosophy and Bioethics Intersect
- Bill Gardner, “Death by Referral: When My Doctor Offered to Help Me End My Life,” Comment, May 4, 2023
Dr Matthew Eppinette
Matthew Eppinette, MBA, PhD, is Executive Director of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity (CBHD) and an Affiliate Professor of Bioethics at Trinity International University. Dr. Eppinette has two decades of experience in the field of bioethics.
He holds a PhD in Theology with concentrations in Christian Ethics and Theology & Culture from the Center for Advanced Theological Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, where he also earned an MA in Theology.
During his time at the Center for Bioethics and Culture he co-wrote and co-produced six documentary films addressing bioethics issues. Three of the films were Official Film Festival Selections, and one was awarded Best Documentary.
Matthew and his wife Ginger currently reside in suburban Chicago.
