The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity
@bioethicscenter
The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity (CBHD) is a Christian academic research center at LeTourneau University focused on the complex and pressing ethical issues in medicine, science, and technology.
New on our INTERSECTIONS FORUM – "Thanatology: New Perspectives and Resources to Help Grieving People" by Julie Lynn Ashley, MA www.cbhd.org/intersection...
This BIOETHICS WEEKLY: + CBHD is on Substack + This A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in Nature + A 2-Year-Old’s Drowning and a Fight Over the Line Between Life and Death +++ MORE +++ preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2174...
In The BIOETHICS MONTHLY: +Leaping Over Tall Books in a Single Bound: AI and the Death of Patient Reading +Abortion and Scripture Part 3: ‘And He Has Exalted Those Who Were Humble’ +PODCAST – Bored in a Digital Age +Virtue Ethics Lectures Playlist +++MORE+++ preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2174...
This WEEK + INTERSECTIONS – Leaping Over Tall Books in a Single Bound: AI and the Death of Patient Reading + CBHD in NOW Magazine +++MORE+++ preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2174...
LeTourneau University's Spring/Summer magazine features articles about and by CBHD, and it is landing in mailboxes across the country and is available to read online. www.letu.edu/alumni/stay-...
In the BIOETHICS WEEKLY: + Zimmerman Virtue Ethics Lectures Playlist + CBHD Fellow at World Opinions +++ MORE +++ preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2174...
This BIOETHICS WEEKLY: NEW INTERSECTIONS – Abortion and Scripture Part 3: ‘And He Has Exalted Those Who Were Humble’ +++MORE+++ preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2174...
THIS WEEK: + New Podcast Episode: Bored in a Digital Age + Bioethics Reading Group Registration Closes Wednesday, July 15 +++MORE+++ preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2174...
In The Bioethics MONTHLY Email: + The Breath as Sacred Ground: Contemplative Wisdom, Modern Science, and the Ethics of Human Flourishing + Conference Highlights + Frozen Orphans: The Children of Embryo Adoption + Bioethics Reading Group Registration Open! +MORE+ preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2174...
Our next book discussion kicks off tomorrow, and our first meeting will be July 16. We're reading and discussing Dr. Ewan Goligher's "How Should We then Die? A Christian Response to Physician-Assisted Death." There is still time for you to get in on this! www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
In the Bioethics WEEKLY: + Our 33rd Annual Conference is Underway! Join Us Online and/or Watch On Demand + Our Next Bioethics Reading Group Discussion Starts Next Week! +++ MORE +++ preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2174...
Our 33rd Annual Conference is Underway! And there is still time for you to join us online. Everything will be available in the conference app after the conference for those not able to participate in real time. Do not miss this! www.cbhd.org/conference-2...
Everything is almost ready for Polytechnic Bioethics, our 323rd annual conference. There is still time for you to join us online. Everything will be available in the conference app after the conference for those not able to join us live. Do not miss this! Register at www.cbhd.org/conference-2...
Our Bioethics Reading Group discussion of Dr. Ewan Goligher's "How Should We Then Die? A Christian Response to Physician-Assisted Death" begins one week from today. Sign up right now at www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
The final plenary address of this year's conference, Polytechnic Bioethics, is titled "A Higher Calling: Ethical and Christian Perspectives on Medical Drone Delivery," and will be presented by Patrick Briscoe, DDS, MS, MA. Register to attend in person OR online at www.cbhd.org/conference-2...
Reminder that registration for the Bioethics Reading Group is Open Again! Join us for our next book, "How Should We Then Die?: A Christian Response to Physician-Assisted Death" by Ewan C. Goligher, MD. Check out the agenda and then register at zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Don't miss Jonathan Lett, PhD, the Director of LeTourneau's Faith, Science, and Technology Initiative and Associate Professor of Theology, on "Christian Bioethics and Creation ex Nihilo: On the Moral Meaning of the Mutability of Human Nature." REGISTER NOW: www.cbhd.org/conference-2...
John Seago, DBE, President of Texas Right to Life, will deliver a plenary entitled "From Principle to Policy: Christian Bioethics and Texas Pro-Life Laws." DON'T MISS THIS, REGISTER NOW: www.cbhd.org/conference-2...
This is an immediately pressing issue, and we're grateful to have Dr. Tara Sander Lee address it at our conference: "Choosing the 'Best' Baby: Science and Ethics of Polygenic Screening and Embryo Selection" REGISTER NOW to join us in person OR online: www.cbhd.org/conference-2...
THE BIOETHICS WEEKLY: + Frozen Orphans: The Children of Embryo Adoption + LESS THAN TWO WEEKS UNTIL POLYTECHNIC BIOETHICS – Join Us In Person OR Online +++ MORE +++ preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2174...
IN TWO WEEKS: "Christian Hippocratism & The Internal Morality of NP Practice: The Unique Perspective of the Nurse Practitioner Ethicist" presented by Jesse Michael Kay, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine. REGISTER NOW to attend IN PERSON or ONLINE: www.cbhd.org/conference-2...
TWO WEEKS until our 33rd annual conference, POLYTECHNIC BIOETHICS, begins. The first lecture will be the Zimmerman Virtue Ethics Lecture: "The Virtues (and Vices) of an Ethic of Virtue" delivered by Gilbert Meilaender, PhD. Join us in person or online! Register now: www.cbhd.org/conference-2...
In the Bioethics Weekly: Christian Hippocratism & The Internal Morality of NP Practice [The Hottest Job in Healthcare]: The Unique Perspective of the Nurse Practitioner Ethicist +++ MORE +++ preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2174...
This BIOETHICS MONTHLY: So much crammed into a single update! preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2174... + Bored in a Digital Age + Amplify CBHD’s Voice + Join Us In Person or Online + Making Physician-Assisted Suicide Unthinkable + The Challenge of Pastoral Leadership Today +++MORE+++
Our friends in the Anglican tradition, and others, will be interested to know about the launch of The Anglican Bioethics Center. They're hosting two livestream launch events, one tonight (June 2) and one next Tuesday (June 9), each at 5:30 Eastern. www.facebook.com/Anglicanbioe...
WSJ declared Nurse Practitioner "the Hottest Job in Healthcare." We had already lined up for this month's conference, "Christian Hippocratism & The Internal Morality of NP Practice: The Unique Perspective of the Nurse Practitioner Ethicist." Join us online OR in person! www.cbhd.org/conference-2...
This BIOETHICS WEEKLY: + Bored in a Digital Age + E&M Remembers Robert Orr + Join Us in Person or Online +++ MORE +++ preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2174...
Are you attending the Colson Center National Conference in Knoxville this week? Drop a comment below or send us a DM. Dr. Eppinette would love to meet up with you there!
The BIOETHICS WEEKLY + Trusted National Voice + CBHD Research Library + 2026 Summer Conference +++ MORE +++ preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2174...
The CBHD Research Library is being set up in the LeTourneau University library this week!