The courses are taught as part of the curriculum for the Bioethics Program at
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.BE 5900 Bioethics National Conference Course
The annual national/international bioethics conference at Trinity provides a unique opportunity to learn from and interact with Christian leaders in bioethics from around the country and beyond. The course includes a preconference reading program and post-conference writing program tailored to the topic of the 2024 conference, The Future of Health: Faith, Ethics, and Our MedTech World. Class meetings with the professor immediately precede and are interspersed throughout the conference. May be taken in addition to an Institute course such as BE 6500 offered in conjunction with the conference. Cannot be taken as a Guided Reading Course. May be repeated for credit. Offered face to face at the Deerfield campus. This course is only available for academic credit. Students will automatically be registered at no additional cost for CBHD’s Conference as part of the registration for this course.
- Identify the prospects and challenges for the evolving landscape of bioethical engagement within the context of shifting global and societal realities and advances in medicine and biotechnology.
- Explore & discuss the ethical implications of recent developments in medicine, science, and technology with respect to our individual and common humanity.
- Evaluate contemporary bioethical discourses in light of ethical approaches that include philosophical, religious, and other perspectives from the medical humanities.
- Promote interdisciplinary engagement on pressing bioethical issues.
