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(Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon, 2025)
Griefbots, Radical Life Extension, Organ Transplantation
(Gerald M. Kilby, 2022)
Public vs. Individual Moral Obligation, Ethics of Emerging Technology, Artificial Intelligence
(H. Lawrence Dearborn, 2025)
Artificial Intelligence, Uploading Human Consciousness, What It Means to Be Human
(Apple TV+, 2025)
Informed Consent, What It Means to be Human, Pandemic Ethics, AI
(Netflix, 2025)
Pandemic Ethics, Individual Autonomy vs. Public Health, Grief and Loss
(Fox Entertainment, 2025)
Memory and Identity, Medical Ethics, Grief and Loss
(Steve Balderson, 2025)
Use of AI in Creative Content, Ethics of Technology and Privacy, Brain-Computer Interfaces
First AI/Human Feature-Length Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ltG7YMk324.
(Walt Disney Studios, 2025)
Informed Consent, Human Enhancement, Moral Injury
(Netflix, 2025)
Ethical Use of Technology, Human Enhancement, Moral Status of Created Beings
CBHD Research Staff, “Bioengagement (Fall/Winter 2025),” Dignitas 32, no. 3–4 (2025): 38, www.cbhd.org/dignitas-articles/bioengagement-fall-winter-2025.