The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity TEDS Reading Group

If you're interested in signing up for the reading group, please do so here, and we'll be in touch regarding the next steps!

At the heart of discussions around the ethics of rapidly advancing technologies comes the question of what it means to be human. As these rising technologies increase expectations of instant gratification, elevate the value of efficiency, and reduce intellectual activity to algorithmic processing, we must ask ourselves how we should be formed in heart, mind, and will as God-created stewards of the Earth.

Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (1932) imagines a dystopic society of unchecked technological progress. Technological overreach has initiated a world of rabid consumerism, hedonism, and societal control, devaluing human relationships and moral responsibility. Huxley’s social, scientific, and economic commentary speaks aptly to our world of artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and swiftly changing societal values.

Join the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity (CBHD), along with other students, staff, and faculty of TEDS, for a shared discussion of Huxley’s narrative warning. Free copies of the book are available upon signing up for the event!

When: Wednesday, March 12, 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Where: Lee Fireside Room
Who: All TEDS staff, faculty, and students are invited.


Please RSVP via the sign-up box provided. This is intended as a shared discussion amongst friends. CBHD staff will guide the discussion, but bring your own questions and insights. Light refreshments will be provided

Book Synopsis: “Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature, Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal, technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred, socially indoctrinated, and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order–all at the cost of our freedom, full humanity, and perhaps also our souls.”