Anscombe Memorial Lecture 2012: Most Rev Dr Anthony Fisher OP
on "Fair Innings? Healthcare rationing in favour of the young over the elderly"
Monday 15th October 2012
This paper was delivered at St John's College, Oxford, at an event co-sponsored by the Anscombe Bioethics Centre and Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford
Lecture by Professor Daniel Sulmasy
on "Evidence Based Bioethics: Myth or Reality?"
Wednesday 20th June 2012
This paper was delivered at the Royal Society of Medicine's Open Section AGM.
Live conference webcast
Human Dignity in Healthcare
18th June 2012, 0930-1700 (BST)
Live video by Ustream
This conference was broadcast live on Monday 18th June, live from Blackfriars Hall, Oxford.
Speakers included Professor Daniel Sulmasy, Professor Christopher McCrudden, Dr Sylvie DeKermadec, Mr Ben Bano and the Centre's director Professor David Albert Jones
Abstracts and speaker biographies are available here (pdf file).
Programme
| 9.00 | Registration |
| 9.30 | Prof Christopher McCrudden “Human dignity's dark side” |
| 10.30 | Prof Daniel Sulmasy, University of Chicago, “The varieties of human dignity: A logical and conceptual analysis” |
| 11.30 | Coffee Break |
| 12.00 | Prof David Albert Jones, Anscombe Bioethics Centre, “Dignity, dependence, and the virtue of respect” |
| 1.00 | Lunch |
| 2.00 | Dr Sylvie de Kermadec, OB/GYN, Paris, “The 'perinatal hospice' and the dignity of the dying infant” |
| 2.45 | Mr Ben Bano, Director at Telos Training Ltd., “See ME rather than my dementia – the role of spirituality in promoting dignity and personhood in dementia” |
| 3.30 | Coffee Break |
| 4.00 | Panel Discussion, chaired by Dr Jan Deckers, Newcastle University |
| 5.00 | End |
Seminar on International Theological Commission Document "In Search of a Universal Ethic: A New Look at the Natural Law"
22nd May 2012, 2pm - 5pm (BST)
Live stream videos at Ustream
This seminar was broadcast here on Tuesday 22nd May 2012, live from Blackfriars Hall, Oxford.
Speakers included Rev Dr Robert Ombres OP, Rt Rev Mgr Michael Sharkey, Dr Pia Matthews, and the Centre's director Professor David Albert Jones
Oxford Research Seminar
8th May 2012, "Catholic Perspectives on Organ Donation"
Podcasts of the presentations by Rev.Dr. Michael Jarmulowicz and Professor David Albert Jones are available.(right click to download)
Dr Michael Jarmulowicz (11mins, 10MB)Prof David Albert Jones (30mins, 27MB)
Handout: Professor David Albert Jones on Organ Donation
Other resources:
Address of the Holy Father John Paul II to the 18th International Congress of the Transplantation Society (Tuesday 29 August 2000)
and David Albert Jones Organ Transplants and the Definition of Death (London: Lincare and CTS, 2001)
Anscombe Memorial Lecture 2011
delivered by Professor Robert P. George
Professor Robert P George on "Science, Philosophy, and Religion in the Embryo Debate" with an introduction from Professor John Finnis FBA
*Podcast available here Prof George 36MB 77mins (and for a higher quality, but larger file click here: Prof George 71MB 77mins *