BIOETHICS FROM A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

There are four central topics:

• Bioethics and Humanities
• The European Biomedicine Convention: a Platform of Dialogue
• Human Rights in Bioethics: Universalism and Particularism
• Bioethics in Conflicting Issues

MAIN TOPICS AND SUBTOPICS

I. Bioethics and Humanities
History of Bioethics for Understanding Different Ethical Traditions
Medical Humanities and Ethics Education
Comparison Between Western and Eastern Bioethics
Reason, Emotion and Bioethics

II. The European Biomedicine Convention: a Platform of Dialogue
Is There a European Bioethics?
Human Dignity and Bioethics
Bioethics and Biolaw
New Medical Technologies and Bioethics

III. Human Rights in Bioethics: Universalism and Particularism
Ethical Values for Bridging Gaps and Cross-Cultural Dialogue 
Common Language for Dialogue in Bioethics?
Human Rights as a Lingua Franca for International Bioethics?
Bioethics in Industrialized and in Developing Countries

IV. Bioethics in Conflicting Issues
Ethics in Healthcare Policy Making
Social Justice and Inequalities in Bioethics
Population Policy and Bioethics
Gender Based Ethics