The Anscombe Centre holds regular national and international conferences (details of our next international event are available here). Along with other educational events, the Anscombe Centre hosts a research seminar in Oxford and a forum for junior healthcare professionals and students in London.
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The Moral Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe.
On 27th and 28th September 2013 the Centre will host a major international conference on the moral philosophy of GEM Anscombe, after whom the Centre is named, at St Hugh's College, Oxford.
Participants will include Christopher Coope, Dr Mary Geach, Prof Luke Gormally, Dr Edward Harcourt, Dr David Jones, Prof Anselm Müller, Dr Matthew O’Brien, Prof Thomas Pink, Prof Duncan Richter, Dr Roger Teichmann, Prof Jose Maria Torralba and Prof Candace Vogler.
To register interest in this conference, please contact admin@bioethics.org.uk
Oxford Seminar
Monday 26th November 2012 6.30 - 8.30pm
Dr Joshua Hordern spoke on "Compassion in Healthcare". Please contact director@bioethics.org.uk for more information about the research seminars.
Ethics Forum Returns
On Wednesday 28th November the London Ethics Forum returned with a new format - two speakers, refreshments and food and a new venue - Newman House on Gower Street (The Catholic Chaplaincy to the University of London).
Bishop John Sherrington and Professor David Albert Jones delivered short papers, lead a short discussion and were available for questions from a lively crowd of participants. The topic of their papers were the medical care of those with learning difficulties, and how human dignity relates to how we should care for those with disabilities.
This session was open to students and healthcare professionals, and was free of charge.
Thinking Christian Ethos
Tuesday 30th October 2012
3rd Anscombe Memorial Lecture:
Most Rev Dr Anthony Fisher OP
15th October 2012
Graduate Seminar on Double Effect Monday 25 June 2012: A Seminar for graduate students on "Double Effect Reasoning" with Dr Roger Teichmann, University of Oxford and Professor Daniel Sulmasy, University of Chicago.
This took place at the Lady Brodie Room St Hilda's College, Oxford, from 3pm-6pm, co-sponsored by the Anscombe Bioethics Centre.
Conference:
Human Dignity in Healthcare
18th June 2012
A video of our Professor Daniel Sulmasy's recent paper on "Evidence-based Bioethics: Myth or Reality?" is available on our website herehere and on the Centre's new Youtube channel.
For details of our recent symposium on the International Theological Commission document "In Search of a Universal Ethic" , Click here
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has published its recommendations to the government on mitochondria replacement. Although unfortunately the HFEA recommended to the government that mitochondria replacement be permitted, it is worth stressing that a majority of those who completed the online submission (as opposed to consultation strands involving fewer people, such as workshops, public meetings and a survey) opposed mitochondria replacement in either form (pronuclear transfer or maternal spindle transfer).
The Anscombe Bioethics Centre not only put in its own submission (HFEA Mitochondrial Submission) but prepared a briefing (Mitochondrial Replacement Briefing) for others submitting to the on-line consultation and co-wrote a letter to the Times (text and list of signatories available here) signed by 42 ethicists and science/health professionals from Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Malta, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain and the USA. Authorisation of mitochondrial replacement would require a vote in both Houses of Parliament, and it is to be hoped that the HFEA’s recommendations will be rejected by the Government so that no such authorisation is proposed.
Letter Published in The Times with 42 signatories
A letter on mitochondrial replacement was published in The Times on Wednesday 20th March 2013. It was written by the Centre's Director and had 42 signatories. The full text and list of signatories is available at the Times website and here.Mitochondrial Replacement Consultation
Please see here for the Centre's press release, and here for the briefing.General Medical Council (GMC) Consultation on Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice
Bishop Tom Williams, Chair of the Healthcare Reference Group, made a statement urging Catholics - both healthcare professionals and patients - to respond to the General Medical Council (GMC) consultation on Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice. The Anscombe Centre also made available "Some notes and key points to consider" concerning this consultation, which closed on 13th June 2012. A full copy of Bishop Williams' statement is available here.
Some key points to consider
The Anscombe Bioethics Centre echoed Bishop Williams' encouragement to respond to the GMC consultation, as the Personal Beliefs document will be of great and lasting significance for doctors and for patients. The Centre made available these notes and key points.
Oxford Research Seminar: 6.30pm-8.30pm, 17 Beaunont St.
*Tuesday 6th March 2012 Dr Dominic Kelly "Ethics of Vaccines and Vaccination"
*Tuesday 8th May 2012: Catholic Perspectives on Organ Transplantation
Conference announcement:Human Dignity in Healthcare 18th June 2012
Prof. Daniel P. Sulmasy will deliver the keynote presentation at this international day conference. Click here to book your place.Prof. Daniel Sulmasy is the Centre's Visiting Research Fellow for 2012, and will be involved in a number of events. He will deliver a lecture on "Evidence-based Bioethics: Myth or Reality?" at the Royal Sociey of Medicine on 20th June 2012, and will deliver the keynote lecture at a conference on "Human Dignity" in Oxford on 18th June 2012 ~(see above and herefor the poster). Please contact admin@bioethics.org.uk for further information about these events.
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Human Embryo Research: Law, Ethics and Public Policy. 9.30am - 5.30pm on Thursday 8th September 2011, at Corpus Christi College, Merton Street, Oxford, OX1 4JF.
The conference poster, with information about the speakers, venue and concession rates, is available here.
Speakers included:
Christian Hillgruber, Professor of law in Bonn, Germany
Jean-René Binet, Professeur de droit privé à l'Université de Franche-Comté, France
Laura Palazzani, Professor of Philosophy of Law at Lumsa University, Rome, Italy
William Binchy, Regius Professor of Law at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
David Albert Jones, Director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, Oxford, UK
Michael Hauskeller, Associate Professor of Sociology and Philosophy, University of Exeter, UK
Carter Snead, Professor of Law at Notre Dame, USA
Helen Watt, Senior Research Fellow at the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, Oxford, UK
Professor John Keown, of Georgetown University, an Anscombe Centre Visiting Research Fellow for 2010/2011, spoke in the House of Lords on 16th May on the topic of 'The Provision of Palliative Care: An Ethical and Legal Duty?'. For more information see HERE.
Our recent international conference on Double Effect conference was webcast live on Saturday 19th February here. To download the poster for this conference - click here. (handouts are available). We also hosted a small workshop on Double Effect on Friday 18th February, led by Prof. Joseph Boyle. Please see links on the left for further details.
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Professor Luke Gormally, Director Emeritus of the Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics (now the Anscombe Bioethics Centre) has been announced as the 2011 recipient of the Paul Ramsey Award of the Center for Bioethics and Culture (San Francisco). Previous recipients have been: Edmund Pellegrino (2004), Germain Grisez (2005), John Finnis (2006), William E May (2007), Albert Moraczewski OP (2008), Gilbert Meilaender (2009), Leon Kass (2010). The award banquet will be held on Friday 25th March in San Francisco. We wish him many congratulations. http://www.cbc-network.org/ramsey/winner.htm
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Please see the link for our press release on the Pope's statement on HIV and Condoms
ABC - Comment on the Pope's statement on HIV and Condoms
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Inaugural Anscombe Lecture by Sir Anthony Kenny
Sir Anthony Kenny, the distinguished philosopher and former Pro-Vice Chancellor of Oxford University, gave the first Annual Elizabeth Anscombe Memorial Lecture on 'The place of intention in ethics' on Monday 25th October. The lecture was sponsored by the Anscombe Bioethics Centre and this first lecture formally marked the move of the Centre to Oxford. Founded in 1977 (originally known as the Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics), the Anscombe Bioethics Centre is the longest established bioethics centre in the United Kingdom. It is seeking to work with Blackfriars in promoting academic research in medical ethics.