4th Annual NYU Philosophical Bioethics Workshop

The annual NYU Philosophical Bioethics Workshop seeks to showcase new work in philosophical bioethics, broadly understood. This includes (but is not limited to) neuroethics, environmental ethics, animal ethics, reproductive ethics, research ethics, ethics of AI, data ethics, public health ethics, gender and race in bioethics, and clinical ethics.

NYU Philosophical Bioethics Workshop May 3-4, 2024

Friday, May 3rd

12:30 - 1:00pm  Coffee, light refreshments (provided)

1:00 - 1:05pm  Welcome - S. Matthew Liao (New York University)

1:05 - 2:35pm   Nicholas Makins (University of Leeds)– “Patient Preference Predictors: Evidence and Decision-Making”

Chair: Lucas Matthews (Columbia University)

2:35 - 2:45 pm  Break

2:45 - 4:15 pm  Shivani Aggarwal (University of Cambridge)– “A Role for Epistemic Protectionism in Regulating Access to Medicine”

Chair: Diana Heney (Vanderbilt University)

4:15 - 4:30 pm  Break

4:30 - 6:00 pm  Jack Harris (Boston University)– “Autonomy in Algorithms?” *Graduate Student Prize Winner*

Chair: Marcos Picchio (National Institute of Health)

6:00 - 7:30 pm.  Workshop Reception– everyone invited!

Saturday, May 4th

9:00 - 9:30am  Coffee, light breakfast (provided)

9:30 - 11:00am  Travis Timmerman (Seton Hall University)– “Comparing Infinitely Valuable Lives”

Chair: Aaron Segal (National Institute of Health)

11:00 - 11:15am  Break

11:15 am - 12:45pm   Susan Kennedy (Santa Clara University)– “The Dying Donor Rule: A New Ethical Guideline for Controlled Donation after Circulatory Death”

Chair: Naomi Scheinerman (The Ohio State University)

12:45 - 2:15pm  Lunch

2:15 - 3:45pm  Sean Aas (Georgetown University)– “Rights in The Body, Rights in The Mind?”

Chair: Lindsey Chambers (University of Kentucky)

3:45 - 4:00pm  Break

4:00 - 5:30pm  Shelly Kagan (Yale University)– “TBD”