Presented By: Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM)
Bioethics and the (im)materially entangled individual: lessons from end-of-life care in Thailand
Scott Stonington, MD, PhD
In Northern Thailand, many critically ill patients consider themselves to be entangled or even hybridized with other beings through the karmic consequences of past actions. Using this case as a starting point, this talk examines the practice of bioethics in situations where individuals are inextricably entangled with one another, a common situation regardless of geography or cultural context. How can one practice normally individual rights-oriented ethics when one is always already partly the other?
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ZoomMay 25, 2022 (Wednesday) 12:00pm
Meeting ID: 91641963627
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