Titel: Workshop Bioethics and Human Temporality. Perspectives from the Beginning, Middle and End of Life

Termin: 27.5.2019, 12:00 Uhr, bis 28.5.2019, 13:00 Uhr

Veranstaltungsort:
Schlaues Haus
Schlossplatz 16
26122 Oldenburg

Referenten: Ari Schick (the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute) *** Limor Meoded Danon (the Hebrew University of Jerusalem) *** Solveig Lena Hansen (University Medical Center Göttingen) *** Nolwenn Bühler (University of Lausanne and University of Neuchâtel) *** Claudia Bozzaro (University of Freiburg) *** Naomi Gershoni (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) *** Nitzan Rimon-Zarfaty (University Medical Center Göttingen) *** Julia Perry (University Medical Center Göttingen) *** Mark Schweda (University of Oldenburg) *** Karin Jongsma (University Medical Center Utrecht) *** Jozef Dorscheidt (University of Groningen)

Weitere Informationen:
https://uol.de/medizinethik/aktuelles/workshop-bioethics-and-human-tem ...

Kurzbeschreibung: The role of temporality in bioethical debates has long been neglected: What does it mean for bioethical reasoning that life is lived, experienced, and understood as a process in time with fundamental temporal characteristics such as directedness, irreversibility, or finality? What does it mean that life is traditionally interpreted in terms of a particular temporal structure and extension, including a sequence of phases or stages connected to different social roles, norms and expectations? What does it mean that certain medical interventions and accompanying moral questions and conflicts focus on particular points in life?
The lack of reflection on the relevance of human temporality becomes particularly salient in ethical discussions at the beginning and end of life. Many bioethical discussions on the beginning of life rest on moral assumptions about the development of human existence over time. An example are the debates on prenatal diagnosis and abortion and the underlying models of phases of embryonic/fetal development, or the bioethical discussions on informed consent and parental proxy decision making in the treatment of neonates. Bioethical debates on reproduction also exemplify the importance of temporality. For example, the common metaphor of the “biological clock” encompasses concerns about (reproductive) ageing and the finality of women’s reproduction. It thus raises questions regarding the legitimacy of reproductive technolo-gies as medical solutions to reconcile the tension between “biological” and “social time”. Finally, medical interventions in the fields of geriatric medicine and biogerontology challenge common views of aging and the life course while promoting more ambitious standards of health, fitness, and functionality for later life. In addition, progress in therapies and end-of-life care blur the demarcation line between “standard” care and “exceptional”, life prolonging measures, and even between life and death.
This international and interdiciplinary workshop aims to discuss the role and relevance of temporality for ethical reasoning in the field of biomedicine, healthcare, and the life sciences at the beggining, middle and end of life. It aims to develop a more concrete, empirically informed and culturally sensitive perspective on bioethics and human temporality.

Kontakt: Dr. Nitzan Rimon-Zarfaty
University Medical Center Göttingen
Dept. of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine
Humboldtallee 36
37073 Göttingen
Tel.: +49 (0)551-39 8649
Fax: +49 (0)55139 95 54
nitzan.rimon-zarfaty@medizin.uni-goettingen.de
http://www.egm.med.uni-goettingen.de