New developments in science, medicine, and technology, while promising to advance human health and well-being, are also rapidly expanding our powers of control over our bodies, our minds, and our world. How we acquire these powers and how we decide to use them are questions that science alone cannot answer. They are inescapably moral and political questions of profound importance for the future of democratic society and the dignity of human life.
The Bioethics, Technology, and Human Flourishing program, directed by EPPC Fellow Aaron Kheriaty, MD, explores how emerging technologies and medical advances can both support and undermine human dignity. The program’s scholars engage in research and public outreach on issues from assisted reproductive technologies and gene editing to artificial intelligence and online child protection. The program provides resources to healthcare professionals, families, policymakers, and civil and religious leaders to help them navigate the promise and perils of contemporary medicine and technology .
Dr. Kheriaty is joined by EPPC scholars Devorah Goldman, Chloe Lawrence, Clare Morell, Alexander Raikin, Aaron Rothstein, MD, Katelyn Shelton, and Carter Snead. Clare Morell publishes Preserving Our Humanity, which analyzes what today’s digital technologies mean for families. Dr. Rothstein hosts the Program’s podcast, Searching for Medicine’s Soul.
Digital Technology
Restorative Reproductive Medicine
Treating Infertility: The New Frontier of Reproductive Medicine
In this series of briefs, medical professionals and scholars highlight misconceptions about in vitro fertilization (IVF), while making the case for restorative reproductive medicine (RRM) as a better treatment for infertility.
Careful analysis of what today’s digital technologies mean for you and your family, what the risks are, and what it might look like to protect human flourishing in a digital age from Clare Morell.
Searching for Medicine’s Soul Podcast
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