As a nurse and health care ethicist privileged to work on Georgetown’s campus and consult with health care professionals and systems internationally, I am always moved by the plight of patients, families...

In August A.D. 430, Augustine, the Bishop of Hippo, lay dying in his cathedral city, now in modern Tunisia. The Vandals, a Germanic tribe who waged war in very destructive ways, had besieged the city....

What happens when a philosopher and an architect co-teach a class? This semester, we aim to find out. Focusing on a complex, real-world issue in bioethics, we are testing a hunch: Can we break through...

The Kennedy Institute of Ethics here on campus is developing “Introduction to Bioethics” as a massive open online course set to launch April 15. As a graduate fellow working on the core design team...

During the Nuremberg Medical Trials, which commenced on Dec. 9, 1946, the U.S. military classified the experiments conducted by Nazi physicians as crimes against humanity. For 65 years, these experiments...

Recently, in the case of Korte v. Sebelius, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked a policy that would have required Cyril and Jane Korte, the owners of a construction company, to violate...

What is the role of conscience in medicine? Following the public debate last year over mandating insurance providers to cover contraception, some have argued that it is time to expunge the category of...

Mayor Bloomberg’s recent decision to ban the sale of sugary drinks and sodas in certain New York City venues may seem to some an unjustified assault on individual freedom. Individuals should be able...