Featuring Islamic, Jewish, Protestant, and Roman Catholic perspectives on Dignitas Personae.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
The Bioethics Institute invites you to the March 2009 Symposium featuring Islamic, Jewish, Protestant, and Roman Catholic perspectives on The Vatican Instruction on Bioethics: Dignitas Personae, "The Dignity of the Human Person." A panel of theologians from the four tradutions will discuss a variety of issues, including Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Gene Therapy, Human Cloning, and Assisted Reproductive Technologies.
The Bioethics Institute develops and provides educational programs, research projects, clinical consultation and policy development services in the multidisciplinary field of bioethics. It draws principally upon the intellectual heritage of the Roman Catholic theological and philosophical tradition in the study of contemporary issues in bioethics. Through the Master of Arts program, public lectures, and short courses for healthcare professionals, The Bioethics Institute serves three principal constituencies in the Los Angeles area: the academic community of Loyola Marymount University; healthcare professionals in the Los Angeles area; and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Learn more about the Institute online.
ABOUT THE PANEL
Nicholas J. Kockler, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor in the Bioethics Institute of Loyola Marymount University. He has experience working as an ethicist in Catholic health care where he provides service in clinical bioethics and organizational ethics. He holds a doctorate in Health Care Ethics from Duquesne University, a Master of Science in Biotechnology from Northwestern University, a Master of Arts in Health Care Ethics from Loyola University Chicago, and a Bachelor of Arts in Theology also from Loyola University Chicago.
James J. Walter, Ph.D. is the Austin & Ann O'Malley Professor of Bioethics at Loyola Marymount University, and he is the Chairperson of The Bioethics Institute at LMU. He received his PhD from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, and then he completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Bioethics at Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University of Chicago. Currently, he also serves weekly as a clinical bioethicist in the Intensive Care Unit and on the palliative care service at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance, CA.
Miriam Piven Cotler, Ph.D. is Adjunct Professor in The Bioethics Institute at LMU and Professor Emeritus at CSUN where she served as Department Chair and directed the Center for Healthcare Ethics and Policy. She is consultant to ethics programs at several hospitals and the California Medical Association Ethics Advisory Council; a member of several editorial boards, the UNESCO steering committee for teaching medical ethics, and has served as Co-chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Bioethics Committee. Dr. Cotler has over 55 publications and has presented invited papers throughout the world
Jonathan Rothchild, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount. Dr. Rothchild analyzes contemporary moral issues and social and legal structures through the lenses of Christian theology and ethics.
Amir Hussain, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount. Dr. Hussain teaches and publishes about Islam and Muslim lives. His research focuses on Muslim communities in North America. He also teaches about comparative religion and interfaith dialogue. He is the author Oil & Water: Two Faiths, One God.
Roberto Dell’Oro, S.T.D. is Associate Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount. Dr. Dell’Oro teaches in the areas of bioethics, theological ethics, and ethical theories with a special interest in anthropological themes at the crossroad of theology and philosophy. He published in several languages, is the author/editor of three books, and has translated two books and several essays from German.