Toronto Bioethics Workshop

The department of philosophy at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce the inaugural Toronto Bioethics Workshop, taking place Friday, May 17th and Saturday, May 18th at the St. George (downtown) campus of the University of Toronto.

Friday, May 17th

1:00–1:05 pm Welcome - Eric Mathison (University of Toronto Scarborough)

1:05–2:15 pm Shivani Aggarwal (University of Cambridge) – "A Role for Epistemic Protectionism in Regulating Access to Medicine"

2:15–2:30 pm Break

2:30–3:45 pm Ingrid Albrecht (Lawrence University) – "Partiality and Future People"

3:45–4:00 pm Break

4:00–5:15 pm Jess Flanigan (University of Richmond) – "Pounds of Prevention"

Saturday, May 18th

9:00–10:15 am Harry Lloyd (Yale University) – "Anencephaly, Human Disenhancement, and Organ Farming"

10:15–10:30 am Break

10:30–11:45 am Bridie Hamilton & Ali Ladak (The Ottawa Hospital) – "A Growing Challenge in Clinical Ethics Consultations: Patient Initiated Non-Standard Care (PINSC) Requests"

11:45–1:15 pm Lunch

1:15–2:30 pm Jack Harris (Boston University) – "Autonomy in Algorithms? A Case Study in Medical Decision-Making"

2:30–2:45 pm Break

2:45–4:00 pm Aaron Segal (National Institutes of Health) – "Evidence, Alternatives, and the Prospect of Direct Benefit"

4:00–4:15 pm Break

4:15–5:45 pm Dominic Wilkinson (University of Oxford) – "Grief and the Inconsolations of Philosophy"