International Bioethics Conference 2023: The metamorphosis of the body: bioethics and neuroscience
Conferenza Internazionale di Bioetica 2023: Le metamorfosi del corpo: tra bioetica e neuroscienze
Online Video Conference
In Italiano: 5-7 ottobre 2023
In English: 12-14 October 2023
Objectives:
Developments in neuroscience, human-computer interfaces and artificial intelligence are rapidly advancing our understanding of what it means to be human. These developments are certainly exciting and promising, but they raise significant philosophical, ethical, anthropological and social questions. What can these developments tell us about the experiences of free will, moral judgment and human agency? How will these technologies enable the manipulation or enhancement of the human brain/mind, and how will they challenge our concepts of the self, consciousness, personal identity, privacy, autonomy, responsibility, and social justice?
This conference aims to bring together academics from fields of study as diverse as neuroscientists, neuroengineers, neuroethicists, computer scientists, philosophers, anthropologists, sociologists, ethicists, theologians and others to discuss and debate on what is perhaps the most important question of all: what is the human being and what changes are in store?
Event calendar
30 December 2022 – Abstract submission deadline (200 words).
15 January 2023 – Notification of acceptance of submitted abstract.
30 July 2023 – Submission of text and video for the conference.
Calendario degli eventi
30 dicembre 2022 - Termine ultimo per la presentazione degli abstract (200 parole).
15 gennaio 2023 - Notifica di accettazione dell'abstract presentato.
30 luglio 2023 - Presentazione di testi e video per la conferenza.
Outputs:
The Conference proceedings will be published in Italian (and possibly in English at a later stage).
Past Conferences
P. Grassi, R. Zammit, E. Toniato (eds.), Viaggio intorno alla Bioetica. Tra scienza e cinema, 2019.
P. Grassi, R. Zammit (eds.), La bioetica e i cinque sensi: tra pratica clinica e metafore, 2021.
P. Grassi, R. Zammit (eds.), La bioetica e il paradosso delle apparenze: Fragilita, dipendenza, disabilità nelle varie Stagioni della vita, 2022 (forthcoming).