Logos Institute Podcast

Patrick T. Smith on Bioethics, End of Life Care, & Transhumanism


Listen Later

This is episode 32 of the Logos Institute Podcast. In it we (Jonathan Rutledge & Kimberley Kroll) dialogue with Prof Patrick T Smith(Associate Research Professor of Theological Ethics and Bioethics & Senior Fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University) about some of his recent work on bioethics as it relates to end of life care. If want to skip around through the interview, here are a few timestamps to help:
1:14 - How did you begin work on bioethics and philosophical theology?
3:52 - What are the strengths and limits of analytic philosophy?
6:35 - Breakdown of divisions within ethics (metaethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics)
11:34 - The relationship between moral facts and non-moral facts
12:45 - Background in the black church Baptist tradition
16:09 - Turning to Questions on end of life care
18:21 - Neuroethics & Transhumanism
If you've enjoyed listening to our interview, please see other content from our guest:
1. Patrick T. Smith - https://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/patrick-smith
2. Theological Ethics for the Public Good - https://stories.divinity.duke.edu/patrick-smith/
To learn more about the Logos Institute, visit our webpage at logos.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk. And don't forget to follow us on our blog where we post content from friends of the Institute at blogos.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk. You can also find us on Twitter (@TheologyStAs) and Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheologyStAs/?fb…Oc4Pz4P0qkCrfO_w
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Logos Institute PodcastBy Logos Institute for Analytic & Exegetical Theology

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

20 ratings