Second International Bioethics, Multiculturalism and Religion Workshop and Conference on Human Vulnerability
Rome, Italy, October 10-13, 2011
With the advance of biomedicine, certain individuals and groups are vulnerable because of their incapacities to defend themselves. Many world religions include the protection of the weak, underprivileged and the poor as part of their mission.
In light of the need to deepen our understanding of the principle of human vulnerability and personal integrity, this meeting will consist in a three-day workshop where bioethics experts from major world religions—Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Hinduism—to discuss the meaning and implications of this principle in their traditions.