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September 17, 2020


** Event--Navigating: On Disability, Technology, and Experiencing the World
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How are people with disabilities using—or choosing not to use—technologies to promote their own flourishing? Which technologies, and under what circumstances, truly enhance a person’s ability to live the most meaningful life? Join us for a virtual event on Tuesday, September 29, at 3 pm. This event is the second in our series of National Endowment for the Humanities-supported public events on disability and the art of flourishing. Learn more and register ([link removed]) .


** In Hastings Bioethics Forum: Covid Vaccine Harms Compensation, the Pandemic in New Zealand
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After news of harm to a volunteer in a Covid vaccine trial, Arthur Caplan and Dorit Reiss reviewed the options for compensation and identified the best option in “Fair Compensation for Rare Vaccine Harms.” .

In “Living Through the Pandemic in New Zealand,” renowned New Zealand philosopher and neurosurgeon Grant Gillett finds solace in living in a caring community and hope in some insights from moral philosophy. Read his post ([link removed]) .



** In the Media: Fatal Error in Organ Transplant, Snopes Fact-Check
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When the recipient of an organ transplant died because of an error in identifying the donor’s blood type, who among the many parties involved in organ procurement and transplantation is responsible and what is the ethical response? Hastings scholar Nancy Berlinger told the Post and Courier of South Carolina, where a lawsuit is pending, that everyone involved must apologize and take responsibility. “Safety is created every day by how people work together,” she said. Read the article ([link removed]) . Berlinger is the author of the book After Harm: Medical Error and the Ethics of Forgiveness ([link removed]) .

After legalizing medical aid in dying, did Hawaii procure dozens of “pods” where patients could end their lives, as a Facebook post claimed? No, said a Snopes fact-check, which cited the “Physician-Assisted Death” chapter in The Hastings Center’s Bioethics Briefings for information about the ethical debates on the practice. Read the Snopes article ([link removed]) .


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