Bio-ethics

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bioethical guidelines

The absence of environmental ethics has resulted in serious environmental deterioration and is a threat to the continuation of the chain of life on earth. We are out of balance with nature and this has placed our future in jeopardy. Our survival on this planet depends on our ability to exit this crisis in values and to achieve the harmonious co-evolution of humanity and the environment. A human being is closely related to, and dependent on, all life on earth. How, then, can we reconcile our existence with the rapid deterioration of bios? To protect the environment and life on our planet, B.I.O. has proposed that bioethical guidelines be developed and implemented in every field of human endeavour. The hope is that humanity will acknowledge the value of environmental ethics and will place respect for the environment at the core of every action and thought.

One of the most important goals of B.I.O. has been to promote the environment as a key component of bioethics. To be effective in addressing today’s needs and in safeguarding life on our planet, bioethics must exit the confines of the medical sciences and encompass pivotal concerns such as the preservation of natural resources and biodiversity, the eradication of poverty, and the fundamental human right to a clean and safe environment. Only then can life be protected.

The B.I.O. President is involved in several bioethics initiatives, including: Member and f. Vice President of the Scientific Committee of the International Society of Bioethics (SIBI); Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life; and Member of the Academic Committee of the Regional Interdisciplinary Programme for Bioethics in Latin America. Furthermore, in April 2005, she participated as national delegate for Greece in UNESCO’s First Intergovernmental Meeting of Experts Aimed at Finalising a Draft of a Declaration on Universal Norms on Bioethics.

The subject of environmental ethics has been extensively addressed in many B.I.O. conferences and meetings since 1985. Special emphasis has been placed on ethics in business and corporate social responsibility, as well as in the ethical management of natural resources in the fight against poverty. B.I.O. has published 21 chapters in volumes of proceedings from international conferences and 19 articles in BioNews on the subject of ethics. A comprehensive chapter on “Bio-Ethics” is published in Bio-Syllabus for European Environmental Education, an 880-page textbook available in print and electronically (CD-Rom). Based on this pioneering material is B.I.O.’s e-learning course on “Bio-Ethics,” which will soon be available online as part of our e-learning programme in environmental education.

References

E-LEARNING

  • An e-learning course on Ethics has been developed and is currently being offered online through our website.

TEXTBOOKS

PROCEEDINGS

Bio News

Articles from B.I.O.’s quarterly newspaper

  • Bio News 3 
    – pages 2, 10
    Human Values, Modern Technology and Bio-Environmental Preservation
    S. Budhisantoso
  • Bio News 8 
    – page 5, Business Ethics and the Environment, Kitty Kyriacopoulos
    – page 10, Bio-Ethics
    – page 11, A Declaration of Human Obligations, A.H. Karunaratne
  • Bio News 16
    – Page 1, Biocentric values – New Millennium Ethics
    – Page 10, Biocentric ethics and its relevance for the goals of biopolitics education, R. Keles
  • Bio News 22 
    – pages 1, 15, World Conference on Bioethics, Gijon, Spain 2000
    – page 15, New Perspective on Human Rights in Trieste
  • Bio News 24 
    – page 1, Globalisation with Ethics – Cultural Olympiads
    – page 8 Bio-Ethics
    – page 14, Human Genome – Breaking the Code, Bioethics Declaration of Gijon 2000, World Bioethics Congress Meets in Gijon
  • Bio News 26 
    – page 15, Environmental Education as Moral Education, Michael Opielka
    – page 16, Bio-Ethics
  • Bio News 28
    – page 3, Bioethics Congress in Portugal, Bioethics in Gijon
  • Bio News 30
    – page 9, Bioethics – Respect for bios in every human endeavour
  • Bio News 32
    – Page 10, Universal Commitment for the Dignity of the Human Being
  • Bio News 34
    – Page 14, The Ethics of Food and Agriculture
  • Bio News 38
    – Page 11, Bio-Assessment of Technology: Ethics and Guidel;ines for equitable trade and food security
  • Bio News 40
    – Page 7, Health and the Bio-Environment: Scientific Advances and Environmental Ethics
    – Page 15, III Wolrd Conference on Bioethics
  • Bio News 42
    – Page 1, Bioethics and social justice

Events

2011

  • Roundtable chair and main speaker at the VII World Conference on Bioethics, Gijon, Spain. Programme, Full Speech
  • Publications: Biopolicy – Ethical Responsibilities for Rio + 20, at the VII World Conference on Bioethics, Gijon. Paper

2009

  • Invitation as Member of the Board to speak on “Biopolicy – Ethics for Peace” at the VI World Conference on Bioethics, Gijon, Spain. Programme

2007

  • Keynote address at the bioethics conference on “Judging Values,” Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Roundtable chair on the “Adaptability of bioethics” at the international conference of the International Society of Bioethics, Gijon, Spain
  • Publications: Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis, “Biopolicy – an effort to reverse the crisis in values,” Proceedings of the the bioethics conference on “Judging Values,” Karlsruhe, Germany

2006

  • Keynote address at the international conference of the International Society of Bioethics, Gijon. Programme

2005

  • The B.I.O. President is appointed Visiting Professor of Bioethics at the Department of International and European Studies, Panteion University, Athens
  • The B.I.O. President participates as Official Delegate of the Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO at the “First intergovernmental meeting of experts aimed at finalising a draft of a declaration on universal norms on bioethics,” Paris
  • Keynote speech and participation in the Scientific Committee at the IVth World Conference on Bioethics, sponsored by the International Bioethics Society, Gijon, Spain
  • Participation in the Tällberg Forum, Sweden

2004

  • Keynote speech and chair at the III International Congress on Bioethics, Cuenca, Spain. BioNews No. 40 Oct. 2004, p.15

2003

  • Participation in the International Bioethics Society meeting with the Parliamentary Assembly at the Council of Europe, Strasbourg. BioNews No. 34 , April 2003 p. 3
  • Keynote lecture at the international conference on “Nature, Science, Technology and Religion – Our New Bioethical Issues, An International Dialogue,” Chennai, India. BioNews No. 34 , April 2003 p. 3

2002

  • “Protecting the Bio-Environment: A priority in Bioethics” Biopolitics lectures at the summer course organised at the Universidad del Pais Vasco, San Sebastian, Spain
  • Participation as Vice-President of the International Bioethics Society in the Society’s Biannual Scientific Committee meeting, Gijon, Spain
  • Keynote speaker and Chair of the session on “Food in the World,” World Bioethics Congress, Gijon Spain. BioNews no. 30 April 2002, p. 9
  • Chair of the session on Problems of Biosafety and Bioethics, conference on Biotechnology – State of the Art and Prospects of Development, Moscow, Russia
  • Member of the Academic Committee of the Regional Interdisciplinary Programme for Bioethics in Latin America

2001

  • Participation as Vice-President of the International Bioethics Society in the Society’s Biannual Scientific Committee meeting, Gijon, Spain. BioNews no. 28, Oct. 2001 , p. 3
  • Keynote presentation at the Second National Congress on Bioethics, Oporto University, Portugal. BioNews no. 28, Oct. 2001, p. 3. Programme, Photos

2000

1999

  • As Vice President of the International Bioethics Society (SIBI), the B.I.O. President participates in a SIBI meeting in Gijon, Spain. Bionews no. 18, April 1999, p.5

1998

  • Participation in the International Bioethics Society meeting in Gijon, Spain. Photos

1997

  • Appointment as Vice-President of the International Bioethics Society, Spain
  • Participation in the SIBI Conference in Gijon, Spain
  • Opening address at the International Symposium on Ecology-Ethics-Economy at the City Hall of Bratislava
  • Biopolitics as the governing theme in the conference on “Morality as a basis for overcoming the crisis in Ukraine,” on the occasion of the 11th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe, Ukraine. Series of meetings with parliamentarians in Kiev and television interviews and accompanying publication. Programme, Photos

1992

  • Bio-Ethics was discussed extensively at the Fifth B.I.O. International Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, in the presence of His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos, the Turkish Minister of Interior, Minister of Tourism, Minister of Environment, Governor of Istanbul, Mayor of Istanbul, Head of the Information Department of the President of Russia, President of Ankara University. BioNews no. 6, April 1996, p.10 Photos, Programme

1988

  • Bio-Ethics was discussed extensively at the Second B.I.O. International Conference. “Bios in the Next Millennium,” Athens. Programme
  • Participation in Manipulations Genetiques Vers Une Meilleure Humanite, Entretiens de Romont, Belgium

1987

  • Bio-Ethics was discussed extensively at the First B.I.O. International Conference. “Biopolitics and International Co-operation,” with the participation of leading representatives from 30 nations. Resolutions promoting B.I.O. ideals world-wide were unanimously accepted by all participants, who also pledged to become founding members of B.I.O.
  • Participation in Bio­Ethics Panel, organised by Etudes et Expansion, Belgium, the Minister of Health, Senators and the President of the Belgian International Council of Women

 


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