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Bitesize Ethics 2026: Life, death and difficult decisions

Audience: Public Format: Online
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8-week online programme on the ethics of life, death and difficult decisions

Wednesday, 24 June 2026 to Wednesday, 12 August 2026, 12.35pm - 1.20pm

Open to all, free sessions

1 session per week from 24 June 2026 to 12 August 2026

This 8-week online programme provides a short introduction to some of the ethical issues affecting decisions taken around the beginning and end of life of living things, based on current research from academics at the Uehiro Oxford Institute. Prof Dominic Wilkinson provides a general introduction in week one, and the series continues with a different specialist each Wednesday, addressing themes such as conscience and conscientious objection, age-based decision-making, AI and life extension, the ‘badness’ of death, and difficult decisions in healthcare. The series will finish with a wrap-up discussion looking back at the topics covered, led by Dr Jonathan Pugh.

Series: Bitesize Ethics 2026

Department: The Uehiro Oxford Institute (Department)

Organiser: Uehiro Oxford Institute

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More info:

https://www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-ethics-summer-2026