Life, Body, Death

Twelve Contemporary Controversies in Medical Ethics

Organ donation, surrogacy, AI in medicine, assisted suicide - the possibilities of modern medicine are complex, and their consequences no less so. Bettina Schöne-Seifert, physician, philosopher and member of the Lower Saxony Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, addresses twelve current disputed issues in medical ethics in her book "Life, Body, Death" (Wallstein 2025).

Each chapter begins with a fictional short story, followed by factual background information and the actual controversy: what are the disputed questions? What are the arguments? What convinces? The evening, in conversation with Holmer Steinfath, offers medical ethics for shared reflection.