Pioneering Bioethics: A Conversation on Nazi Medical Ethics between Art Caplan and Bob Baker on the 75th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Doctors’ Trial

Pioneering Bioethics: An Anniversary Celebration
The Bioethics Program of Clarkson University and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Twentieth Anniversary Lecture Series

The Bioethics Program’s lecture series to mark its twentieth anniversary continues with a panel on the legacy of Nazi medicine and its connection to bioethics. On December 9, 1946, 23 Nazi healthcare professionals were placed on trial at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg Germany in the case of US vs Karl Brandt. At the trial Dr. Brandt claimed the moral high ground asserting that the physicians in National Socialist (i.e., Nazi) Germany had conception of social medicine and medical ethics superior to the individualistic medicine of the bourgeoise West.  In this conversation, Bob Baker and Art Caplan explore Brandt’s claim, Nazi medical ethics, and Nazi medical practices, and their relevance to the past, present, and post-COVID future of medicine and biomedical ethics.
 

Pioneering Bioethics:  A Conversation on Nazi Medical Ethics between Art Caplan and Bob Baker on the 75th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Doctors’ Trial

Date:              Friday, December 10, 2021, at 12:00 EDT

Panelists:

• Robert Baker, PhD, Clarkson University and Union College
• Arthur Caplan, PhD, New York University Grossman School of Medicine

​​​Moderator:

• Paul J. Cummins, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai & Clarkson University

Venue:  Zoom

Save the date for future panels: 

• Friday, January 14, 2022, at 12:00 EDT: Developing International Bioethics Capacity
• Friday, February 11, 2022, at 12:00 EDT: Alumni of The Bioethics Program