What is a Person?

Overview :

What is a person? Where did the concept of personhood come from? Can a human embryo be considered as a person? An AI entity? Or a human-nonhuman combination?

This in-person event organised by the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics will be held at the Mercure Glasgow City Hotel.

A number of experts will delve into the origins of personhood and explore whether new biological and AI entities can be considered as persons.

Do not miss this opportunity to engage with this crucial topic in law and philosophy.

Speakers:

Dr. Calum MacKellar:

Is the Director of Research of the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics and a Visiting Lecturer in Bioethics at St Mary’s University in London. He is also a Fellow of the Centre for Bioethics and Human Dignity at LeTourneau University in Texas, USA.

Prof.Dr. David A. Jones:

Is a Professor of Bioethics at St Mary's University in London, a Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, and a Clinical Professor at the Plunkett Centre for Ethics at the Australian Catholic University.

Programme:

14.00 – 14.10 hrs: Welcome

(Chaired by the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics)

14.10 – 15.00 hrs: The history of the concept of personhood

Dr. Calum MacKellar

15.00 – 15.50 hrs: An attitude towards the soul: recognising chimeric persons

Prof.Dr. David A. Jones

15.50 - 16.20 hrs: Tea + Coffee

16.20 – 17.00 hrs: Panel Discussion with Questions from the Floor

17.00 hrs: Finish and Thanks (from the Chair)

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Host or Publisher Scottish Council on Human Bioethics