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December 2015 EACME Newsletter
Contents
Editorial R. Porz
EACME Prize Winner 2015
The ethics of Care and Emmanuel Levinas F. Krauze
Preferences for advance care planning: A qualitative study with former mental health service users K. Kuehlmeyer & N-K Schwenk
Report on the International Conference on “Emerging Technologies and Human Rights” Y. I. Ulman
Remplacer la «Petite éthique» actuelle par une «Grande éthique» plus porteuse de sens ? J. Martin
International conference Paris October 2015 United Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities B. Eyraud & J-P. Cobbaut
“Assisting the Elderly and Palliative Care” Workshop N. Comoretto
Recension J. Martin
In Memoriam Maurice de Wachter
Editorial Board
Editorial
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
The year 2015 is coming to a close. A good year for EACME! We could gain a good number of new member institutes and we had the privilege to conduct our yearly conference in wonderful Cagliari, Italy. We want to say a heartfelt word of thanks to all those of our members whose great commitment and hard work contributes to the success of our association.
Along with this bright spots, the year also had its darker sides. The bomb attacks in Paris, and the multiple number of recent bomb threats certainly kept us question the status quo of our daily societal life and made us think beyond our daily tasks. I find myself asking the question: Should we try to have a say in this matters, as a society for “ethics”, or should we leave that to the politicians? An answer to this question is not easy. Sure is, this clash of cultures can be rooted in different values about the good life. And ethics is an expert discipline in reflecting about values and the good life. So maybe we – at least – have to put our expertise at proposal to those who want to discuss the often implicitly embedded values of our societies. Still, hasty answers might lead to superficialities, and maybe it is far more important task of ethicists to point out to those simplifications.
Let’s move to this newsletter at hand. You find text summaries of this year’s EACME price winner and poster winner of the Cagliari conference, Franziska Krause and Katja Kuehlmeyer / Nina-Kathinka Schwenk. In addition, Yesim Ulman is reporting on the International Conference on “Emerging Technologies and Human Rights”. Jean Martin, Benoît Eyraud/Jean- Philippe Cobbaut and Nunziata Comoretto are rounding off this issue with topics stretching from assisting the elderly to equal rights of disabled to exercise civil and political capacity. Last but not least, a memorial written by Paul Schotsmans reminds us of the death (and life!) of Maurice de Wachter.
The editorial team wishes you a pleasant reading, a festive season, relaxing holidays and a happy New Year 2016!
Rouven Porz – Editor EACME Newsletter
Ethics Unit
Bern University Hospital ‘’Inselspital’’
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