The ethics of ethics conferences: Is Qatar a desirable location for a bioethics conference?
The next World Congress of Bioethics will be held in Doha, Qatar. Although this location provides opportunities to interact with a more culturally diverse audience, to advance dialogue between cultures and religions, offer opportunities for mutual learning, there are also huge moral concerns. Qatar...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Bioethics
Year: 2023, Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Pages: 319-322 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KBL Near East and North Africa NCA Ethics NCJ Ethics of science TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Qatar B Human Rights B conference ethics B LGBTQI+ persons B climate impact |
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| Summary: | The next World Congress of Bioethics will be held in Doha, Qatar. Although this location provides opportunities to interact with a more culturally diverse audience, to advance dialogue between cultures and religions, offer opportunities for mutual learning, there are also huge moral concerns. Qatar is known for violations of human rights - including the treatment of migrant workers and the rights of women - corruption, criminalization of LGBTQI+ persons, and climate impact. Since these concerns are also key (bio)ethical concern we call for a broad debate within the bioethics community whether organizing and attending the World Congress in Qatar is ethically problematic and how ethical concerns should be dealt with. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-8519 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Bioethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/bioe.13152 |