The Boundaries of Humanity: Humans, Animals, and Machines in the Age of Biotechnology

A Thomistic Institute lecture by Dr. William Hurlbut from Stanford University.

Monday, September 8 at 7 PM

Advances across a broad front in biology, cognitive psychology, and
information technology are challenging our traditional notions of human nature.

Blurring the boundaries between humans, animals, and machines, these advances raise theoretical and practical challenges of profound importance for the future of humanity. Exploring these issues within an interdisciplinary perspective, we will seek a coherent physical, cultural, and philosophical anthropology, an understanding of the “boundaries of humanity” that defends human dignity and promotes the personal, social, and spiritual flourishing of human life.

This event is open to the public.