Levinas and Medical Ethics
Moderator: Simon Keller, Boston University
Morning Session, 10 a.m.–noon
Lazare Benaroyo, University of Lausanne
Vulnerability, Hospitality, and Trust:
The Significance of Levinas for an Ethics of Care
Peter Kemp, The Danish University of Education
Levinas in Bioethics

Afternoon Session, 2–5 p.m.
Roger Burggraeve, Catholic University Leuven
“Not to Let the Other Alone:” Levinas on the Responsibility of the Medical Profession for the Suffering and the Dying
Laurie Zoloth, Northwestern University
The Self Turned Inside Out: From Autonomy to Hospitality in Bioethics
Robert Gibbs, University of Toronto
Suffering, Responsibility, and Bioethics

Monday
February 13, 2006

Boston University
The Castle
225 Bay State Road