The Tenth Symposium on Chinese Bioethics from Philosophical/Religious Perspectives, 23-24 Jun 2016
The Centre for Applied Ethics was formally inaugurated on 13 May 1992. It is the first of its kind to be established in China and one of the first in Asia. The development of ethical centres is urgently needed in Hong Kong as it is undergoing unprecedented rapid economic and socio-cultural changes. There is a real problem of ethical tension and disorientation. Although there are similar centres in Europe and North America, the results of their research are not always immediately useful to Asian societies in general and to Hong Kong in particular. At the same time, their social-ethical issues are not always the same as ours. The centre, while seeking to formulate ethical solutions on the basis of universal principles, will be culturally sensitive in its endeavors.
Missions
- To stimulate critical thinking about fundamental ethical concerns in contemporary society
- To raise awareness of moral values
- To further strengthen the University’s commitment to research and whole-person education
On-going Research Programmes
- Cross-Cultural Bioethics
- Cross-Cultural Ethics of War and Peace
- Confucian Ethics in Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Major Publications
- Construction of Chinese Bioethics: New Investigation (《建構中國生命倫理學：新的探索》) (2017)
- Pre-Qin Philosophers and Warfare Ethics (《先秦諸子與戰爭倫理》) (2016)
- Chinese Just War Ethics: Origin, Development and Dissent (2015)
- The Common Good: Chinese and American Perspectives (2013)
- Bioethics: A Reflection from Traditional Chinese Philosophy《生命倫理學的中國哲學思考》 (2013)
- Focus Section on Just War in Classical Chinese Thought, Journal of Religious Ethics, Volume 40, Issue 3 (September 2012), pp.404-446, 447-472 and 473-502 (all three essays in the Focus Section are authored by our Centre researchers).
- Ritual and the Moral Life (2012)
- International Journal of Chinese and Comparative Philosophy of Medicine (1998 – present)
Major Activities
- The Thirteenth Symposium on “Bioethics from Chinese Philosophy/ Religious Perspectives” (2019)
- Workshop on “Big Data, Algorithms and Education —On the Ethical Challenges of Educational Technology” (2018)
- Conference on “Christianity and Modern Chinese Constitution Politics” (2018)
- Conference on “Western-Chinese Ethics on War and Peace” (2018)
- The Twelfth Symposium on “Bioethics from Chinese Philosophy/ Religious Perspectives” (2018)
- Colloquium on Chinese Just War Ethics (2017)
- Conference of the International Society for Military Ethics: Asia-Pacific Chapter (2017)
- The Eleventh Symposium on “Bioethics from Chinese Philosophy/ Religious Perspectives” (2017)
- International Conference on “Military Ethics: China and the West in Dialogue” (2016)
- What is Good? Contemporary Debates in Moral Philosophy (2016)
- Public Lecture on “A Marginal Case of Morality: Should We Eat Meat?” (2016)
- The Tenth Symposium on Chinese Bioethics from Philosophical/Religious Perspectives (2016)
- Public Lecture on “Designer Babies: Choosing Our Children’s Genes” (2015)
- The Ninth Symposium on Chinese Bioethics from Philosophical/Religious Perspectives (2015)
- Public Lecture on “Public Space, Public Awareness and Education on Public Ethics” (2015)
- Conference on Early Chinese Thinkers and Warfare Ethics (2014)
- The Eighth Symposium on Chinese Bioethics from Philosophical/Religious Perspectives (2014)
- International Conference on Contemporary Military Ethics: A Chinese-Western Dialogue (2014)