The Center for the Study of Bioethics, in partnership with the Center for the Promotion of Science, has organized a seminar entitled “Bioethics of Life and Death”, at the Science Club of the Center for Promotion of Science. Guests from the EU, as well as associates of the Center for the Study of Bioethics took part in the seminar. Several issues in relation to the bioethics of life and death were addressed: radical life extension, its possible social and psychological consequences, the question of cell life extension, as well as related issues. The speakers at the seminar were:
• Rosa Rantanen, M.Soc.Sc., Doctoral Candidate, University of Turku, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Philosophy: “Bioethical aspects of radical life extension”
• Marina Stamenković-Radak, Full Professor at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Biological Research, Center for the Study of Bioethics: “Cell life extension: costs and benefits?”
• Goran S. Milovanović, PhD, Center for the Study of Bioethics: “The psychology of Methuselah: On possible socio-psychological consequences of radical life extension”
The working language of the seminar was English.
