A Conversation with Bioethicist Arthur Caplan

This week it’s just Jamie Reed — this weekend is the Endocrine Society’s annual conference in Chicago, so Headlines and the usual roundtable are off, and we’ll be back at full strength next week.In the meantime, you can stay current with our weekly news: every week the LGB Courage Coalition publishes a roundup of the stories that matter in gender medicine, science, and policy — the headlines you won’t see covered honestly anywhere else. Subscribe on our Substack so you never miss it.For this episode, Jamie sits down with Arthur Caplan, PhD, one of the most influential figures in American bioethics. Dr. Caplan is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU School of Medicine. Before NYU, he created the Center for Bioethics and the Department of Medical Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, and founded the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Minnesota. He is the author or editor of thirty-five books and over 890 peer-reviewed papers, and has chaired or served on national and international committees spanning the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Mental Health panel on human experimentation on vulnerable subjects, and the FDA’s Reagan/Udall Foundation. Since 2015 he has co-chaired the Compassionate Use Advisory Committee advising Janssen Pharmaceuticals. He has been named one of the most influential people in American health care, science, and biotechnology by outlets including Discover, Modern Healthcare, and Scientific American.Jamie and Dr. Caplan discuss the foundational frameworks of bioethics — where they came from, why they exist, and how they apply to medicine today.About our guest: Arthur Caplan, PhD, is the Mitty Professor of Bioethics and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU School of Medicine. He holds eight honorary degrees and received the National Science Foundation’s Public Service Award for contributions to public understanding of science. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit informeddissentpodcast.substack.com/subscribe