Ethics at the cutting edge of scientific endeavour
The 3rd International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication
Technologies comes to a close in Rome today (Wednesday).The conference aims at creating a stage where researchers, scientists and business people can discuss and share ideas at the frontiers of life sciences, pure sciences and engineering.
An electrical engineer and the co-inventor of the bionic eye, Prof. Tamas Roska of the Pazmany P Catholic University in Hungary took part in the three-day conference, and told Vatican Radio that the Pope's voice is an important one in the discussion of how to manage ethical tensions on the scientific frontier. “The 6th chapter of [Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical letter] Caritas in veritate is a wonderful, very deep, scientifically very sound analysis of the challenge – of the moral challenges of high technologies, including biotechnologies,” he said.
The ISABEL conference took place in Rome from the 7th to the 10th of November.
Listen to Chris Altieri's full interview with Prof. Roska:
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