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THE CENTRE FOR BIOETHICS AT UCM (UCM CB)

The Centre for Bioethics at UCM (UCM CB) was established by Professor Peter Sýkora in 2008 as the first centre of its kind in Slovakia. It is based at the Department of Philosophy and Applied Philosophy of the Faculty of Arts, University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia. UCM CB focuses on the systematic analysis of the impact of emerging technologies on society and individuals. It is our understanding, that the dynamic development in biology, medicine, and information technology represent unprecedented challenges and opportunities for the reevaluation in the discourse on ethics, legislation and social policy.

CENTRE FOR

BIOETHICS

Information about the mission and people at UCM CB

TRANSHUMANISM AND POSTHUMANISM
Analysis of the multidimensional character of trans - and posthumanism

BOUNDARIES OF

BIO-DISCOURSE

The philosophical analysis concerning deletion of borders in contemporary bio-discourse

NEWS AND MEDIA

From Messianic Diaspora to Biomedia Avatars. New Traits of Eastern- European Reception of the East: From 18th to 21st Century

/ Mgr. Bogumiła Suwara, PhD. and Mariusz Pisarski, PhD.

Sci-Fi Philosophy: The Problem of Extinction

/ Mgr. Pavlína Bakošová  / Malý Berlín, Trnava

Sci-Fi Philosophy: Sci-fi Democracy - The government of overhumans?

/ PhDr. Jozef Lenč, PhD. / Malý Berlín, Trnava


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TEAM

prof. RNDr. Peter Sýkora, PhD.

Director

Researcher

Deputy Director

Research associate

Mgr. Juraj Odorčák, PhD.

Administration

Research associate

doc. Mgr. Tomáš Čana, PhD.

Research associate

PhDr. Jozef Lenč, PhD.

Research associate

Mgr. Andrej Rozemberg, PhD.

Research associate

Mariusz Pisarski, PhD.

Research associate

Mgr. Peter Takáč

PhD. student

Mgr. Lukáš Siegel

Web administration

PhD. student

Mgr. Pavlína Bakošová

PhD. student

Mgr. Ondrej Hriadel

Web administration

PhD. student

COMMUNITY AND AWARDS

UCM CB FOR THE COMMUNITY
  • The Eighth Day of Creation: Editing of the Human Genome

The sci-fi genre predicted some scenarios that we are currently facing, yet the future is different than what we have ever dreamed of. We were supposed to establish a new society on Mars, but instead are addicted to social media. Maybe the 21st. century will be different than the dream, because humanity is trying to push its limits without a clear vision. We could try to overcome the limitations of our species by developing new forms of (un)natural selection based on intelligent choice, but whose choice will it be and for what intelligence will we decide? Sci-fi Philosophy: Series of public lectures

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

The Slovak Research and Development Agency (SRDA) under the custody of Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic issued a new report Excellence in Science which awards the implementation and work results of the best Slovak experts in various fields of science. It is our honour to announce that the project of the UCM CB APVV-0379-12 Analysis of the philosophical and ethical dimensions of NBIC technologies concerning human enhancement was evaluated among the best projects in the field of Humanitites.

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CONTACT
ADDRESS
Centre for Bioethics
Faculty of Arts
University of Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
Námestie J. Herdu 577/2,
Trnava, 917 01, Slovak Republic
EMAIL
Prof. RnDr. Peter Sýkora, PhD. (Director): peter.sykora@ucm.sk
Mgr. Jana Tomašovičová, PhD. (Deputy): jana.tomasovicova@ucm.sk
Mgr. Juraj Odorčák, PhD. (Administration):  juraj.odorcak@ucm.sk
Mgr. Lukáš Siegel & Mgr. Ondrej Hriadel (Website administration):