The Centre for bioethics at UCM (UCM CB) is a scientific, educational, advisory, and consultancy
institute dedicated to research and popularization of bioethics in Slovakia. UCM CB was established by prof. RnDr Peter Sýkora, PhD. in 2008 as a 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.
It is our
understanding, that the dynamic character of development in biology, medicine, information technology present unprecedented challenges and opportunities
for the reevaluation in the discourse on ethics, legislation and social
policy. UCM CB is a pluralistic and multidisciplinary institute
focused on philosophical, ethical, medical, political, social, and creative ways of knowledge on the
contemporary bioethical challenges and issues. The main goal of the CB is to
establish a regional network of specialists dedicated to research and
popularization of bioethics in its broader understanding, including medical
ethics, biomedical ethics, environmental ethics, global ethics, philosophy of
technology and technology assessment.
