Book launch

Eric Racine, The Theory of Deliberative Wisdom, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2025.

AUTHOR: Eric Racine, PhD, FCAHS, Professor of health ethics, IRCM & Université de Montréal

MODERATOR: Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, Professor of bioethics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

This event will be held in English with the possibility of questions in English or French

2025 Montreal Health Ethics Conference Series

Theme: L’évolution des politiques en matière santé et de bien-être des femmes au Québec (HYBRID PANEL)

Next conference: November 13, 2025

Louise Harel, femme politique Québécoise

Michèle Stanton-Jean, chercheure collaboratrice, Centre de recherche en droit public, Université de Montréal

NEW WEBSITE FOR THE LIVING ETHICS INTERNATIONAL NETWORK

Visit the website of the Living Ethics International Network website to learn more about the resources, members, and schedule of activities.

Hippocrate magazine

Hippocrate magazine honors innovation in healthcare. In 2024, we received the Innovation Award: Improving User Experience.

Brainstorm Newsletter

In this issue:

  • Profil du mois : Vincent Couture, PhD
  • Events and announcements
  • Scholarly literature and debates in news and social media
  • NEW ! Podcasts or videos that spark interest

The Theory of Deliberative Wisdom

Unit Director Eric Racine publishes a new book at Mit Press offering a workable and inspiring model of ethics, showing not only why ethics matters but also how it can be used to improve human welfare.

** New book! 📖

Parachute Project. Awareness capsules (in French)

How does the transition go from the pediatric environment to the adult environment? How to optimize continuity of care? These capsules, which give voice to patients, offer possible answers.

 

***Videos

Pragmatism strives to develop practical approaches that promote human values and human flourishing using state-of-the-art methods from different disciplines.

Click “Learn more” to read about our history, theoretical and methodological foundations, and achievements.

PROJECTS

Research undertaken at the Pragmatic Health Ethics Research Unit addresses a range of challenges in health care, research, and health policy. It relies on the use of interdisciplinary approaches that are grounded in facts, open to deliberative processes, and focused on producing practical changes that promote respect of persons and human flourishing in all its diversity.