The entire conference, featuring many philosophers, is online here. The topic, alas, is rather obviously timely! The schedule is below the fold:
09:00-09:15 Introduction
09.00-09:05 Welcome
Dag Larsson, Member of The Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics and Member of Parliament
09:05-09:15 Why a seminar on priority settings in situations of mass casualties?
Torbjörn Tännsjö, Professor emeritus of Philosophy, Stockholm University, winner of the Swedish National Council of Medical Ethics’ award for 2020
09:15-11.00 Priority setting and ethical theories
09:15-10:30 What ethical theories tell us?
Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University
Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek, assistant professor of Philosophy, University of Łódź
10:30-10:45 Comments
Torbjörn Tännsjö, Professor emeritus of Philosophy, Stockholm University
10:45-11:00 Questions from the audience
11.00-11.15 Coffee break
11:15-12:30 Swedish perspectives
11.15-11:40 Two additional operative principles for health resource allocation on the institutional and overarching policy levels: primary prevention and sustainability
Christian Munthe, Professor of Practical Philosophy, University of Gothenburg
PRESENTATION
11:40-12:05 Swedish priorities of intensive care during the pandemic – a utilitarian turn or in line with a needs based healthcare?
Lars Sandman, Professor of Health-care Ethics and Director, National Centre for Priorities in Health, Linköping University
PRESENTATION
12:05-12.30 Should we prioritize health care workers during pandemics?
Niklas Juth, Associate professor of Medical Ethics, Karolinska Institute
PRESENTATION
12:30-13:15 Lunch
Chair of the afternoon session: Nils-Eric Sahlin, Professor of Medical Ethics, Lund University, member of the Swedish National Council on Medical Ethics
13:15-14:50 European experiences and lessons
13:15-13:40 Justice and distribution of scarce resources in pandemics
Laura Palazzani, Professor of Philosophy of Law, Biolaw and Bioethics, University of Roma, vice chair the Italian Committee for Bioethics (participates virtually)
13:40-14:05 Justice and solidarity in times of pandemic
Alena Buyx, Professor of Ethics of Medicine and Health Technologies at the Technical University of Munich, chair of the German Ethics Council (participates virtually)
14:05-14:30 Ethical Considerations underpinning equitable access to scarce healthcare resources in the context of COVID-19
Siobhán O’Sullivan, Prof. Healthcare Ethics and Law, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and Chief Bioethics Officer in the Irish Ministry for Health (participates virtually)
14:30-14:55 Priority groups for coronavirus vaccination: experiences from Norway
Ole Frithjof Norheim, Professor, Director BCEPS, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting (BCEPS)
PRESENTATION
14:55-15:15 Coffee break
15:15-16:00 Discussion
Peter Singer
Torbjörn Tännsjö
Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek
Laura Palazzini
Alena Buyx
Siobhan O’Sullivan
Ole Frithjof Norheim
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