The Ethics of Life and Death
FULL SCHEDULE
Week 1: Introduction and Overview
2pm – 3pm Central Time
Week 2: Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, and Medicalized Dying
2pm – 3pm Central Time
Week 3: Abortion and Contraception in our Post-Roe World
2pm – 3pm Central Time
Week 4: Infertility and Reproductive Technologies Part I
2pm – 3pm Central Time
Week 5: Infertility and Reproductive Technologies Part II
2pm – 3pm Central Time
INSTRUCTOR
Matthew Eppinette, MBA, PhD (Fuller Theological Seminary), is the Executive Director of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity (CBHD), a research center alongside Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) and Trinity Law School (TLS). He is also an Affiliate Professor of Bioethics at TEDS and editor of the open-access, peer-reviewed publication Dignitas.
Dr. Eppinette spent seven years working in IT before switching to a career in bioethics. He now has more than two decades of experience in the field of bioethics, writing, teaching, and speaking on a wide variety of topics.
Among his publications are chapters in Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends, The New Media Frontier, and Taking Persons Seriously: Where Philosophy and Bioethics Intersect. He is the editor, alongside Dónal P. O’Mathúna, Bryan A. Just, and Wilson Jeremiah, of Bioethics in Real Life. His writing can also be found in Newsweek, The Christian Post, World, and The Gospel Coalition. In addition, Dr. Eppinette has co-written and co-produced six documentary films that address issues in bioethics. He and his wife, Ginger, currently reside in suburban Chicago.
ABOUT
Four centuries before the birth of Christ, euthanasia and abortion were mentioned in the Hippocratic Oath. These age-old issues are still with us today, even as the medical technologies surrounding the beginning of life and end of life have changed. Other issues, however, have only come about in the last fifty years. Louise Brown, the first child born through in vitro fertilization (IVF), was delivered in 1978. The first successful heart transplant was in 1967 in Cape Town, South Africa, using the heart from a 22-year-old who was in a car accident.
This five-week Cohort will consider ethical concerns that arise in the taking and making of life. Specific issues that will be addressed include assisted suicide, euthanasia, and the medicalization of dying, in general, as well as abortion, contraception, infertility, and the array of techniques that accompany today’s reproductive technologies.
For some matters, the Bible and our Christian convictions are seemingly clear, but navigating the complexities of various situations still requires thoughtful consideration of what is right and wrong. Other issues, like those raised by current biotechnologies, are far removed from the world in which the Bible was written, so we must seek to grow in wisdom and virtue so we can discern how best to approach them.
Over the course of our time together, we will seek to better understand how we can live faithfully in the midst of all that medicine and healthcare have to offer.
5 SESSIONS
Sep. 4 - Oct. 2 2025
TIME
Thursdays 2pm - 3pm CT
AVAILABILITY
Live Webinar and/or On Demand for your entire family
COST
$249.00
$149
Early bird pricing
through August 18th.