Ethics Café: Using dialogue to explore ethical challenges in assisted dying

Date & time
21 October 2025 | 14.30-16.00

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Event format

Attend event in person

Event type

Participatory interactive event

Event topic

Healthcare ethics

Audience

Adults

Academic discipline

Law

Venue

Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC), Level 9 – Room B
University of Strathclyde
99 George Street
Glasgow
G1 1RD

The venue is fully accessible from street level.

What's on offer?

A 90 minute, interactive workshop to gather with others and explore ethical issues related to assisted dying.

This session is an inclusive, small group space to share together in dialogue over light refreshments. Whatever your views on the issue of assisted dying, this session provides opportunity to reflect and share. You are more than welcome in this space!

What's it about?

Across the British Isles there is ongoing debate on whether assisted dying ought to be legalised, and if so, how it would operate. Understandably, this is an emotive and ethically challenging issue.

The ‘Ethics Café’ is a friendly, inclusive space where we seek to understand this issue together. Over freshly brewed tea and coffee you are invited to partner with us as we explore the ethical puzzle of assisted dying.

The session is not about agreeing on everything, rather it is a time of reflection with openness to truly listening to the experiences and understandings of others. We hope that those attending will benefit from examining the issues from new perspectives and reflecting on their own view.

The session will have limited capacity, with most of the session being spent in small group dialogue with approximately 6-8 others. In these groups you will have opportunity to ask questions, listen to others and share your views, whilst being supported by a facilitator and the session leader.

To make the session a safe and fruitful place, we will all agree to adhere to some ground rules. Above all we ask that you come open to listen carefully, think deeply and share respectfully.