Bioethics for High School Students: Being Human in a Brave New World
Description
Title: Bioethics for High School Students: Being Human in a Brave New World

Date: July 27 - 31, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Students: Rising 9th - 12th graders- Co-ed

Instructors: Karen Rezach and Lisa Goldman

Description: "What is the value of life?”
“What does it mean to be human?”
“When does life begin?”
“When does life end?”
“Who decides?”

If questions like these pique your interest and spark your imagination, invest a week this summer exploring them (and many others) with experts in the fields of bioethics, medicine, religion, public policy, law and the humanities. “Being Human in a Brave New World” is an interactive, discussion-driven course adapted from The Ethics Institute’s nationally-known signature program, The Bioethics Project. You will be introduced to the foundational principles of bioethics and The Ethics Institute’s Ethical Decision-Making Method. You will use these tools to analyze and discuss real-life situations and cases, and you will be continuously challenged to answer the ultimate question: Just because we “can” do something, “should” we?

Cost: $1050

Headcount: 16

–Lisa Goldman is the Clinical Healthcare Ethics Consultant at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, New Jersey and a healthcare attorney with more than 30 years of experience.
Lisa is an “Ethicist in Residence” at the Kent Place School, where she co-teaches the school’s signature Bioethics Project and co-coaches their nationally-recognized Upper School Ethics Bowl team.
Lisa represents alleged incompetent persons in guardianship proceedings in the Superior Court of New Jersey, and addresses student and parent audiences as a member of the New Jersey Bar Foundation Speaker Bureau. Her academic research and advocacy interests include women’s access to healthcare and healthcare at the end of life, the responsible use of technology, and historic medical transgressions.
Lisa has a B.A. from Rutgers College and a J.D. from the National Law Center at George Washington University.

–Dr. Karen Rezach joined the Kent Place community in 2000, and is the Founding Director of The Ethics Institute. She has a Master’s in Divinity from Yale University, an EdD from Seton Hall University and is an ordained Episcopal priest. Her doctoral research, Spiritual Leadership as a Model of Effective Leadership in Independent School, explores the ways in which educators can bring values and moral awareness in non-religious ways into a variety of school settings, and was the catalyst for the founding of The Ethics Institute.

Dr. Rezach has over 25 years of experience as an independent school administrator, including Director of the Middle School at Kent Place and Assistant Head of School at St. Philip’s Academy in Newark, NJ. She has been teaching and facilitating workshops on ethics for more than a decade.
Dates:
7/27/2026 - 7/31/2026
Ages:
Grades 9th - 12th
Cost:
$1,050.00
Availability:
Registration will begin on 12/8/2025.