Podcast

Author Interview: “How Might Health Care Think About the Ethics of Human Extinction?”

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Devin M. Kellis joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Émile P. Torres: “How Might Health Care Think About the Ethics of Human Extinction?”

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Devin M. Kellis, MS is a medical student at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia, where he received an MS in biomedical science. He holds a BS in biology and a BS in psychology from Francis Marion University. His current research aims to understand drivers of human-caused existential threats and to develop a medical specialty that promotes humanity’s survival under conditions of minimal social harm (behavioral eschatology and extinction medicine, respectively).

Recorded June 9, 2025.

 

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