The Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science is awarded every two years by

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and rewards individuals and groups in the field of

ethics Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns m ...

science Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...

. The aim of the award is to promote ethical reflection on issues raised by advances in science and technology, and to raise global awareness of the importance of ethics in science. The prize was named after the 11th century

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physician and philosopher

Avicenna Ibn Sina ( fa, ابن سینا; 980 – June 1037 CE), commonly known in the West as Avicenna (), was a Persian polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, philosophers, and writers of the Islamic G ...

(980-1038). The Prize consists of a gold medal, a certificate, US$10,000, and a one-week academic visit to the

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. Since it was founded, the award has been given to five individuals.

Award recipients

* 2004

Margaret Somerville Margaret Anne Ganley Somerville (born 13 April 1942) is Professor of Bioethics at University of Notre Dame Australia. She was previously Samuel Gale Professor of Law at McGill University. Somerville was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and ...

, Canada * 2006

Abdallah Daar Dr. Abdallah Daar is an Emeritus Professor of Clinical Public Health, Global Health, and Surgery at the University of Toronto. He has also been a Senior Scientist at the Research Institutes of University Health Network/Toronto General Hospital Re ...

, Canada * 2010

Renzong Qiu Qiu Renzong (邱仁宗, c. 1933) is a Chinese bioethicist. He is a senior research fellow emeritus at China's Institute of Philosophy, and chair of the Academic Committee at the Centre for Bioethics at Peking Union Medical College.

, China * 2015

Zabta Khan Shinwari Zabta Khan Shinwari (; born 3 March 1959) is a Pakistani botanist and researcher. Early life and education Zabta Khan Shinwari was born on 3 March 1959 in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Shinwari got his B.Sc (Biology) degree in 1980 and ...

, Pakistan * 2019 Donald A. Brown, USA

References

External links

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