Amy Gutmann & Jonathan D. Moreno: 2019 National Book Festival

Amy Gutmann and Jonathan D. Moreno launched their new book "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die" at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

- Amy Gutmann is president of the University of Pennsylvania and the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Communication in the Annenberg School for Communication at Penn. She also has secondary faculty appointments in philosophy in the School of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School of Education. Gutmann has published widely on the value of education and deliberation in democracy, on the importance of access to higher education and health care, on "the good, the bad and the ugly" of identity politics and on the essential role of ethics - especially professional and political ethics - in public affairs. Her new book (with Jonathan D. Moreno) is "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die: Bioethics and the Transformation of Health Care in America."

- Jonathan D. Moreno is the David and Lyn Silfen University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania where he is a Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) professor. He is also professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, of History and Sociology of Science, and of Philosophy. Moreno frequently contributes to such publications as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Science, Nature, Slate, Foreign Affairs, Axios.com, The Huffington Post and Psychology Today. He often appears on broadcast and online media, and was a columnist for ABCNews.com. The American Journal of Bioethics has called him "the quietly most interesting bioethicist of our time." Moreno is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, was an Andrew W. Mellon post-doctoral fellow and holds an honorary doctorate from Hofstra University. He is a recipient of the College of William and Mary Law School Benjamin Rush Medal, the Dr. Jean Mayer Award for Global Citizenship from Tufts University and the Penn Alumni Faculty Award of Merit. He holds the honorary Visiting Professorship in History at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England. His new book (with Amy Gutmann) is "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die: Bioethics and the Transformation of Health Care in America."

For transcript and more information, visit https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8902

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