The Interfaculty Institute of Bioethics is taking into consideration following problems:
- Is it allowable to clone a human?
- Is it permissible to freeze human embryos?
- Is it allowable to experiment on embryos?
- Ethical problems connected with the artificial insemination
- Stem cells versus transplantation of human organs
- Problems with AIDS
- Limits of the struggle with suffering
- Problems of euthanasia and capital punishment
- Protection of the natural environment
The Interfaculty Institute of Bioethics is propagating the idea of "the civilization of the life" put forward by John Paul II
It is done in the following ways:
- Educating bioethicists in the Christian spirit,
- Graduate studies in bioethics,
- Organizing bioethical conferences for teachers and physicians,
- Offering public presentations and workshops,
- Publications
IIB is the member of:
The International Federation of Centers and Institutes of Bioethics of Personalist Inspiration (FIBIB ONLUS) in Rome
IIB cooperates with:
The National Catholic Bioethics Center, Brighton-Boston, MA, USA
International Association of Catholic Bioethicists (IACB), Toronto, Canada
The Catholic Bioethics Center in London: Linacre Center
The Catholic Bioethics Center: Fondazione Lanza in Padua, Italy




