With the advance of medical technologies and the increasing power over life and death that they afford, discussions of “human dignity” have begun to take a more central role in bioethics. How should we view this dignity discourse? Is “human dignity” a useful concept that leads to determinate answers on issues like stem cell research and care for the dying? Or, is it instead a concept prone to misuse, an empty vessel or a camouflage for unconvincing arguments and unarticulated biases? This debate examined these questions and brought together speakers from a variety of backgrounds and expertise spanning the disciplines of philosophy, law, theology, and medicine. Among the participants were Nick Bostrom, Dan Brock, Martha Nussbaum, and Edmund Pellegrino.