"Current Issues in Medical Ethics" is the topic for the next Tea & Ethics discussion on Wednesday, Feb. 4, at 5 p.m. at Coastal Carolina University's Myrtle Beach Education Center. Jonathan Trerise, assistant professor of philosophy, will facilitate the talk. Admission is free, and no ticket is required.

The discussion will address standard medical practices and how they often lead to decisions that have significant ethical implications. Topics such as informed consent, life support and trials for new drugs will be investigated.

Trerise's specialty areas include the moral foundations of intellectual property rights, applied ethics, the history of philosophy and political philosophy. He earned a doctorate from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He joined the CCU faculty in 2010.

Tea & Ethics is sponsored by the University's Jackson Family Center for Ethics and Values. The purpose of the center is to cultivate and promote awareness in the community of the importance of personal and professional integrity.

The Myrtle Beach Education Center is located at 900 79th Ave. in Myrtle Beach. For more information, call Amber Eckersley, assistant director of the Jackson Family Center for Ethics and Values, at 843-349-4149.