Bioethics Seminar Series
Schedule 2009 - 2010

October 28th, 2009 - Topic: Biomedical Ethics

Speaker: Dr. Tom Beauchamp, Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University and Senior Research Scholar at Kennedy Institute of Ethics

Bioethics Seminar Series - public lecture
MRGN 121 (5:30-7:00pm)
    Talk title: "When Hastened Death is Neither Killing Nor Letting Die"

February 10th, 2010 - Topic: U.S. Health Care Ethics and Policy

Speaker: Dr. Norman Daniels,  Mary B. Saltonstall Professor of Population Ethics, Professor of Ethics and Population Health Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard University

Indiana University Center for Bioethics - public lecture
    Talk title: "Comparative Effectiveness: What it can and cannot help with in priority setting."

Bioethics Seminar Series - public lecture
MRGN 121 (4:00-5:15pm)
    Talk title: "Justice and Universal Health Care Coverage in the U.S."

 March 3rd, 2010 - Topic: Sustainability and Environmental Value

Speaker: Dr. Bryan Norton, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Science, and Technology at Georgia Institute of Technology

Bioethics Seminar Series - public lecture
MRGN 121 (5:30-7:00pm)
    Talk title: TBD 

Event organized by Discovery Park Oncological Sciences Center

March 9th, 2010 - Topic: Reading and Discussion "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"
Speaker: Rebecca Skloot, science writer & contributing editor for Popular Science magazine

Cancer Culture and Community
MRGN 121 (7:00pm)
For more info: kswank_at_purdue.edu

April 14th, 2010 - Topic: Environmental Ethics

Speaker: Dr. Holmes Rolston III,  University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Colorado State University

Bioethics Seminar Series - public lecture
MRGN 121 (5:30-7:00pm)
    Talk title: The Future of Environmental Ethics