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Recent Events

Carolyn Raffensperger, Environmental Public Interest, Science and Environmental Health Network, Precautionary Principle, February, 2002

Loren Lomasky, Philosophy, Bowling Green University, Feb. 2002,

"Is it wrong to eat meat?"

Carl Degler, American History, Stanford (Emeritus), Feb. 12, 2002,

"How Evolutionary Theory Can Help Us Understand the Past" (addressing behavioral genetics)

Dorothy Roberts, Law, Northwestern University, Feb. 26,

"Race, Reproduction, and Social Justice"

Molecular Biology Week,

"The Ethics of Stem Cell Research" (James Thobaben, Visiting Ethics Scholar; John Critser, MU Vet. Pathobiology; Cathy Krull, MU Biological Sciences; Mark Kirk, MU Biological Sciences; Mary Faith Marshall, Professor of Medicine and Bioethics, University of Kansas)

James Thobaben, Visiting Ethicist in Residence, Molecular Biology Program

Tom Regan, Philosophy, North Carolina State,

"Animal Rights; Reconciling Personal Beliefs and Employment"

Cindy Richards, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST),

"Role of Scientists in Communicating with Public on AgBiotech"

Molecular Biology Week , Ethics Topic--Genetic Privacy

Prof. Judith DeCew, Philosophy, Clark University
Mary Anderlik, PhD, J.D., University of Louisville Medical School

Norman Bowie, Philosophy

Bioethics Papers presented by the candidates for position as Visiting Ethicist in Molecular Biology Program

Stephen Jones, Plant Science, Washington State University, "University-Corporate Partnerships in Agbiotech"

Michiel Korthals, Chair, Philosophy, Wageningen University, Netherlands

"The Ethical Issues of Agricultural Biotechnology"

Dr. William Lacy, Vice Provost and Rural Sociology, UC-Davis

"University-Corporate Partnerships in AgBiotech"

Terri Dunahay, USDA, International Trade Specialist

"Agricultural biotechnology and international trade"

Bernard Gert, Philosophy

"On the Philosophical Significance of Mental Illness"

Bernard Rollins, Philosophy, Colorado State University

Paul Thompson, Philosophy, Purdue

Gregory Pence, Philosophy, University of Alabama-Birmingham

Drew Kershen, School of Law, University of Oklahoma

Edmund Pellegrino, MD, Georgetown University (Honors College Scholar in Residence)

US-EU Policy Issues in Animal Production (Conference, May 2000)(Vet. Medicine & EU Center)

Molecular Biology Week (March 2000):

"What’s the (ethical) problem with genetically modified foods?" Gary Comstock, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Coordinator, Iowa State University Bioethics Program