CSU Philosophy seminar, Wagga Wagga, 3 May, 4-6pm
Cohen, Daniel
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
CSU, Wagga Wagga. Building 29, Room 217, 4-6pm
Julian Savulescu (Uehiro Professor of Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford)
"The Role of Professional Conscience in Controversial Practice: Designer Babies, Abortion, and Euthanasia"
ABSTRACT: People are increasingly choosing practices which are illegal, proscribed by professional or social norms, or otherwise contrary to social expectations. Examples include genetic selection of embryos for advantageous traits, sex selective abortion or embryo selection, and euthanasia. I will outline what constitutes a good reason to support a controversial choice by reference to the concepts of autonomy, wellbeing and justice. I will discuss the role of professional conscience or personal values in supporting or declining to support controversial choices.
The seminar will also be accessible via video-conference at our Canberra Campus at Level 1, 10-12 Brisbane Avenue, Barton ACT (take the lift to level 1 and ring the doorbell to your right). (Academics at other campuses can also link up by video-conference. Please contact Daniel Cohen for details.)
For details about future seminars, please see: waggaphilosophy.com
Daniel Cohen
Associate Head of School
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Charles Sturt University
Boorooma St
Wagga Wagga, 2678
Australia
Tel: +61 2 6933 2565
Email: dco...@csu.edu.au
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