Two noted philosophers are coming to campus this year as Bioethicists-in-Residence.
Their visits are sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Bioethics Project, a division of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS).
The two scholars -- J. Baird Callicott and Samuel Gorovitz -- will teach undergraduate and graduate seminars during the academic year, and will also offer separate reading groups for students, staff, faculty and community members.
Callicott is professor of philosophy and religion studies at the University of North Texas' Institute of Applied Sciences. He focuses his research on four major areas: theoretical environmental ethics; land ethics; the philosophy of ecology and conservation; and comparative environmental philosophy. His books include "Earth's Insights: A Multicultural Survey of Ecological Ethics from the Mediterranean Basin to the Australian Outback," "In Defense of the Land Ethic: Essays in Environmental Philosophy" and "American Indian Environmental Ethics: An Ojibwa Case Study." He is a former president of the International Society for Environmental Ethics.
The editor or co-editor of several books on groundbreaking ecologist Aldo Leopold, Callicott will lead a reading group on the topic "Aldo Leopold and 'A Sand County Almanac.'" The group will hold its first meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 14.
Gorovitz is professor of philosophy and former dean of arts and sciences at Syracuse University, where he served as Dearing-Daly Professor of Bioethics and Humanities 2001-2004. A leader in the development of the field of medical ethics, he has also published extensively on other topics in philosophy and public policy. He is the editor of several anthologies, and "Moral Problems in Medicine," for which he was senior editor, was the first contemporary textbook on medical ethics. His two most recent books are "Doctors' Dilemmas: Moral Conflict and Medical Care" and "Drawing the Line: Life, Death and Ethical Choices in an American Hospital."
The topic of Gorovitz's reading group will be "Is Bioethics Honest Work?" It will hold its first meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 15.
Both reading groups are free and open to the public, and will be held in the conference room at 87 Trumbull St. For information and reading assignments, contact carol.pollard@yale.edu.
The Bioethics Project is also playing host to two other scholars this year.
Daniel Callahan, co-founder and former president and director of The Hastings Center, will be an ISPS Fellow and a senior research fellow in the Department of Psychology. A 1952 graduate of Yale College, Callahan was director of The Hasting Center's International Program and a senior fellow at Harvard Medical School in the Division of Medical Ethics before returing to his alma mater, where he will chair the End-of-Life Issues working group for 2004-2005. He is currently working on a book on medicine and the market.
Jacqueline Fox, an attorney who practiced health law before moving toward academia and policy work, will be the Donaghue Initiative Visiting Scholar. At Yale, she will conduct a research project on confidentiality agreements between corporate sponsors and those conducting sponsored studies. She will also participate in different working groups within the Bioethics Project and hopes to teach a course in the spring semester.
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