The complex ethical issues that arise from recent advances in science and technology will be explored in a year-long seminar series sponsored jointly by the Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS) and Yale Hillel. Titled "Bioethics and Public Policy," the series will focus on the areas of medicine, genetics and the environment.
Each speaker in the series will present a seminar at noon at ISPS, 77 Prospect St., and a free, public lecture at 7:30 p.m. at the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale, 80 Wall St. All talks and seminars take place on Wednesdays. A reception will follow the evening lecture.
The speakers for the fall semester and their topics are:
Sept. 16 -- Ellen Messer of the Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies at Brown University, "Can Agrobiotechnology Solve the Problem of World Hunger?"
Oct. 21 -- George Annas of the department of health law at Boston University, "Better Living Through Chemistry: What Viagra, Prozac and Marijuana Have in Common," is the title for the noon seminar; and "Frankenstein's Monster or just a Doll(y): Do we (really) need a federal ban on human cloning and attempts to design a better man?" is the title of the evening lecture.
Nov. 18 -- Arthur W. Westing of Westing Associates in Environment, Security and Education, "Environmental Values in Peace and War."
Dec. 9 -- Dr. Alvin Novick of Yale's department of ecology and evolutionary biology, "Ethics and Public Policy for the Disdained: Drug Dependency and AIDS."
In addition to this seminar series, ISPS will offer other seminars this year, including the Yale AIDS Colloquium Series; the Workshop on Religious Institutions and Society; the Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar on the Environment; the Seminar on Race, Inequality and Politics; the Political Theory Workshop; Scientific Research on Sexual Orientation and Its Implications; the Program on Non-Profit Organizations; the Health Policy Seminar; and the Agrarian Studies Colloquium Series. Yale Hillel offers lectures, non-credit classes, musical events and religious services throughout the year.
For further information on ISPS events, contact Carol Pollard at
432-6188. For further information about Slifka Center activities, call
Bill Robinson at 432-8525.
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