Former Visiting Ethicists
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2012 Visiting Ethicist Dr. Kevin Elliott University of South Carolina |
Kevin Elliott, an associate professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina, presents on the moral and financial conflicts of interest in scientific research, such as the funding by pharmaceutical and chemical companies of research to evaluate their own products, including safety testing of new drugs and pesticides. Here is a link to the video of Dr. Elliott's lecture |
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2011 Visiting Ethicist Dr. Peggy McIntosh Wellesley Centers for Women |
McIntosh, known for her engaging description of how she came to realize that she had white-skin privilege, discusses why the benefit is not a matter for blame, shame or guilt. She also discusses the many forms of unearned advantage and disadvantage that members of society possess through no action of their own. McIntosh raises the ethical question of whether or not to use the power of that privilege to weaken systems of unearned privilege. | |
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2010 Visiting Ethicist Dr. Peter French Arizona State University |
French, professor of philosophy and director of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at Arizona State University, explores the ethical aspects of interrogational torture and its use by American agents in recent years. The primary focus of the discussion is the impact of interrogational torture on the will and personhood of the tortured. French also considers the moral ramifications of interrogational torture and whether there is a moral defense for it. | |
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2009 Visiting Ethicist Dr. Erik Parens The Hastings Center |
As a senior research scholar at the prestigious Hastings Center, a nonpartisan bioethics research institute based in New York, Parens is currently investigating how the use of new technologies in changing society and how emerging science shapes self-understanding. His discussion delves into the controversial debate over reshaping the body and mind through biotechnologies. | |
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2008 Visiting Ethicist Dr. Robert Audi |
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2007 Visiting Ethicist Dr. Joanne Ciulla |
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2006 Visiting Ethicist Dr. Tom Reagan |
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2005 Visitng Ethicist Dr. Rushworth Kidder |
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