SEMINAR ONE Alison Bailey, Illinois State University
Elisabeth Schlaudt, Furman University “An Examination of the Issues and Ethics of Commercial Gestational Surrogacy” Commentator: Robert Zilinyi; Reporter: Taylor Wood
Justin Baker, Loyola University “The Pursuit of Justification: Ethical Implications of Gene Therapy” Commentator: Steven Pet; Reporter: Jennifer Behrens
Taylor Wood, University of San Francisco “Addressing Ethical Concerns with the Process of Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis” Commentator: Elisabeth Schlaudt; Reporter: Robert Zilinyi
Jenifer Behrens, DePauw University “Ethics of Short-Term Medical Aid” Commentator: Maura Metcalf-Kelly; Reporter: Katie Lovett
Robert Zilinyi, Skidmore College “To Support Or Not To Support: The Issue of Cognitive Enhangement” Commentator: Peter Salib; Reporter: Justin Baker
Katie Lovett, Davidson College “Ethical Imperatives of Presidential Eulogia” Commentator: Taylor Wood; Reporter: Maura Metcalf-Kelly
SEMINAR TWO A. Rafik Mohamed, Clayton State University
Maura Metcalf-Kelly, William Jewel College “To What Extent Are Genetic Therapy and Genetic Enhancement Ethically Permissible?” Commentator: Katie Lovett; Reporter: Steven Pet
Rahul Abhyankar, DePauw University “Bottoms Up: Waiting Lists, Alcohol, and Causal Responsibility for Disease” Commentator: Alexis Lassus; Reporter: Laine Baity
Steven Pet, Hamilton College “Spreading the Alarm: The Appeal and Importance of Secular Arguments Against Human Germline Enhancement” Commentator: Justin Baker; Reporter: Peter Salib
Laine Baity, University of Colorado-Boulder “Multiple Moral Realities: A Rhetorical Battle Over Definition and Framing” Commentator: Hilary Landfried; Reporter: Jonathan Green
Peter Salib, The University of Chicago “Towards A More Kantian Kant: Problem in Rawls’ Conception of the Categorical Imperative” Commentator: Justin Baker; Reporter: Elisabeth Schlaudt
Jonathan Green, Northwestern University “Decadence, Ritual and the Quest for History: Benjamin Button’s World Without Memory” Commentator: Caroline Perry; Reporter: Joss Greene 179