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Ethics at the Frontiers of Science -
2008 Spring Lecture Series

An Interdisciplinary Lecture Sponsored by The Ethics Center at the University of San Diego

For series information, please contact: Lawrence M. Hinman, University of San Diego, hinman@sandiego.edu.

All lectures are free to the public and are scheduled at the University of San Diego, Joan B. Kroc Institute For Peace & Justice. Get a series flyer (PDF).

February 18, Monday 4:00 p.m. Conference Room I	“Stem Cell Ethics: Eggs, Embryos, and Fetuses” Mary Devereaux, Ph.D. Director, Biomedical Ethics Seminar Series, Research Ethics Program, UCSD
February 25, Monday 2:30 p.m. Conference Room I	“The Marketing Code: How the business side of genetics can impact consumer privacy” Pam Dixon Director, World Privacy Forum
March 3, Monday 4:00 p.m. Conference Room I	"Pluripotent stem cells-the old, the new, and the fanciful" Lawrence Goldstein, M.D. Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UCSD, School of Medicine
March 10, Monday 4:00 p.m. Conference Room I	“Ethical Challenges at the Frontiers of Neuroscience” Michael Kalichman, Ph.D. Director, Research Ethics Program, UCSD; Co-director, Center for Ethics in Science & Technology
March 31, Monday 4:00 p.m. Conference Room I	“The Battle between Science and Religion: Recent Developments” Lawrence Hinman, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy, USD; Co-Director, Center for Ethics in Science & Technology
April 7, Monday 4:00 p.m. Conference Room I	“Privacy and Computer-based Surveillance” Mohan Trivedi, Ph.D. Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Director of the Computer Vision and Robotics Research Laboratory, Jacobs School of Engineering, UCSD
April 14, Monday 4:00 p.m. Conference Room I	“The Ownership and Control of Knowledge” Rik Belew Professor and Chair, Cognitive Science, UCSD
April 21, Monday 4:00 p.m. Room 215	“RoboEthics: The Ethical Challenges of Autonomous Computer Systems” Speaker: TBA

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Ethics Center Events

The Ethics Center sponsors several kinds of events, some of which are open to the public, others of which are by invitation only. To be added to our mailing list, please contact The Ethics Center.

Public Lectures

The Ethics Center sponsors public lectures, often in conjunction with other local organizations such as the SDSTC (UCSD), The Burnham Institute and the Values Institute (USD)

Stake Holder Events

The Ethics Center regularly sponsors stake-holder events, which typically involve a local group of 40-50 individuals along with a distinguished visiting leader in ethics. Past events have included Thomas Murray, President of the Hastings Center, and William Hurlbut, Professor of Medicine at Stanford and member of the President's Council on Bioethics.

Focus Groups

In order to assess the needs of our local community and also to develop local communities of individuals who share a particular interest in ethics, science and technology (i.e., religious leaders, health care personnel), we hold periodic focus groups that are devoted to the conjunction of ethics, science, and technology.