Chimeras Cyborgs and the Moral Limits of Science

Description: Series: Conversations in Bioethics Title: Chimeras, Cyborgs and the Moral Limits of Science Speaker: Jason Scott Robert, Ph.D. Introductions by: Shannon E. French, Ph.D. and Joe White, Ph.D. Location: The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence located in the Crawford Building on the campus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio Sponsored by: The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence, Department of Bioethics 'Conversations in Bioethics", Center for Policy Studies Date: January 29, 2010 More Info on the featured speaker: Dr. Jason Scott Robert is the Franca Oreffice Dean's Distinguished Professor in the Life Sciences, and the Lincoln Associate Professor of Ethics in Biotechnology and Medicine, in SOLS. He conducts research and teaching at the intersection of bioethics and the philosophy of science. He has published extensively on ethical, conceptual, and methodological issues in developmental biology and evolution, and his current work focuses primarily on translational research in neuroscience. He is funded by the National Science Foundation and the James S. mcdonnell Foundation to explore how neuroscientists do (and how they should) attempt to justify their research with non-human animals in the pursuit of findings relevant to humans. He is also interested in population and public health ethics, and in the social determinants of health. Dr. Robert directs the Bioethics, Policy, and Law Program (BPL) in the Center for Biology