Talk:Biotech

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Gacbos 15:07, 14 February 2006 (EST)

If you’re still pondering the question Charlie Nesson (and Matt Bray) put to us to start last night’s class – more or less: is bioethics inherently “political?” – good for you, its certainly worth pondering. The following articles/essays and audio file, from across the “political” spectrum, may be interesting to you:

• Yvette Pearson, “Playing Politics with Bioethics: Now That’s Repugnant,” Journal of Philosophy, Science & Law, Volume 4, May 2004 (available here)

• Eric Cohen and William Kristol, “The Politics of Bioethics: Playing Defense is Not Enough,” The Weekly Standard, Volume 009, Issue 33, May 10, 2004 (available here)

• George J. Annas and Sherman Elias, "Politics, morals and embryos: Can bioethics in the United States rise above politics?" Nature, Volume 431, September 2, 2004 available here)

• Cynthia B. Cohen, “Religious Belief, Politics, and Public Bioethics: A Challenge to Political Liberalism,” Journal of the Park Ridge Center for Health, Faith and Ethics, Volume 6, May 2001 (available here)

• The Politics of Bioethics – an interview with Glenn McGee, editor of the American Journal of Bioethics, professor of philosophy at Albany Medical College (available here)

Have a great week – see you in class next Monday.

Gary