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The Unifying Power Of Education, Keagan Potts, Jenji Learn

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• Without Expertise or Experience: Philosophizing When Your Students Know You Know Nothing
• Segregated Students — Segregated Society: The Primacy of Education in Ending Hate
• Combatting Emerging Resegregation: Teaching Those in Power to Empower

Crispr Humans: Ethics At The Edge Of Science, Insoo Hyun

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No abstract provided.

The Wooden Doctrine: Basketball, Moral Character, And The Successful Life, Janelle Dewitt

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No abstract provided.

The Germans And Their Nazi Past: To What Extent Have They Accepted Responsibility?, Martin Hille

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No abstract provided.

This Medication May Kill You: Cognitive Overload And Forced Commercial Speech, Devin S. Schindler, Tracey Brame

Bioethics: Preparing for the Unknown

The Federal Government requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to provide prospective customers with an extraordinary amount of information. Justified under the doctrine of informed consent, the Food and Drug Administration has imposed comprehensive guidelines that regulate virtually every aspect of how medications can be marketed. Similar obligations are imposed on physicians involved in biomedical research.

Although informed consent is a cornerstone to the ethical practice of medicine, recent studies employing fMRI technology suggest that mandated disclosure of “too much” information can result in cognitive overload and irrational decision making. The paradoxical effect of the mandated disclosure requirements is that they likely lead …

Just Caring: Parsimonious Care In Certain Uncertain Circumstances, Leonard M. Fleck

Bioethics: Preparing for the Unknown

Uncertainty is a Hydra-headed phenomenon in health care. From a physician’s perspective there often is uncertainty (many degrees) with respect to diagnosis (and the reliability of the technologies needed to establish a diagnosis), prognosis (and the infinite variety of genetic, physiological, pharmacological, behavioral, technological, economic, and cultural factors that affect the outcome of prognostic judgments), the appropriateness of a therapeutic intervention (perhaps related to medical disagreement), the likely effectiveness of a therapeutic intervention, the risk/ benefit ratio of a therapeutic intervention (potentially complicated by co-morbid conditions), the likelihood of a patient complying with the behaviors needed to maximize the likelihood …

Can The Principle Of Procreative Beneficence Justify The Non-Medical Use Of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis?, Biplab Kumar Haldar

Bioethics: Preparing for the Unknown

The Principle of Procreative Beneficence (PB) is a pronatal view in reproductive ethics which was originally formulated by Julian Savulescu in his paper “Procreative Beneficence: Why We Should Select the Best Children”. Further development of the principle was done in another paper titled “The Moral Obligation to Create Children with the Best Chance of the Best Life” in collaboration with Guy Kahane. The principle states that the parents have a moral obligation to select the best possible child, when selection is possible, by means of the genetic screening of the embryos. Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) is a reproductive technology that …

Bioethics: Preparing For The Unknown - Conference Program, The Center For The Study Of Ethics In Society Western Michigan University

Bioethics: Preparing for the Unknown

On March 17-18, 2016 at Western Michigan University a conference was held to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the WMU Ethics Center. The conference was on Bioethics: Preparing for the Unknown and this is the conference program.

Bioethics: Preparing For The Unknown- Abstracts, The Center For The Study Of Ethics In Society, Western Michigan University

Bioethics: Preparing for the Unknown

Abstracts from the March 17-18, 2016 conference on Bioethics: Preparing for the Unknown. This was the 30th anniversary conference for The Center for the Study of Ethics in Society at Western Michigan University.

Vulnerability, Preventability, And Responsibility: Exploring Some Normative Implications Of The Human Condition, Daniel E. Wueste

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Presented March 17, 2015. Papers presented for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.

Anorexia/Bulimia, Transcendence, And The Potential Impact Of Romanticized/Sexualized Death Imagery, Heather D. Schild

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Presented November 10, 2014. Papers presented for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University

Journey Of A Peace Journalist, Robert Koehler

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Presented October 15, 2012. 2012 Winnie Veenstra Peace Lecture.

Knowledge, Wisdom, And Service: The Meaning And Teaching Of Professionalism In Medicine, Matthew K. Wynia

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Papers presented for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University. Presented September 29, 2011.

Communication And The Pragmatic Condition, Gregory J. Shepherd

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Presented March 9, 2011

Reflections On The 25Th Anniversary Of The Wmu Center For The Study Of Ethics In Society, Ronald Kramer

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Center for the Study of Ethics in Society: Celebrating 25 Years - Presented November 15, 2010.

Center For The Study Of Ethics In Society: Celebrating 25 Years, Center For The Study Of Ethics In Society

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Papers presented for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.

The Center For The Study Of Ethics In Society At Twenty-Five, Michael S. Pritchard

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Center for the Study of Ethics in Society: Celebrating 25 Years - Presented November 15, 2010.

Reflections On The Role Of The Ethics Center At Wmu, Shirley Bach

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Center for the Study of Ethics in Society: Celebrating 25 Years - Presented November 15, 2010

Reflections On The Role Of The Ethics Center At Wmu, James A. Jaksa

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Center for the Study of Ethics in Society: Celebrating 25 Years - Presented November 15,2010.

Diversity, Democracy And Dialogue In A Human Rights Framework, Carol C. Gould

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Papers presented for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University, November 3, 2009

A Free And Undemocratic Press?, Stephen J. A. Ward

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Papers presented for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.

The Moral Justification For Journalism, Sandra L. Borden

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Papers presented for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University

"Of All Professions Begging Is The Best" - Some Problems In The Study Of Professions, Michael Davis

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Michael Davis' original paper was presented to the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University on October 4, 2007.

Reply To Joseph Ellin's Of All Professions, Prostitution Is The Oldest (Except Possibly For Teaching), Michael Davis

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No abstract provided.

Of All Professions, Prostitution Is The Oldest (Except Possibly For Teaching), Joseph Ellin

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Response by Joseph Ellin to a paper by Michael Davis Professions "Of All Professions, Begging is the Best"

Professions "Of All Professions, Begging Is The Best" A Paper By Michael Davis. Response By Joseph Ellin. Professor Davis' Reply, Center For The Study Of Ethics In Society

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Michael Davis' original paper was presented to the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University on October 4, 2007.

Darwinism And The Meaning Of Life, Arthur Falk

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Papers presented for the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.

Applying A Business Model To The University, John Neill

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Published by the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.

Cultural Contradictions And Ethical Dilemmas In The Corporate-Styled University, Eric Gould

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Published by the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University

Epilogue: Universities And Corporations, Robert Kauffman

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Published by the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.