Bio-Ethics Symposium To Be Held At Muhlenberg College
Muhlenberg College will host a bio-ethics symposium titled To Clone or Not to Clone?, Thursday, September 12, 2002, 7:30 p.m., in the Miller Forum, Moyer Hall.Thursday, August 29, 2002 01:47 PM
Muhlenberg College will host a bio-ethics symposium titled To Clone or Not to Clone?, Thursday, September 12, 2002, 7:30 p.m., in the Miller Forum, Moyer Hall.
Panelists will include Joseph Vincent, MD, who practices in Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care at Lehigh Valley Hospital. Vincent is a participant in the local Ethics Institute.
Ray Stock, DVM, an Allentown veterinarian, will participate along with Muhlenberg professors Ted Schick, head of the philosophy department, and Bruce Wightman, assistant professor of biology. Stock is an associate veterinarian at Bethlehem's VCA Northside Animal Hospital, and is currently serving a one-year term as a Congressional Science Fellow in Washington as an advisor to Congress on veterinary medicine. Schick teaches a course in bio-medical ethics and has recently published a book titled "The Philosophy of Science"; Wightman has published several articles on genetics.
The symposium will focus on the ethical, spiritual, legal and political implications of cloning. Questions that may be discussed include: What is cloning? Why engage in cloning? Is cloning a matter of individual right? What's taking place in animal cloning? What's the threshold of safety in animal cloning before attempting human cloning? How is cloning different from or similar to in vitro fertilization?
The symposium is held as part of the Muhlenberg College/Good Shepherd Rev. Conrad W. Raker Lecture Series and is free and open to the public. A lecture by Arthur Caplan will be given Tuesday, September 10, 2002, by invitation only.
