Todd Chambers: In Praise of Navel Gazing, Or an Argument for or against Bioethics Studies
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Thu., Jan. 3, 2013, 5:00pm In Praise of Navel Gazing, Or an Argument for or against Bioethics Studies
Thursday, January 3, 5:00-6:30pm, Green College Coach House
TOD CHAMBERS, Northwestern University
As the discipline of bioethics enters its intellectual adolescence, it has begun to reflect upon its identity. In this presentation I will explore the various forms of self-reflection that have occurred - historical, ethnographic, philosophical - and will argue for the importance of a fourth type of self-reflection, one that emphasizes the rhetoric of bioethics.
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