12th Annual Summer Conference
July 14-16, 2005
Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL
Plenary Speakers
Thursday, July 14
- The Status of the Human Embryo: Religious Issues - John Jefferson Davis, PhD
- Reproductive & Genetic Technologies: When Should Liberty be Limited? - Gilbert C. Meilaender (Moderator: Clark D. Forsythe, JD)
Friday, July 15
- Where Technological Reproduction is Going - Leon Richard Kass, MD, PhD (Moderator: Nigel M. de S. Cameron, PhD)
- Controversial Alternatives: Re-Making Embryos, Artificial Wombs, and Embryo Adoption - Scott B. Rae, PhD (Moderator: Mary Thompson, MSN)
- International Perspective on Line-Drawing: Genetic Testing, Genetic Therapy, Germline Genetic Intervention, and Cloning - Nigel M. de S. Cameron, PhD (Moderator: Donal O'Mathuna, PhD)
- Reproductive Technologies and Women: What’s Love Got to Do With It? - Amy Laura Hall, MDiv, PhD (Moderator: Susan Haack, MD)
Saturday, July 16
- Where Genetic Technologies are Going - Francis Collins, MD, PhD (Moderator: William P. Cheshire, MD)
- The Status of the Human Embryo: Public Policy Issues -- Robert P. George, JD (Moderator: Samuel B. Casey, JD)
- Engaging the Human Enhancement Agenda - C. Christopher Hook, MD
- The Eugenic Challenge of PGD and Genetic Enhancement - William P. Cheshire, MD
- The Emerging Challenge of Neuroethics - Moderator: John Kilner, PhD
Parallel Papers
Friday, July 15
- The Embryo as Organ Donor: A New Perspective in Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Daniel A. Beals, MD
- Ethically Obtained Embryonic Stem Cells: An Analysis of the Hurlbut Proposal - Don W. Buckley, MD
- Bioethics and Human Dignity - Matthew C. Jordan, MA
- Ethical Embryonic Stem Cell Research - Daniel McConchie, MA
- Narrative Bioethics: The Use of Story and Metaphor in Bioethical Debate - Joe P. Carter, A.B.S.
- The Myth of Secular Neutrality: Unbiased Bioethics - Sarah Flashing, MA
Saturday, July 16
- Assisted Reproduction - Paige Cunningham, JD
- Is It Immoral To Be Prudent? - Clarke Forsythe, JD
- In Him Was Life: Profile Convictions Rooted in God - John Dunlop, MD
- We Hold These Truths to be Self-evident: Exploring the Possible Impact of Human Genetic Engineering on our Inalienable Rights - Heather Phillips, MA
- Ethical Issues in Direct-to-Consumer Online Genetic Testing - Katherine Wasson, PhD, MPH
- Language and Moral Reasoning in Reproductive Ethics - Donal P. O'Mathuna, PhD
- To Clone or Not To Clone: Is That Really the Question? - Timothy M. Pattison, MDiv
- Confronting the Politics of "Stem Cells": 21st Century Traveling Medicine Show - Can Embryonic Stem Cells Heal What Ails You? - Donald O'Connor, MS
- Neuro-cognitive Criteria for Personhood: Ethical and Moral Dilemmas Presented Physicalist and Functionalist Perspectives - Derrick L. Hassert, PhD
Courses
- Intensive Bioethics Institute - Paige Cunningham, JD
- Advanced Bioethics Institute - John Kilner, PhD and David Fletcher, PhD
- Engaging the World Through Bioethics - C. Ben Mitchell, PhD
- Pre-Med/Undergraduate Bioethics Institute - Joyce Shelton, PhD
- Wrap-Around Conference Graduate Course - Dennis Hollinger, PhD
- Wrap-Around Conference Undergraduate Course - Joyce Shelton, PhD
- Post-Conference Seminar: Bioethics and the Church - James Thobaben, MDiv, PhD and Greg Strand, Mdiv, PhD
- Post-Conference Seminar: The Cutting Edge of Bioethics - William P. Cheshire, MD and E. David Cook, PhD
