Ethics Center:Exploring Ethics

Exploring Ethics
the science and ethics forum

An ongoing series of free, public events jointly sponsored by the Ethics Center and the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center. Go to the full schedule of events at the Fleet.

Stronger, Higher, Faster: Do the wins justify the means?
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to a pre-forum interview with Tom Fudge and his guests Mark Zeigler, Don Catlin, and Theodore Friedmann, "Athletes Strive to be Bigger, Stronger & Faster", KPBS These Days, September 02, 2008.

Date:

September 3, 2008, 5:30 - 7 p.m.

Location:

Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

Organizers:

Mike Kalichman, Lawrence Hinman, & Mary Devereaux, The Ethics Center
Jeffrey Kirsch, Lynne Kennedy, & Amanda Lincoln, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

Program:

The 2008 Olympics and competitive athletics in general increasingly confront us with questions about new means of enhancing human performance. As pharmacology, physiology, and technology continue to advance, we will be more and more challenged to re-define what it means to be human.

• If we can substitute drugs or genetic changes for years of training, should we?

• And, if we shouldn't, why not?

The panelists included:
• Don Catlin, Founder and Head, UCLA Olympic Laboratory
• Theodore Friedmann, Chair, Gene Doping Panel, World Anti-Doping Agency
• Mark Zeigler, Staff Writer, Sports, Union-Tribune

Moderator: Mary Devereaux, Ethics Center Fellow

Contact:

Diane Ballard

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The Ethics Center sponsors several kinds of events, some of which are open to the public, others of which are by invitation only. To be added to our mailing list, please contact The Ethics Center.

Public Lectures

The Ethics Center sponsors public lectures, often in conjunction with other local organizations such as the SDSTC (UCSD), The Burnham Institute and the Values Institute (USD)

Stake Holder Events

The Ethics Center regularly sponsors stake-holder events, which typically involve a local group of 40-50 individuals along with a distinguished visiting leader in ethics. Past events have included Thomas Murray, President of the Hastings Center, and William Hurlbut, Professor of Medicine at Stanford and member of the President's Council on Bioethics.

Focus Groups

In order to assess the needs of our local community and also to develop local communities of individuals who share a particular interest in ethics, science and technology (i.e., religious leaders, health care personnel), we hold periodic focus groups that are devoted to the conjunction of ethics, science, and technology.