Should we use medicine and technology to create a perfect world?
Will this make us happy?
Will this make us more human - or less?
Explore these issues with us at the January 2009 Town and Gown Lecture Series at Union University, sponsored by the Carl F.H. Henry Institute for Intellectual Discipleship.
Tuesdays, January 6, 13, 20, 27 & February 3, 2009
6:00-10:00 p.m. (except February 3 — meets 7:00-9:00 p.m.)
White Hall 102
For more information, please contact Justin Barnard at 731-661-5963 or jbarnard@uu.edu
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D. Joy Riley, M.D.
Executive Director
Tennessee Center for Bioethics and Culture
January 13, 2009
Michael Poore
Executive Director
The Humanitas Project
January 20, 2009
Dr. Wilfred McClay
SunTrust Bank Chair of Excellence in Humanities
University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
February 3, 2009
Schedule
| Session Date | Session Time | Session Topic | Session Speaker (Panelists) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | 6–8 p.m. |
Bioethics and Worldview: How Fundamental Assumptions Shape the Future Audio; PowerPoint Slides |
Dr. Justin D. Barnard Director Institute for Intellectual Discipleship |
| 8–10 p.m. |
Bioethics and the Natural Law Tradition: Thinking 'Christianly' about Moral 'First Things' |
Dr. J. Daryl Charles Senior Fellow Center for Politics and Religion |
|
| January 13 | 6–10 p.m. | Homo faber: Man, the maker |
D. Joy Riley (M.D.) Executive Director Tennessee Center for Bioethics & Culture |
| January 20 | 6–10 p.m. |
Genes, Knives, Pills, and Electrodes: Is Biotechnology a Remedy for the Human Condition? - Audio Biotechnology and the Rise of Anti-Culture: Beyond Good, God and Man - Audio |
Mr. Michael Poore Executive Director The Humanitas Project |
| January 27 | 6–8 p.m. | Current Issues in Pharmacy & the Pharmaceutical Industry |
Dr. Sheila Mitchell Dean, School of Pharmacy Union University Dr. Mark Stephens Associate Professor & Director of Experimental Education School of Pharmacy Union University |
| 8–10 p.m. | Current Issues in Health Care |
Dr. Jill Webb Professor of Nursing Union University Dr. Mark Kossick Senior Fellow and Professor of Nursing Union University |
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| February 3 | 7–9 p.m. | Human Happiness in a Post-Human World - Audio |
Dr. Wilfred McClay SunTrust Bank Chair of Excellence in Humanities University of Tennessee - Chattanooga |
Carl F.H. Henry Institute for Intellectual Discipleship
Union University
1050 Union University Drive
Jackson, TN 38305
731-661-5963 or jbarnard@uu.edu