THE BROCHER - HASTINGS CENTER SUMMER ACADEMY

 

The main aim of the Brocher - Hastings Center Summer Academy is to bring together distinguished professors from different disciplines and countries and highly promising researchers willing to acquire a strong background on the Medical, Ethical and Legal Implications of Human enhancement ». The high level of teaching and the limited number of participants gives the students a rare opportunity to meet personally many established international professors.

Lectures, daily working groups and a round table are essential components of this event.

 

DOCUMENTS FOR PARTICPANTS (password protected)

 

 

Powerpoints by speakers: John Hoberman  ¦ Patrick Lin  ¦ Tom Murray  ¦ Erik Parens  ¦ Rob Sparrow  ¦ David Wasserman

 

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Abstracts, Biographies and bibliographies  ¦ List of participants

 

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Suggested readings by speaker:

All in one (400 pages; printing in 2 pages per sheet recommended)

Davis  ¦ Hoberman  ¦ Juengst  ¦ Lin  ¦ McNamee  ¦ Mehlman  ¦ Murray  ¦ Shakespeare  ¦ Singh  ¦ Sparrow  ¦ Vincent  ¦ Wasserman  ¦ Round table survey (1/2)  ¦ Round table survey (2/2)

 

 

PROGRAMME

 

MONDAY, 4 JULY

 

 

History and Concept

 

10 - 10.45 am                       Toward a more productive conversation about technologically enhancing humans

Erik Parens (The Hastings Center)

 

11 - 11.45 am                       History of enhancement debate

John Hoberman (University of Texas)

 

12.15 am - 1.00 pm            Discussion

 

1.00 - 2.30 pm                      Lunch

 

 

Innovation towards regulation

 

2.30 - 3.15 pm                      Regulatory framework

Philippe Ducor (University of Geneva)

 

3.30 - 4.15 pm                      The politics of human (genetic) enhancement

Rob Sparrow (Monash University)

 

4.30 - 5.15 pm                      Discussion

 

5.30 - 6.15 pm                      Working groups

 

7.00 - 8.30 pm                      Dinner

 

 

TUESDAY, 5 JULY

 

 

Disability, and the Treatment/Enhancement Distinction

 

10 - 10.45 am                       Disabilities rights perspectives on the “enhancement” debate

Tom Shakespeare (World Health Organization)

 

11 - 11.45 am                       Is the treatment/ enhancement distinction useful?

Eric Juengst (University of North Carolina)

 

12.15 am - 1.00 pm            Discussion

 

1.00 - 2.30 pm                      Lunch

 

 

Enhancing Bodies

 

2.30 - 3.15 pm                      The business of manipulating height

Christine Cosgrove (University of California)

 

3.30 - 4.15 pm                      Parental Investment

Dena S. Davis (Brocher visiting researcher, Lehigh University)

 

4.30 - 5.15 pm                      Discussion

 

5.30 - 6.15 pm                      Working groups

 

7.00 - 8.30 pm                      Dinner

 

 

WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY

 

 

Cognitive enhancement

                                                                                                                                                                                                   

10 - 10.45 am                       Human enhancement within the medical profession

Colin Sugden (Imperial College)

 

11 - 11.45 am                       Should Peter get a new brain? Neurotechnology and self-transformation in the Rx generation

Ilina Singh (London School of Economics & Political Science)

 

12.15 am - 1.00 pm            Discussion

 

1.00 - 2.30 pm                      Lunch

 

 

The Interface Between Cognitive and Moral Enhancement

 

2.30 - 3.15 pm                      Neurobiology and the possibility of moral enhancement

David Wasserman (Yeshiva University)

 

3.30 - 4.15 pm                      What cognitive enhancement means for legal and moral responsibility

Nicole Vincent (Macquarie University)

 

4.30 - 5.15 pm                      Discussion

 

5.30 - 6.15 pm                      Working groups

 

7.00 - 8.30 pm                      Dinner (not organized by the Brocher Foundation)

 

 

THURSDAY, 7 JULY

 

 

Enhancement in the Military

 

10 - 10.45 am                       Military Human Enhancements:  On the Frontlines of Science and Society

Patrick Lin (California Polytechnic State University)

 

11 - 11.45 am                       Enhancement in the Military

Maxwell J. Mehlman (Case Western University Reserve)

 

12.15 am - 1.00 pm            Discussion

 

 

1.00 - 2.30 pm                      Lunch

 

Enhancement in sport

 

2.30 - 3.15 pm                      Enhancement, sport and meaning

Tom Murray (The Hastings Center)

 

3.30 - 4.15 pm                      Pathological perfectionism: recognising limits in sports and human nature

Michael McNamee (Swansea University)

 

4.30 - 5.15 pm                      Discussion

 

5.30 - 6.15 pm                      Working groups

 

7.00 - 8.30 pm                      Dinner

 

 

 

FRIDAY, 8 JULY

 

 

10 am - 1 pm                        Round table

Chaired by Steve Hall (Columbia University)

 

1.00 - 2.30 pm                      Lunch

 

 

 

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