Special Speaker: Ronald A. Lindsay
Bioethics and Public Policy: Should We Ban Human Enhancements? - Ronald A. Lindsay
Ronald A. Lindsay, JD, PhD, will discuss how bioethics policies in a secular state can be informed and shaped by moral values-without any reference to religious doctrine. After providing a summary of how we can develop sound, reasonable, and progressive bioethics policies, Lindsay will illustrate his method of resolving issues in bioethics by examining the controversy over human pharmacological and genetic enhancements, which many have argued should be banned. Lindsay maintains that these arguments derive principally from instinctive reactions against new technology and mischaracterizations of enhancements.
Ronald A. Lindsay is the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer for the Center for Inquiry/Transnational and a Senior Research Fellow for CFI. He is an honors graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and also holds a PhD from Georgetown University, specializing in bioethics. He has had many articles published in peer-reviewed journals such as The Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, and The American Journal of Bioethics. In addition, several of his articles have appeared in Free Inquiry, including a widely reproduced article on cloning. Dr. Lindsay has spoken before numerous audiences and has appeared on radio and television to discuss both bioethics and constitutional law issues. Copies of his book Future Bioethics (2008) will be available for sale at the event, and Lindsay will be happy to sign any books.
General Admission: $10, Students: $5, Friends of the Center: FREE
