2008 Woodie Awards
Center for Ethics Event, in Conjunction with NYU, Discusses Public Health
nili seleski
Issue date: 5/13/08 Section: Science and Health
On the evening of April 30, the Center for Jewish History hosted a lecture by Professor Onora O'neill titled "Broadening Bioethics: Clinical Ethics, Public Health, and Global Health."
The talk was attended by graduate students of Yeshiva University, a small showing of undergraduate students from Stern College for Women, and several scholars of bioethics from different universities.
YU's Center for Ethics and the New York University Center for Bioethics co-sponsored the event, adding this lecture to the YU Center for Ethics' ongoing efforts to promote ethical discussions within the YU community and beyond. Thought-provoking lectures of this sort are meant for YU faculty, students, and alumni, as well as for others from outside the university and focus on ethical issues that affect a broad range of intellectual studies and professions.
Professor O'Neill is particularly qualified to speak for the Center, as she is the author of multiple papers about global ethics and trust, accountability in public life, and bioethics. She is the president of the British Academy, professor of philosophy at Cambridge University, and a Life Peer in the House of Lords. In addition, she has chaired the Nuffield Council of Bioethics and the Human Genetics Advisory Commission.
Professor O'Neill visited YU as the second Leonard and Tobee Kaplan Scholar-in-Residence of the Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University. Scholars-in-residence are meant to introduce leading ethics scholars to the YU community and allow for the interaction between the scholar and all of those within YU, including students, alumni, and faculty. The scholar is also given the opportunity to meet with those outside of YU in the New York community at large and discuss various ethical issues.
According to John Fousek, Ph.D, program director for the YU Center for Ethics, "Professor O'Neill's lecture provided a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary discussion of the relationship between bioethics and the ethics of public and global health. In keeping with one of the main objectives of our Scholar-in-Residence Program, it engaged members of the YU community, and the broader community, with ideas and arguments with which they would not otherwise be engaged.
The evening's topic was selected for three main reasons. First, both the Center for Ethics's director, Dr. Adrienne Asch, and its director of Research, Dr. David Wasserman, have been especially involved in the area of bioethics. Additionally, Fousek pointed out that the topic generates significant interest on the undergraduate level as well, "as demonstrated by the vibrancy of the undergraduate Student Medical Ethics Society." Last, the focus on bioethics helped realize the center's goal of developing and strengthening its relationship with programs at other universities.
The lecture emphasized the idea that issues of ethics can be interdisciplinary, cutting across the boundaries of different academic disciplines, professions, and education levels. O'Neill also emphasized the importance of engaging others in such discussions.
The talk was attended by graduate students of Yeshiva University, a small showing of undergraduate students from Stern College for Women, and several scholars of bioethics from different universities.
YU's Center for Ethics and the New York University Center for Bioethics co-sponsored the event, adding this lecture to the YU Center for Ethics' ongoing efforts to promote ethical discussions within the YU community and beyond. Thought-provoking lectures of this sort are meant for YU faculty, students, and alumni, as well as for others from outside the university and focus on ethical issues that affect a broad range of intellectual studies and professions.
Professor O'Neill is particularly qualified to speak for the Center, as she is the author of multiple papers about global ethics and trust, accountability in public life, and bioethics. She is the president of the British Academy, professor of philosophy at Cambridge University, and a Life Peer in the House of Lords. In addition, she has chaired the Nuffield Council of Bioethics and the Human Genetics Advisory Commission.
Professor O'Neill visited YU as the second Leonard and Tobee Kaplan Scholar-in-Residence of the Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University. Scholars-in-residence are meant to introduce leading ethics scholars to the YU community and allow for the interaction between the scholar and all of those within YU, including students, alumni, and faculty. The scholar is also given the opportunity to meet with those outside of YU in the New York community at large and discuss various ethical issues.
According to John Fousek, Ph.D, program director for the YU Center for Ethics, "Professor O'Neill's lecture provided a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary discussion of the relationship between bioethics and the ethics of public and global health. In keeping with one of the main objectives of our Scholar-in-Residence Program, it engaged members of the YU community, and the broader community, with ideas and arguments with which they would not otherwise be engaged.
The evening's topic was selected for three main reasons. First, both the Center for Ethics's director, Dr. Adrienne Asch, and its director of Research, Dr. David Wasserman, have been especially involved in the area of bioethics. Additionally, Fousek pointed out that the topic generates significant interest on the undergraduate level as well, "as demonstrated by the vibrancy of the undergraduate Student Medical Ethics Society." Last, the focus on bioethics helped realize the center's goal of developing and strengthening its relationship with programs at other universities.
The lecture emphasized the idea that issues of ethics can be interdisciplinary, cutting across the boundaries of different academic disciplines, professions, and education levels. O'Neill also emphasized the importance of engaging others in such discussions.
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