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SEAC 2016: Dr. Leslie Francis

The Significance of Injustice for Bioethics

[The following talk was given at the 18th International Conference on Ethics Across the Curriculum. The Dale Ethics Center was a co-sponsor of the event.]

FullSizeRender Dr. Leslie Francis holds joint appointments as the Alfred C. Emery professor of law and professor of philosophy, and adjunct appointments in Family and Preventative Medicine (in the Division of Public Health), Internal Medicine (in the Division of Medical Ethics), and Political Science). The title of her talk is “The Significance of Injustice for Bioethics”.

Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum

The Dale Ethics Center is honored to be a co-sponsor of this year’s annual conference of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. The conference is being held in Salt Lake City. For more information about the conference and upcoming conferences see the SEAC website:

Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum 18th International Conference


SOCIAL JUSTICE & BIOETHICS:
The Rich, The Poor, and the Rest of Us

October 6-8, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah

Keynote Speakers:
October 6 th 9 a.m. “The Significance of Injustice for Bioethics” Leslie Francis, JD, PhD Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Law, U of Utah

October 7 th 9 a.m. “Ethical Obligations and Designer Genes” Mario Capecchi, Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics & Biology, U of Utah

October 8 th 9 a.m. “Ethics At the Edge of Science” Insoo Hyun, Professor of Bioethics and Philosophy, Case Western University

October 8 th 12 p.m. “Clinical Trials: The Possibility of Assent” James A. Anderson, Professor of Communication, U of Utah Director, Center for Communication and Community