PHILOSOPHERS MAY AND MAGNELL TO SPEAK posted 2/15/06

The department of philosophy/religion announces that two philosophers are scheduled to visit the Adrian College campus. Both presentations are intended for a general audience.

CANCELLED: Tom May was forced to cancel due to weather and travel issues. Please note that Tom Magnell is still scheduled to speak as planned next week. (posted 2/17/06)
Friday, Feb. 17
2:30 p.m. in 327 North Hall
Tom May, “Funding Agendas: Has Bioterror Defense Been Over-Prioritized?”

May is director of the graduate program in bioethics at the Medical College of Wisconsin. His interest is the intersection of bioethics and political philosophy. He is the author of numerous papers and two books, the most recent “Bioethics In a Liberal Society: The Political Framework of Bioethics Decision-Making,” from Johns Hopkins University Press. He is also an ethics advisor for the Florida Department of Public Health, and is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Ethics.

Friday, Feb. 24
2:30 p.m. in 327 North Hall
Tom Magnell, “Life, Liberty, and the Problem of Weapons of Mass Destruction”

Tom Magnell is a member of the philosophy department at Drew University and the chair of the medical humanities program in the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies. He is also a research fellow of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in the Institute of Philosophy, the president of the International Society for Value Inquiry, and the editor in chief of the Journal of Value Inquiry. He has written numerous papers and edited three books on issues in ethics, the most recent being “Values and Education.”

For more information, call Jim Spence in the philosophy/religion department at 517-264-3854.