Alumni Homecoming Weekend Roundtable on Bio-Technology
Bioethics, Technology and the Human Person: Prospects for the Future of American Democracy
What role do technology and medical advances play in our lives? How do they enhance or degrade the human person? What implications do they have for American democracy?
Join us for a roundtable discussion, featuring:
·Gilbert Meilaender, Chair in Christian Ethics, Valparaiso University, and Member, President’s Council on Bioethics
·Peter Lawler, Dana Professor of Government, Berry College, and Member, President’s Council on Bioethics
·William Saletan, National Correspondent, Slate.com
October 11, 9:00-11:00am
Continental breakfast 9:00am; Lecture begins at 9:30am
Philodemic Room, in Healy Hall, at Georgetown University
Sponsored by The Tocqueville Forum on the Roots of American Democracy
"The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens."