Detailed Description
Each January, IDEA the Ethics Centre runs an informal colloquium on
Biomedical and Health Care Ethics.
All current MA BMHCE students (campus or online), MAAPE students, alumni, potential IDEA students, philosophers and professionals are welcome.
Led by Dr Sarah Carter-Walshaw, Dr Matilda Carter, and Dr Danielle Bromwich, this year’s colloquium welcomes new speakers and topics, including IDEA Centre staff, PGRs, recent alumni, and external academics. Our speakers will be presenting and leading discussions on diverse topics in biomedical and healthcare ethics.
Programme
0930-1000 Arrival, registration, and coffee
1000-1100 Dr Matilda Carter (IDEA Centre) “What do We Want Social Care to Be?”
1100-1115 Tea and coffee
1115-1215 Dr Ben Davies (Sheffield): “A Balanced Formula: Scientific Pathologies, Deviant Naturalism and the Research-Recommendation Gap”
1215-1315 Dr Alison Toop (PRHS, Leeds): “Feminism and Fetuses - Do we have a collective obligation to care for fetuses?”
1315-1415 Lunch
1415-1615 Walk/Shop
1615-1715 Dr Jim Baxter (Leeds): Psychopathy and Moral Responsibility – A book discussion with critical friends – Mark O Farrell, Consultant Psychiatrist, Leeds; Elizabeth Fistein, Consultant Psychiatrist, Cambridge; possibly one more alumnus psychiatrist TBA
1715-1720 Comfort break
1720-1750 Hannah Byrne (MA alumni, Leeds): ‘Screened Out? Is Prenatal Screening an Ethically Justifiable Practice?’
1750-1820 Safia Munir (MA intercalator, Leeds): ‘Responsibility and Blame in Psychiatric Practice’
1830-2100 Conference dinner (optional)
The colloquium takes place at the Craiglands Hotel in Ilkley.
The hotel is five minutes’ walk from Ilkley railway station. For details on accommodation, please contact them directly here
