“Philosophy professor discusses draw of subject, lecturing on bioethics” plus 2 more |
- Philosophy professor discusses draw of subject, lecturing on bioethics
- Iran to host International Philosophy Day congress in November
- Erin Kay Maloney awarded Doctor of Philosophy degree
| Philosophy professor discusses draw of subject, lecturing on bioethics Posted: 11 Sep 2010 09:22 PM PDT Philosophy is for those who are not afraid to think and question how the mind works, and consider what is ethically right and wrong. Professor Hilary Bok, the Henry R. Luce Professor of Bioethics and Moral Theory, is not afraid to do either. Bok, originally from outside of Boston, received her undergraduate degree in philosophy from Princeton, and her Ph.D from Harvard. She has taught many classes relating to ethics, such as Intro to Moral Philosophy, Intro to Bioethics, Addiction, Depression, and the Self, a class about the moral status of animals, and a graduate seminar on Kant's Moral Theory. Bok is the author of Freedom and Responsibility, and has written papers about stem cell research. She is currently working on a project about the implications of neuroscience on moral responsibility. She sat down recently to talk with The News-Letter about her passion with philosophy, especially bioethics. The News-Letter (N-L): When did you first get interested in philosophy? Hilary Bok (HB): Well, my mother's a philosopher. But oddly, that didn't make me interested in philosophy. That made me think that philosophy was taken, that it was sort of hers. It never occurred to me that I would actually do it, until I took a philosophy class my sophomore year. I took it in part because it was the most interesting sounding class that filled a hole in my schedule and allowed me to sleep late. So then, about the second week into the class, I was just in love. I had never thought it was a subject I might do. It was always something she did. But once I was in the class I decided that this was what I love, and that was that. N-L: When did you get interested in bioethics? HB: I've always been interested in bioethics, I didn't start working on it until I came here, in part because, before I was here, I was at Pomona, a liberal arts college in California. And if you're at a liberal arts college, that means it doesn't have a medical school in the same town or community. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Iran to host International Philosophy Day congress in November Posted: 12 Sep 2010 10:59 AM PDT Source: Mehr News Agency, Tehran Scholars, luminaries, intellectuals and academics from around the world will celebrate the International Philosophy Day in Iran in November, director of the Iranian Institute of Wisdom and Philosophy has announced.
The International Philosophy Day was proclaimed by UNESCO and is celebrated every November. The day is observed worldwide in order to commemorate the birthday of Socrates. UNESCO hosted the congress every November from 2002 to 2005, but since 2006 it has allowed different countries to host the conference, Gholam-Reza Aavani explained. "So far Chile, Morocco, Turkey, Italy, and Russia have hosted the event," he added. "To host the event a formal request was sent to UNESCO. In the letter we highlighted in detail the status of Iran in the area of philosophy. "Also Dr. Majidi, the Iranian delegate in the UNESCO headquarters played a crucial role to pursue Iran's request, and finally UNESCO awarded Iran to host the conference in Iran," Aavani explained. "I hope the event will truly display the depth and greatness of the Iranian culture which has manifested itself in the Iranian philosophy. "These gatherings could provide an opportunity to make scholars and philosophers of other countries better familiar with the Iranian culture and philosophy," he noted. ... Payvand News - 09/12/10 ... -- Bookmark/Share this page with: Delicious | Digg | Facebook | Furl | Google | Magnolia | Newsvine | Reddit | Yahoo This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Erin Kay Maloney awarded Doctor of Philosophy degree Posted: 12 Sep 2010 04:49 AM PDT Erin Kay Maloney, Ph.D. Erin Kay Maloney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Maloney, Dunmore, has been awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in communications with an interdisciplinary doctoral specialization in environmental science and policy from Michigan State University. A 2000 graduate of Scranton Preparatory School, Dr. Maloney graduated cum laude in 2004 from Boston College and earned her Masters in Communication from the University of Connecticut. She co-authored the academic text "Communicating Emergency Preparedness: Strategies for Creating a Disaster Resilient Public," CRC Press, 2009, and has published several health and environmental articles in peer-reviewed academic journals within her discipline. She has presented her research findings at numerous academic conferences throughout the United States. Dr. Maloney has accepted a position as a post-doctoral research fellow in psycho-oncology at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| You are subscribed to email updates from Yahoo! News Search Results for Philosophy To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
No comments:
Post a Comment