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Moira Howes: Agency and the Evolution of Human Reproductive Immune Functions
Dr. David S.H. Chu International Student Centre International and Graduate Affairs Building, Western University, LondonABSTRACT Dr. Howes’ talk is on how a variety of problematic assumptions about human biology in the environment of evolutionary adaptation are made in evolutionary and immunological accounts of reproductive immunology. Drawing on evidence from numerous scientific fields, Howes will argue that these assumptions are scientifically flawed and that they involve substantial oversights. SPEAKER PROFILE [...]
Michael Parker: Moral Craft in the Genetics Clinic and Laboratory
ABSTRACT Dr. Parker’s talk will explore the moral world of the contemporary genetics profession at a key moment in its development. In particular, the talk will focus on the relationships between the well-established and reasonably stable moral commitments underpinning ideas of ‘good practice’ in contemporary clinical genetics –- such as those to the care of [...]
Nancy Cartwright: Wiser Use of Social Science, Wiser Wishes, Wiser Policies
ABSTRACT In Dr. Cartwright’s lecture, Wiser Use of Social Science, Wiser Wishes, Wiser Policies, she considers the rhetoric of blame and accountability with regards to social issues such as protection of children from domestic abuse. Amidst calls for best practice, and the insistence on implementing only policies that work, Cartwright questions whether policies that ‘work’ [...]