Workshop on Bioethics & Pragmatism




Thursday June 28th


10.00-10.30 Welcome in room 154, the 'Leeuwenborch' at Wageningen

10.30-10.45 Opening speech and introduction

10.45-11.45 Larry Hickman: 
Pragmatic Resources for Biotechnology
Comments: Frans Brom

11.45-12.00 coffee/tea break

12.00-13.00 Andrew Light:
A Modest Proposal: Methodological Pragmatism for 
Bioethics
Comments: Bart Gremmen

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00-15.00 Tsjalling Swierstra:
Moral Discourses and Public Debates: the Case of Cloning and New Reproductive Technologies
Comments: Rein de Wilde

15.00-15.15 Coffee/tea break

15.15-16.15 Maartje Schermer & Jozef Keulartz: 
How Pragmatic is Bioethics?- the Case of In Vitro Fertilization
Comments: Guy Widdershoven

16.15 Drinks

18.00 Dinner



Friday June 29th


10.15-10.45 Welcome

10.45-11.45 Bryan Norton:
(Title of paper not yet known)
Comments: Medard Hilhorst

11.45-12.00 Coffee/tea break

12.00-13.00 Paul Thompson:
Pragmatism, Discourse Ethics and Occasional Philosophy
Comments: Pieter Pekelharing

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00-15.00 Gerard De Vries:
Competitive Pragmatism's Medical Ethics
Comments: Jan Vorstenbosch

15.00-15.15 Coffee/tea break

15.15-16.15 Michiel Korthals:
A Multi Practices Ethics of Domesticated and 'Wild' Animals
Comments: Hans Harbers

16.15-16.30 Closing words

16.30 Drinks



Participants


Frans Brom Theology, University of Utrecht
f.brom@theo.uu.nl

Bart Gremmen Applied Philosophy, Wageningen University
bart.gremmen@alg.tf.wau.nl

Hans Harbers Philosophy, University of Groningen
j.a.harbers@philos.rug.nl

Larry Hickman The Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University
lhickman@siu.edu

Medard Hilhorst Health Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam
hilhorst@feg.fgg.eur.nl

Jozef Keulartz Applied Philosophy, Wageningen University
jozef.keulartz@alg.tf.wau.nl

Michiel Korthals Applied Philosophy, Wageningen University
michiel.korthals@alg.tf.wau.nl

Andrew Light Applied Philosophy, New York University
andrew.light@nyu.edu

Henk van Luijk University of Nijenrode
h.vanluijk@worldonline.nl

Glenn McGee Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania
mcgee@mail.med.upenn.edu

Bryan Norton School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
bryan.norton@pubpolicy.gatech.edu

Pieter Pekelharing Humanities, University of Amsterdam
pekelh@hum.uva.nl

Lieke v.d. Scheer Philosophy, Catholic University Nijmegen
lvdscheer@phil.kun.nl

Maartje Schermer Applied Philosophy, Wageningen University
maartje.schermer@alg.tf.wau.nl

Martijntje Smits Technical University Eindhoven
m.w.smits@tm.tue

Tsjalling Swierstra Philosophy, Technical University Twente
t.e.swierstra@wmw.utwente.nl

Paul Thompson Department of Philosophy, Purdue University
pault@purdue.edu

Jan Vorstenbosch Philosophy, University of Utrecht
jan.vorstenbosch@phil.uu.nl

Gerard de Vries Humanities, University of Amsterdam
gdevries@hum.uva.nl

Guy Widdershoven Health Sciences and Philosophy, University of Maastricht
g.widdershoven@gw.unimaas.nl

Rein de Wilde Philosophy, University of Maastricht
r.dewilde@philosophy.unimaas.nl