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