Are We Morally Obligated to Breed Healthier Children?
- 12 years ago
Are We Morally Obligated to Breed Healthier Children?
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Monash University
Should we be able to choose the sex of our babies? What about selecting the most intelligent embryo, the one with the greatest sporting ability or the one that will live to 100? And as scientists get closer to creating synthetic life, do we really understand what this could mean for our world?
Join Waleed Aly as he hosts a panel convened to discuss the topic "Unnatural selection: artificial life and designer babies. What does the future hold?"
This event is part of the 2011 Monash University Alumni Speaker Series.
Speakers:
Professor Julian Savulescu is a world-leading ethics scholar. He holds the Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford and is a Sir Louis Matheson Distinguished Visiting Professor at Monash University. A researcher, educator and communicator, Professor Savulescu promotes public discussion around the ethical issues of everyday life.
Professor Gab Kovacs AM is a professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash University, is a sub specialist in reproductive gynecology and has been a staff member of Monash IVF since 1978. He has been President of The Fertility Society of Australia, Family Planning Australia, Family Planning Victoria, and Chairman of The IVF Directors' Group of Australia.
Associate Professor Nicholas Tonti-Filippini is the Associate Dean (Teaching, Learning and Research) and Head of Bioethics at John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family and also a consultant in bioethics. He was Australia's first hospital ethicist, holding that position at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne from 1982-1990 where he was also founding director of the Bioethics Department.
Waleed Aly is a lecturer in politics at Monash University and works within the University's Global Terrorism Research Centre. He appears regularly in the media including hosting ABC TV's 'Big Ideas' and SBS TV's 'The Late Sessions'.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Monash University
Should we be able to choose the sex of our babies? What about selecting the most intelligent embryo, the one with the greatest sporting ability or the one that will live to 100? And as scientists get closer to creating synthetic life, do we really understand what this could mean for our world?
Join Waleed Aly as he hosts a panel convened to discuss the topic "Unnatural selection: artificial life and designer babies. What does the future hold?"
This event is part of the 2011 Monash University Alumni Speaker Series.
Speakers:
Professor Julian Savulescu is a world-leading ethics scholar. He holds the Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford and is a Sir Louis Matheson Distinguished Visiting Professor at Monash University. A researcher, educator and communicator, Professor Savulescu promotes public discussion around the ethical issues of everyday life.
Professor Gab Kovacs AM is a professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash University, is a sub specialist in reproductive gynecology and has been a staff member of Monash IVF since 1978. He has been President of The Fertility Society of Australia, Family Planning Australia, Family Planning Victoria, and Chairman of The IVF Directors' Group of Australia.
Associate Professor Nicholas Tonti-Filippini is the Associate Dean (Teaching, Learning and Research) and Head of Bioethics at John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family and also a consultant in bioethics. He was Australia's first hospital ethicist, holding that position at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne from 1982-1990 where he was also founding director of the Bioethics Department.
Waleed Aly is a lecturer in politics at Monash University and works within the University's Global Terrorism Research Centre. He appears regularly in the media including hosting ABC TV's 'Big Ideas' and SBS TV's 'The Late Sessions'.