Furman University Department of Political Science
     
 

 
 

 

 

 

Inaugural Theme : Biotechnology and Politics
2008-2010

 

Lecture Series Spring 2010

 

January 26: Robert P. George
Robert P. George holds the McCormick Chair in Jurisprudence at Princeton University and is the founding director of Princeton's James Madison Program. He is also a member of the President's Council on Bioethics and the UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Science and Technology. His books include In Defense of Natural Law and Embryo: A Defense of Human Life.

 

 

March 16: Lee M. Silver
Dr. Lee M. Silver is a professor at Princeton University in the Department of Molecular Biology and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. His most recent book is Challenging Nature: the Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life. He has testified before both state governments and the U.S. Congress on biotechnological issues, and has been a frequent commentator on national television programs, including 20/20 and 60 Minutes.

 

 

 

 

April 14: Peter A. Lawler
Peter Augustine Lawler is Dana Professor and Chair of the Department of Government and International Studies at Berry College, and a member of the President's Council on Bioethics. He has written or edited a dozen books, including Aliens in America: The Strange Truth About Our Souls and Stuck with Virtue: The American Individual and Our Bioetechnological Future.

 



 

 
 

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