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CAPPE News and Public Events
CAPPE Public Ethics Seminar Series:
Thurs 17th May "Ferret Flu Experiments, Ethics and the Dual Use Problem in the Biological Sciences" Lecture and Panel Discussion
This event will occur on Thursday, 17th May, at 'The
Chapel', located at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, 15
Blackall Street, Barton, ACT. Doors open at 5:00pm, the event starts at 5:30.
There is a demonstrable need to analyse the dual use
problem in the biological sciences and formulate evidence-based, ethically
sustainable policy. This seminar seeks to contribute to meeting this need by
providing a lecture followed by panel discussion on the ferret flu experiments,
the dual use problem in the biological sciences and potential regulatory
responses.
Background on the "Ferret Flu" Experiments:
Scientists in the Netherlands and the US have recently created strains of
H5N1 influenza–i.e., bird flu--that are easily transmissible among ferrets. In
light of dangers that the techniques used in the ferret research would enable
production of strains of H5N1 that are transmissible in humans, recent high
profile international debate has focused on the question of whether the ferret
flu research details should be censored.
These ferret flu experiments provide a paradigm example of "dual-use" life
science research. Other examples include the genetic engineering of a
superstrain of mousepox, the artificial synthesis polio, and the reconstruction
of the 1918 flu virus.
The lecture will be presented by:
Professor Seumas Miller (Centre for Applied Philosophy and
Public Ethics (CAPPE), an Australian Research Council Special Research Centre at
Charles Sturt University (Canberra) and 3TU Centre for Ethics and Technology at
Delft University of Technology in The Hague)
Dr. Michael Selgelid (Director - Centre for Human Bioethics at Monash
University and Director of the World Health Organization Official Collaborating
Centre for Bioethics, Asia-Pacific region)
Professor Miller and Dr. Selgelid are co-authors of
"Ethical and Philosophical Aspects of the Dual Use Dilemma in the Biological
Sciences", a report prepared for the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet,
Australian Government.
The Panel will include:
-Professor Ian Ramshaw (Director – John Curtin
School of Medical Research ANU, CMBE)
-Dr. Gary Lum (Assistant Secretary - Health Emergency
Management Branch, Office of Health Protection)
-Professor Roger Bradbury (Senior Analyst - Science,
Technology & Environment, ONA)
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CAPPE News:
CAPPE PROFESSOR RECEIVES OLIVER SMITHIES LECTURESHIP
Professor Tom Campbell (CAPPE CSU) has been appointed Oliver Smithies Lecturer at Balliol College Oxford for the Trinity Term 2012. During his time in Oxford he will give two public lectures, one on 'Law, Legalism and Democracy' and the other on 'Real and Rhetorical Rights'. Tom will also be visiting King's College London, The University of Stirling and The University of Edinburgh. With Professor Thomas Pogge and Dr Gillian Brock, he will be involved in a panel presentation on Taxation and Global Justice at the Annual Conference of the Society for Applied Philosophy in Oxford on 30th June.
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Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics is the world's largest
concentration of applied philosophers. Spanning three of Australia's most
prestigious universities, our purpose is to connect rigorous philosophical
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