Symposium 2005

Future of Food: Legal and Ethical Challenges
April 1, 2005

Co-sponsored by the High Tech Law Institute and the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, the “Future of Food” Symposium addressed the following questions: Should we pursue the genetic modification of food? If yes, what is the legal infrastructure? Is genetic modification of food a necessary tool to relieve world hunger?

Additional papers from the conference can be found here:
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/medical/conference/presentations/

Human Rights and Responsibilities in the Age of Terrorism
April 15, 2005

Co sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and the Interaction Council, the symposium on “Human Rights and Responsibilities” was part of the William P. Laughlin Lecture Series on Global Leadership and Ethics. The InterAction Council is an organization of former heads of state and prime ministers. They have proposed a Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities to supplement the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This symposium explored the proposal of Human Responsibilities and the tension it poses to human rights.

Transcripts from the symposium may be found here:
http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/global_ethics/laughlin-lectures/human-rights-responsibility.html

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