Hughes on Life Extension & H+ with Peter Singer &  Lee Silver @ Princeton University

http://www.princeton.edu/~fusion/upcoming-events.html

Life Extension and Human Enhancement Ethics
A Public Lecture with Professors James Hughes, Peter Singer and Lee Silver

Monday, October 11th, 2010, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Cosponsored by Fusion and the DeCamp Bioethics Seminar Series.
The Implications of Neurotechnology on Utilitarianism
A Dinner Discussion with Professors James Hughes, Peter Singer and Lee Silver

Monday, October 11th, 2010, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:45pm

Cosponsored by Fusion, the Bioethics Forum and the Human Values Forum.

Professor James Hughes is a sociologist and bioethicist who teaches health policy at Trinity College. He is the Executive Director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, a prominent Transhumanist, and the author of “Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future.”

Professor Peter Singer, of Princeton University is, without question, the most prominent Utilitarian and, quite possibly, the most influential Philosopher alive today. His contributions are innumerable, but he is best known for his work on Practical Ethics, World Poverty, Abortion, Euthanasia and Infanticide and Animal Liberation.

Professor Lee Silver, teaches in the Molecular Biology Department and Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University. He is also the author of the book “Remaking Eden: How Genetic Engineering and Cloning Will Transform the American Family” and one of the most prominent advocates of cloning and genetic engineering.