Dr. Gibbard presents a talk on normative consistency and how they could clash with policies such as the UN Declaration of human rights.; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol 158, no.1
What are the obligations of those of us who are affluent in the face of global poverty? 1 billion people live well below the poverty standards, with no access to basic needs. Their life expectacy is an average of 48;10 million children a year die of preventable diseases. What do we do, as rich nations?
APS President Greenhouse gives an impromptu talk on the truth journalism. Do we have good journalism? This talk turned into the first episode of the APS Podcast Great Talks.; Podcast: https://www.amphilsoc.org/museum/exhibitions/great-talks-american-philosophical-society/life-journalist
Patricia King talks about the ethics in science. She examines the ethics involved in molecular genetics, specifically the safety and ethics involved in human genetic engineering.
Awarded the Henry Allen Moe Prize in the Humanities in 2016, this lecture focuses on the political culture of April 2013. Kathleen Hall Jamieson describes how experts are required to create policy. When journalists do not act as custodians, we have an attack on what is a fact.; Podcast: https://www.amphilsoc.org/node/762;Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 159, No. 1 (MARCH 2015), pp. 66-84
These notes were kept by Ewing of medical lectures he attended, given by Drs. Nathaniel Chapman, John R. Coxe, and Philip S. Physick. The lectures concern fevers, materia medica, surgery, and diagnosis.
