John Harris FMedSci, is Director of The Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation and of the Wellcome Strategic Programme in The Human Body, its Scope Limits and Future, School of Law, University of Manchester, where is he is Lord Alliance Professor of Bioethics. He was joint Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Medical Ethics from 2004 until July 2011 and was a member of The United Kingdom Human Genetics Commission from its foundation in 1999 until August 2010.
Books Include: Clones Genes and Immortality (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998); John Harris, ed. Bioethics (Oxford Readings in Philosophy Series, Oxford University Press, 2001); Justine C. Burley and John Harris, eds. A Companion to Genethics: Philosophy and the Genetic Revolution (Blackwell’s Companions to Philosophy Series, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 2002); On Cloning (London: Routledge, 2004), Enhancing Evolution (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007).
Public Lecture followed by a discussion moderated by Prof. Judit Sándor
September 30, 2011 15:00 – 16:30
Opening words by John Shattuck, Rector and President
Prof. John Harris
What Is Science For? A magical mystery tour
Venue: CEU Auditorium
Video version of the lecture:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBqb71y22Rs