Using the Interest Theory of Rights to Manage Moral Conflict

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Speaker
Alex London
Associate Professor of Philosophy, and Director, Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University

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Where
Newell-Simon Hall 1305 (Michael Mauldin Auditorium)

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Description

This informal talk will examine some ways in which the language of rights may increase the perception that moral conflicts are intransigent and thereby inhibit creative moral problem solving. The interest theory of rights will be outlined and its capacity to facilitate moral problem solving will be explored. Some of the ethical issues related to the CareMedia project will be used as a motivating example.

Speaker's Bio

Alex John London is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University. He is co-editor of Ethical Issues In Modern Medicine, 7th edition (McGraw Hill, 2008) and has published widely on the topics of risk assessment in clinical research and the ethics of cross-national research with human-subjects. He has written commissioned papers for the Institute of Medicine and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and he is a member of the ethics working group for the HIV Prevention Trials Network.

Speaker's Website
http://www.hss.cmu.edu/philosophy/faculty-london.php