ANNOUNCING...Professor Julian Savulescu

Professor Julian Savulescu is the Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and is Uehiro Professor of Practical Ethics at Oxford. He is also the Sir Louis Matheson Distinguished Visiting Professor at Monash University, the head of the Melbourne-Oxford Stem Cell Collaboration, which is devoted to examining the ethical implications of cloning and embryonic stem cell research, the editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics and, together with Igmar Persson, the author of Unfit for the Future: The Need for Moral Enhancement (http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/unfit-future-moral-enhancement/). His research interests include: the ethics of genetics, research ethics, new forms of reproduction, such as cloning and assisted reproduction, medical ethics and sports ethics.

Professor Savulescu's presentation will be on:

 Practical Ethics, Enhancement and the Advancement of Science and Technology

Recent advances in science and technology have given us the ability to manipulate our genes and the germline through direct gene editing (CRISPR), to use electrical currents to directly stimulate the brain (transcranial direct brain simulation), and to use pharmacology to improve our attention and memory. All of these technologies have the potential to be used for human enhancement: using biological interventions to improve our functioning, whether that is cognitive function, physical performance or even our moral attributes . This talk will explore the ethics of such technologies, and, through discussion of the ethics of enhancement will cover some of the basic principles of the discipline of practical Ethics.

Bioethics with Prof. Julian Savulescu– Pt. 2: Is Genetic Enhancement the Future of Humanity?

Pills that improve morality: Julian Savulescu at TEDxBarcelona

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