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Rationally Speaking #33 - Live at NECSS: New Dilemmas in Bioethics
Rationally Speaking #33 - Live at NECSS: New Dilemmas in Bioethics
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Length:
64 minutes
Released:
Apr 24, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this one hour episode, recorded live at the 2011 Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism, Massimo and Julia discuss bioethics with two special guests: Jacob Appel, doctor, author, lawyer and bioethicist; and Jennifer Michael Hecht, poet and historian of science. Topics covered included: Should parents be allowed to select the gender and sexual orientation of their babies? Should pharmacists and physicians be allowed to refuse to provide treatments that violate their own religious or ethical principles? And when is assisted suicide acceptable?
Released:
Apr 24, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
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