William Hurlbut, MD, internationally known bioethics expert and consulting professor at the Stanford University Institute for Neuro-Innovation and Translational Neurosciences, will discuss “Biotechnology and the Human Future” on Sat., May 21.
The event will be held at the Charles Hamner Conference Center at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, which is co-sponsoring the event with the Stanford Alumni Club of Research Triangle Park.
The event will start with a reception at 5:30 p.m., followed by Dr. Hurlbut’s remarks and a question-and-answer session. Cost is $25 per person and pre-registration is requested. RSVP by THURSDAY, May 19, to Gracie Howell, president, Stanford Alumni Club of Research Triangle Park, at gracie.howell@stanfordalumni.org
Hurlbut, a Stanford alumnus, has served on the President's Council on Bioethics. His primary areas of interest involve the ethical issues associated with advancing biomedical technology, the biological basis of moral awareness and studies in the integration of theology and philosophy of biology. He is the author of numerous publications on science and ethics including the co-edited volume Altruism and Altruistic Love: Science, Philosophy and Religion in Dialogue (Oxford University Press) and "Science, Religion and Human Spirit" in the Oxford Handbook of Science and Religion. He co-chairs two faculty projects at Stanford University, "becoming Human" The Evolutionary Origins of Spiritual, Religious and Moral Awareness" and "Brain, Mind and Emergence."
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center is located at 15 T.W. Alexander Drive, in Durham. There will be plenty of free parking.
Hurlbut's primary areas of interest involve the ethical issues associated with advancing biomedical technology, the biological basis of moral awareness and studies in the integration of theology and philosophy of biology. He is the author of numerous publications on science and ethics including the co-edited volume Altruism and Altruistic Love: Science, Philosophy and Religion in Dialogue (Oxford University Press) and "Science, Religion and Human Spirit" in the Oxford Handbook of Science and Religion. He co-chairs two faculty projects at Stanford University, "becoming Human" The Evolutionary Origins of Spiritual, Religious and Moral Awareness" and "Brain, Mind and Emergence."
After receiving his undergraduate and medical degrees at Stanford University, he completed postdoctoral studies in theology and medical ethics, studying with Robert Hamerton-Kelly, Th.D, Dean of the Chapel at Stanford.