CUHK Centre for Bioethics Public Lecture Programme Rundown

CUHK Centre for Bioethics Public Lecture
Programme Rundown
Date:
8 May 2015 (Friday)
Time:
2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Venue:
Lecture Theatre 7, 2/F, Yasumoto International Academic Park,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2:30 p.m.
Welcoming Speech
Prof. Hon-Lam Li, Interim Director, CUHK Centre for Bioethics
2:35 p.m.
“Where in the World are Ethical Values, and are they Objective?”
Prof. Jonathan Jacobs, Professor, Presidential Scholar, and Chair of
Philosophy, John Jay College, City University of New York
Discussant: Prof. Jonathan K.L. Chan, Associate Professor, Department of
Religion and Philosophy; Associate Director, Centre for Applied Ethics,
Hong Kong Baptist University
3:50 p.m.
Tea Break
4:15 p.m.
“Bioethical Considerations of Potentiality at the Beginning and End of
Life”
Prof. John Lizza, Professor of Philosophy, Kutztown University of
Pennsylvania
Discussant: Dr. Cansu Canca, Lecturer in Medical Ethics, Medical Ethics
and Humanities Unit, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of
Hong Kong
Programme rundown is subject to changes.
Revised as on 6 May 2015