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Life and Death -- Principles and Politics
A Conversation about Abortion, Bioethics, and American Politics
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006
5:30 PM
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006
7:00 PM
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Ethics and Public Policy Center
1015 15th St. NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
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In the past three decades, the "life issues" -- abortion, euthanasia, infanticide, and embryo-destroying research -- have reshaped American law, politics, and culture. Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor at National Review, considers each of these issues and the larger question of the fundamental human right to life in his new book, The Party of Death. His book has already inspired impassioned debate -- with some embracing his argument and others challenging it.
In this evening conversation, Mr. Ponnuru and EPPC's Eric Cohen considered the politics of life in America and the ethical questions that animate it. Audio of this event is available by clicking the link at right.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Ramesh Ponnuru
Ramesh Ponnuru is a senior editor at National Review. He has been a fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs in London and a media fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. In addition to writing for National Review, he has published articles in numerous newspapers including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Newsday, and the New York Post. He has also written for First Things, Policy Review, The Weekly Standard, The New Republic, Reason, and other publications, and has appeared on numerous TV and radio programs.
Eric Cohen
Eric Cohen is director of the Bioethics and American Democracy program at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He is also the editor of The New Atlantis, EPPC's quarterly journal about the ethical, political, and social implications of technological advancement. His essays and articles have appeared in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, The Weekly Standard, First Things, Commentary, and elsewhere. He was previously a fellow at the New America Foundation and managing editor of The Public Interest. He also serves as a senior consultant to the President’s Council on Bioethics.
More Information
Julie Sawyer
1015 15th St. NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-682-1200
Fax: 202-408-0632
E-mail: jsawyer@eppc.org
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The Age of Neuroelectronics
For decades, experiments at the border between brains and electronics have led to sensationalistic media coverage, vivid science fiction portrayals, and dreams of cyborgs and bionic men. But recently, this area of science has seen remarkable advances -- from robotic limbs controlled directly by brain activity, to brain implants that alter the mood of the depressed, to rats steered by remote control. In this New Atlantis article, EPPC Fellow Adam Keiper explores the peculiar history and present directions of this research, and considers the challenges of staying human in the age of neuroelectronics.
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Blogging on the Courts
EPPC President Edward Whelan, the director of the program on The Constitution, the Courts, and the Culture, is a leading contributor to Bench Memos, National Review Online's award-winning blog on judicial nominations and constitutional law. You can read a list of all of his postings here.
Here is some of the praise Mr. Whelan has received for his blogging:
 From Steve Schmidt, who, as special adviser to President Bush, led the White House's efforts to confirm the Supreme Court nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito: "Ed Whelan was the most influential and valuable commentator on the nominations of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito. His remarkably rapid, thorough, and reliable responses to the distorted attacks on the nominees prevented those attacks from gaining traction. The White House was deeply grateful that he was on our side."
From Paul Mirengoff of the influential Power Line blog: "Blogs like NRO’s Bench Memos … enable legal super-stars like Ed Whelan to shoot down bad arguments against nominees within hours."
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