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  • Human impact on the natural world is impossible to ignore. From severe flooding in Africa, melting of the arctic poles, and fires across Australia, recent years have seen a drastic increase in anomalistic climate events. In response to these problems, Pacific Lutheran University values “thinking…

    Environmental Ethics at Holden Village Posted by: hoskinsk / May 6, 2020 May 6, 2020 By Lee Sullivan '21Business MajorHuman impact on the natural world is impossible to ignore. From severe flooding in Africa, melting of the arctic poles, and fires across Australia, recent years have seen a drastic increase in anomalistic climate events. In response to these problems, Pacific Lutheran University values “thinking green”. Our university takes pride in being environmentally conscious stewards of

  • UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences provides students with unprecedented opp01tunities to train with internationally recognized faculty members, use state-of-the-art equipment in advanced labs, and participate in the discovery and transmission of knowledge to solve complex biomedical health challenges. See the UT Southwestern Graduate…

    UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Posted by: alemanem / October 6, 2020 October 6, 2020 UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences provides students with unprecedented opp01tunities to train with internationally recognized faculty members, use state-of-the-art equipment in advanced labs, and participate in the discovery and transmission of knowledge to solve complex biomedical health challenges. See the UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

  • By Sarah Cornell-Maier ‘19.  This Fall, Pacific Lutheran University is introducing a new history class that serves as a gateway to the Innovation Studies Program . Hist/Phil 248: Innovation, Ethics, and Society is a team-taught course that combines many different fields of study into one.…

    New History Course Examines Innovation and Ethics Posted by: halvormj / September 7, 2018 September 7, 2018 By Sarah Cornell-Maier ‘19.  This Fall, Pacific Lutheran University is introducing a new history class that serves as a gateway to the Innovation Studies Program. Hist/Phil 248: Innovation, Ethics, and Society is a team-taught course that combines many different fields of study into one. It lays a framework for the study of innovation and creativity, and also provides a common experience

  • The Code of Ethics for Nursing created by the American Nurses Association (ANA) is the gold standard for ethical professional and practice conduct. All faculty and nursing students at PLU School of Nursing are held to this code of ethics “for carrying out nursing responsibilities in a manner consistent with quality in nursing care and the ethical obligations of the profession” (ANA, 2014)

  • The Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (PBMS) at the Oregon Health and Science University offers many exciting opportunities in Biomedical Research through an individualized graduate program for training the next generation of biomedical scientists, readying them for changing challenges in science and scientific careers. PBMS…

    Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (PBMS) at the Oregon Health and Science University Posted by: nicolacs / October 13, 2022 October 13, 2022 The Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (PBMS) at the Oregon Health and Science University offers many exciting opportunities in Biomedical Research through an individualized graduate program for training the next generation of biomedical scientists, readying them for changing challenges in science and scientific careers. PBMS is fortunate to

  • Professor Emeritus and a Faculty Fellow | Department of Philosophy | menzelpt@plu.edu | Taught philosophy at Pacific Lutheran University from 1971 to 2012, having been educated at Wooster, Yale, and Vanderbilt.  Teaching widely in philosophy and cross-disciplinary curricula, he has also published specialized scholarly work in health care ethics, including two books on moral questions in health care economics, numerous articles on health system structure and health care reform, and a recently co-edited volume (2012) on the tension between treatment and prevention in health policy.  Courses in the last decade of his teaching include Biomedical Ethics, Human Identity and Bioethics, Health and Social Justice, Business Ethics, Human Rights, and The Nature of Human Well-Being. He also served Pacific Lutheran University in various administrative positions, including Provost.  He retired to Professor Emeritus in summer 2012. .

    Paul Menzel Professor Emeritus and a Faculty Fellow Email: menzelpt@plu.edu Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1971 B.D., Yale University, 1967 B.A., College of Wooster, 1964 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Biomedical Ethics Philosophy & Health Policy Books Prevention vs. Treatment: What's the Right Balance? Co-edited with Halley S. Faust (Oxford University Press 2011) : View Book Strong Medicine: The Ethical Rationing of Health Care (Oxford University Press 1990

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  • Next of kin: the ethics of eating, capturing, and experimenting on great apes One of the pressing problems of our times is the future of the great apes. All of the great apes – chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans – are endangered. Their habitat is…

    central Washington, philosophy major Lindsay Webb ’08 started to wonder: where do humans fit in this biosphere? What takes precedent? So what do we learn from this kind of experience? What do we do? Specific to our work as philosophers, we presented a paper we co-authored on the bush-meat crisis (“Eating Apes: Virtue Ethics and Pragmatism Applied”) at the recent Northwest Philosophy Conference in November. Lindsey is working on a paper on apes and biomedical research for an undergraduate philosophy

  • Philosophy Department | College of Liberal Studies | menzelpt@plu.edu | Taught philosophy at Pacific Lutheran University from 1971 to 2012, having been educated at Wooster, Yale, and Vanderbilt.  Teaching widely in philosophy and cross-disciplinary curricula, he has also published specialized scholarly work in health care ethics, including two books on moral questions in health care economics, numerous articles on health system structure and health care reform, and a recently co-edited volume (2012) on the tension between treatment and prevention in health policy.  Courses in the last decade of his teaching include Biomedical Ethics, Human Identity and Bioethics, Health and Social Justice, Business Ethics, Human Rights, and The Nature of Human Well-Being. He also served Pacific Lutheran University in various administrative positions, including Provost.  He retired to Professor Emeritus in summer 2012. .

    volume (2012) on the tension between treatment and prevention in health policy.  Courses in the last decade of his teaching include Biomedical Ethics, Human Identity and Bioethics, Health and Social Justice, Business Ethics, Human Rights, and The Nature of Human Well-Being. He also served Pacific Lutheran University in various administrative positions, including Provost.  He retired to Professor Emeritus in summer 2012.

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  • Enhancement March 16th, 2023 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Scandinavian Cultural Center in the Anderson University Center Speakers will be: Professor Tim Brown from the University of Washington The Moral

    . Brown earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Washington, after earning a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is also a founding member of and long-term contributor to the Neuroethics Thrust within the Center for Neurotechnology at UW. He is also leads diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts with the International Neuroethics Society. Dr. Brown works at the intersection of biomedical ethics, philosophy of technology, (black/latinx/queer) feminist

  • Innovation Studies is excited to announce this year’s Koller Menzel Memorial Lecture, an event taking place on Thursday, March 16 from 4-6pm in the Scandinavian Cultural Center in the AUC. This year’s panel features a bioethics discussion with University of Washington professor Tim Brown and…

    diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts within the International Neuroethics Society. Brown’s interdisciplinary research includes the potential impact of neurotechnologies on end users’ agency and embodiment, and the potential to exacerbate or create social inequities. Brown works at the intersection of biomedical ethics, philosophy of technology, (black/latinx/queer) feminist thought, and aesthetics. He recently won an essay contest for a piece titled “Moral Bioenhancement as Potential Means of