- Conference Name: Personhood Beyond the Human Conference 2013
- Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Dates: December 6-8, 2013
Oliver Pergams (Faculty - Natural Science)
List 3 sessions you attended (Title and Description)
One significant item you learned from the conference that you were unaware of and would like to share with colleagues.
There is a trend towards using human pediatric ethics to support the designation of sentient non-human animals (think chimps, for example) as persons.
What one activity would you recommend we implement immediately?
1) I will probably start including a module on non-human intelligence and personhood in my Bio 122 class. 2) I may want to run the Bioethics/Gen Ed Biology Learning Community again with Dr. Sweis.
What one activity would you recommend we implement in FY 14 budget (Long Term)
Possibly the Bioethics/Gen Ed Biology Learning Community.
If we had available funds what would you recommend we implement?
Same as above.
Additional comments pertaining to how this conference supports the grant objectives or KPIs of the District.
o The graduation rate will be at 20+ percent
o More than half of students will transfer to four-year institutions following graduation
Photos/Links/Resources:
1. Program attached.
2. Link to my video of 1st part of plenary talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrHZ2V6YiwQ
3. Link to my video of 2nd half of most sophisticated (IMO) presentation, on chimpanzee dissent to research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12XnXUhmJAU
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- Plenary: Peter Singer, “Who is a Person? A
Non-Speciesist Answer”
- Saskia Stucki, “The Animal Person as Tertium Datur”
- Andrew Fenton, “On Solid Ground: Chimpanzee Dissent and Trapdoor Clauses”
One significant item you learned from the conference that you were unaware of and would like to share with colleagues.
There is a trend towards using human pediatric ethics to support the designation of sentient non-human animals (think chimps, for example) as persons.
What one activity would you recommend we implement immediately?
1) I will probably start including a module on non-human intelligence and personhood in my Bio 122 class. 2) I may want to run the Bioethics/Gen Ed Biology Learning Community again with Dr. Sweis.
What one activity would you recommend we implement in FY 14 budget (Long Term)
Possibly the Bioethics/Gen Ed Biology Learning Community.
If we had available funds what would you recommend we implement?
Same as above.
Additional comments pertaining to how this conference supports the grant objectives or KPIs of the District.
- Reinvention Goal
- KPI
- Five-Year Plan
o The graduation rate will be at 20+ percent
o More than half of students will transfer to four-year institutions following graduation
Photos/Links/Resources:
1. Program attached.
2. Link to my video of 1st part of plenary talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrHZ2V6YiwQ
3. Link to my video of 2nd half of most sophisticated (IMO) presentation, on chimpanzee dissent to research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12XnXUhmJAU
Download Original Report