"A Posthuman Future - from the end of history to the end of human
nature? Examining the social and political implications of human
genetics."

The Institute of Ideas and Prospect present a PUBLIC DEBATE
(7.00pm, Thursday 30th May). Chaired by Jonathan Dimbleby

Francis Fukuyama, author of The End of History, and now Our
Posthuman Future (May 2002) and member of President Bush's
Bio-ethics Committee versus
Gregory Stock, author of Redesigning Humans (May 2002) and
former biotechnology advisor to President Clinton. (Both books are
published by Profile Books, May 2002)

Panel of discussants:
*Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times and author of "Brave New
Worlds: Genetics and the Human Experience"
*Mike Dexter, Director of the Wellcome Trust
*Raanan Gillon GP, Emeritus Professor of Medical Ethics at
Imperial College London

"What is going to happen to equality of opportunity when a
non-musically enhanced child aspires to be a musician, which has
become not just the territory of a guild of musicians, but of a
subspecies of musicians whose total genetic identity is tied up in
that form of life?" FRANCIS FUKUYAMA

"Enhancement is not wrong, and when such possibilities become
safe and reliable, large numbers of people will seek them. ... When
it comes to children, I trust the judgment of individual parents more
than that of political or judicial panels." GREGORY STOCK

Date: Thursday 30th May
Time: 7.00pm (doors open from 6.00pm)
Location: Logan Hall, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way,
London, WC1H

Tickets: £8 (£6 concessions). For disabled access telephone in
advance. Telephone: (10am-8pm, Monday-Friday): 0207 269
9230/9229/9227/9220 Or visit http://www.instituteofideas.com

Supported by: The Wellcome Trust, Discovery Networks Europe,
and Novartis.

In association with: Profile Books, the British Association for the
Advancement of Science, Cheltenham Festival of Science, Imperial
College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Naked Science at
the Science Museum, the Royal Institution and the Social Issues
Research Centre.

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