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UTILITARIANISM AND MEDICINE: Past and Present Perspectives 11 May 2016 Seminar Room, Institute of Advanced Study 9:30am Arrival and tea/coffee 10am Introduction 10:15am Panel 1 Commentator: Matthew Daniel Eddy David Knight (Durham) Laughing Gas, Materialism, Blasphemy and Coleridge's Theory of Life Tom Rossetter (Durham) Paternalism, Utilitarianism and the Insanity Plea in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Britain 12pm Break 12:30pm Panel 2 Commentator: Nancy Cartwright Cathy Gere (University of California, San Diego) The Monkey in the Panopticon: Utilitarianism and Neuroscience in Nineteenth-Century Britain Cheryl Lancaster (Durham) Utilitarian approaches to past and present stem cell research 2:15pm Tea/coffee break 2:45pm Panel 3 Commentator: Prof Andreas Holger Maehle Aleksandra Traykova (Durham) Quantifying Disease Then and Now: Utilitarianism, 19th Century Science and Disease Objectification in Medicine Sophia Efstathiou (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Use Your Mind: Exercises in Positive Thinking from Early 20th Century Until Now 4:15pm Close Contact: Nicola Craigs ([log in to unmask])