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Subject: Call for Abstracts Movies and Bioethics
Call for Abstracts
Movies and Bioethics
Sandra Shapshay, Editor
Abstracts are sought for a collection of essays dealing with serious
bioethical issues in popular film. Bioethical matters have taken center
stage in public discourse, and the need for well-informed public moral
deliberation about these issues is crucial. The aim of this volume is to
give non-bioethicists and non-philosophers a more sophisticated
framework for reflecting on these pressing social issues, but to teach
bioethics in an entertaining way, through popular films.
The editor is currently in discussion with Open Court Press (The
publisher of The Matrix and Philosophy, The Simpsons and Philosophy, and
the forthcoming Movies and the Meaning of Life among others) regarding
the inclusion of this volume in a series treating philosophical issues
raised in contemporary popular cinema. I am seeking abstracts, but
anyone who has a complete paper in this area is welcome to send it in
its entirety. Potential contributors may want to examine other volumes
in the Open Court series to get a sense of the kind of writing aimed at
teaching philosophy to a wide audience.
Contributors are welcome to submit abstracts on any popular film e.g.
Gattaca, The Ciderhouse Rules, or Million Dollar Baby, which explores
biomedical ethical issues. The editor is especially interested in
receiving abstracts that deal with the following areas of bioethics:
abortion; the moral status of human embryos and human embryonic stem
cell research; reproductive technologies such as artificial insemination
through donor/vendor and cloning; eugenics and pre-implantation genetic
diagnosis; enhancement technologies and the distinction between
treatment and enhancement; end-of-life issues such as physician-assisted
suicide and euthanasia; justice and allocation of health care resources;
the commodification of human organs; surrogate motherhood; feminist
approaches in bioethics and cross-cultural approaches in bioethics,
among others.
Please feel free to forward this to anyone writing within a philosophic
discipline who might be interested in contributing.
Contributor Guidelines:
1. Abstract of paper (100–750 words)
2. Resume/CV for each author/coauthor of the paper
3. Initial submission may be made by mail or email (prefer e-mail with
MS Word attachment)
4. Submission deadline: July 1st, 2005.
Mail:
Sandra Shapshay
Philosophy Department
Indiana University
Sycamore Hall 015
1033 E. Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-7005
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University of Minnesota
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