Clemson University prof, ethicist to give ethics talk
KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A Clemson University professor will share true stories about the human condition in March when he speaks at Western Michigan University as part of the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society's spring 2015 season.
Dr. Daniel E. Wueste will speak at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, in 159 Bernhard Center. His presentation is titled "Vulnerability, Preventability and Responsibility: Exploring Some Normative Implications of the Human Condition" and is free and open to the public.
Daniel Wueste
In addition to being a professor of philosophy at Clemson, Wueste is director of the Robert J. Rutland Institute for Ethics. Wueste's work has appeared in various journals, including Cornell Law Review, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, The Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, Teaching Ethics, Professional Ethics, and Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing.
Wueste is the editor of the book "Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility." He is a senior fellow of the International Center for Academic Integrity, a member of the editorial board of the International Journal for Educational Integrity, the journal of the Asia Pacific Forum on Educational Integrity and a member and researcher with the Institute of Human Values in Health Care, Medical University of South Carolina.
About the presentation
In his presentation, Wueste will share true stories in which the ideas of vulnerability, preventability and responsibility loom large; make a suggestion about the links between and among these ideas; and articulate an ethical principle that seems to emerge from them. He will focus on responsibility in the sense of what one ought ethically to do, as well as what one can be reasonably expected to do and suggest a principle in terms of which responsibility is a function of two key features of a situation, namely vulnerability and preventability.
For more information, visit wmich.edu/ethics/events/lectures or contact Dr. Michael Pritchard at michael.pritchard@wmich.edu.
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