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Carl Elliott, a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota, will present a lecture on Nov. 14 at 5 p.m. in Northen Auditorium in Leyburn Library as part of Washington and Lee University’s Mudd Center for Ethics’ series on “How We Live And Die.”
Elliott’s lecture, which is free and open to the public, is titled “The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No.” The event will also be streamed online at https://go.wlu.edu/ livestream.
Elliott’s research interests include wrongdoing in medicine, especially in the areas of clinical research and pharmaceutical marketing, and philosophical issues surrounding identity, authenticity and justice through the lens of biomedical technology.
“Carl Elliott has long studied the convoluted apparatus of American medicine,” said Melissa Kerin, the director of the Mudd Center. “He has raised difficult and uncomfortable questions about the intentions and assumptions around medical practice — everything from research experimentation on drugs to practices of peddling those same pharmaceuticals. Guiding his investigations are perennial concerns about possibility and justice. His talk at W&L will highlight the stories and testimonies of those who disclose unethical medical experiments — and the cost of doing so. These instances of immoral medical experimentation and subsequent whistle-blowing prompt us to question the future of bioethics, based on a justifiably distrustful past.”
For more information and a complete schedule of events, visit the series webpage: https:// my.wlu.edu/mudd-center/ programs-and-events/20242025-how-we-live-and-die.
