“A Philosophical Discussion of Rights and Their Application: A Critique of Questions Surrounding Health-Related Rights”
Monday November 15, 2010
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Bard College Bertelsmann Campus Center Multi–Purpose Room
Chris Taggart
Discussion Topic:
“Conception of Rights in Theoretical and Practical Reasoning”
Mr. Taggart has a PhD from Notre Dame in Philosophy, a JD from Yale, and is currently working on a PhD in Judicial Sciences at Harvard.
Michael Lee
“Positive and Negative Rights and Their Economic Implications: Is There Actually a Right to Universal Health care?”
Yale Law School & Washington University in St. Louis Medical School.
He wrote his capstone paper at Duke University on federal regulation of the pharmaceutical industry. Michael is interested in the intersection of medicine and law in fields such as medical ethics, bioterrorism, and health economics. Michael published a cancer biology research paper and a photo documentary about an American medical team providing care amid the intermittent conflict in Chiapas, Mexico. He has served as the coordinator of the economics course for WUSTL’s first-year medical students, a summer fellow at WUSTL’s Center for Health Policy, and he is the editor-in-chief of the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics, the nation’s premiere health law journal. Michael has publish ed two law journal commentaries on health reform and spent the summer of 2009 consulting for the Department of Homeland Security on anti-bioterrorism initiatives.
William James:
Discussion Topic:
“Collective & Individual Rights and Responsibilities: Where They Apply and the Often Polarizing Effects of Their Application.”
Mr. James is a current student under Tony Blair at Yale, has worked with two noble laureates, and has degrees from both Harvard and Yale. His background is in logic, foundational mathematics, political philosophy, and effective analytical methods in decision making procedures. He is currently organizing scholarships for economically disadvantaged students from Brazil.
Bard College Debate regularly hosts guest speakers and public debates that are designed to stimulate constructive thought and encourage open public discourse. This lecture series is a segway into our public debate on Wednesday November 17th “This House Would Ban Smoking on the Bard College Campus” 8:00-10:00 p.m. in the MPR.