Programme

Society for Applied Philosophy

Annual Conference 2006

THE PHILOSOPHY OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Chancellors Conference Centre, Manchester University

30th June - 2nd July

Friday 30th | Saturday 1st | Sunday 2nd

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Friday 30th June
	11 - 1pm	ECM
			executive committee members only

	1 – 2pm	Registration

	2 – 3pm	Concurrent Session I
		Main Theatre:
			David Benatar, University of Cape Town Public Health and Reproductive Freedom Chair-commentator: Stephen Wilkinson (Keele University)
		Seminar Room 1:
			Onyebuchi Arah, University of Amsterdam On The Evaluative Space for Measuring Public Health Performance Chair-commentator: Anthony Wrigley (Keele University)
		Seminar Room 2:
			Hans Donckers, Ghent University Health Promotion: Twofold Paternalism? Chair-commentator: Wendy A Rogers (Flinders University)
		Seminar Room 3:
			Daniel Brudney, University of Chicago Deserving to die? Chair-commentator: Penny Davies (La Trobe University)

	3 – 4pm	Concurrent Session II
		Main Theatre:
			Gillian Brock, University of Auckland Health in Developing Countries and Our Global Responsibilities Chair-commentator: Barry Pakes (University of Toronto)
		Seminar Room 1:
			Catherine Womack, Bridgewater State College Categories of Constraint and Avenues of Freedom: Proposing Collective Agency for Addressing Problems of Obesity Chair-commentator: Seth Joshua Thomas (Fordham University)
		Seminar Room 2:
			Stephen John, University of Cambridge Rawls's two idealisations and public health policy Chair-commentator: Oliver Rauprich (Ruhr-University Bochum)
		Seminar Room 3:
			Bejamin Hale, University of Colorado and Lauren Hale, Stony Brook University Strange Bedfellows: Autonomy, Ethics, And The Sleep Of Reason Chair-commentator: Neil Manson (Lancaster University

	4 – 4.30pm	Tea

	4.30 – 6pm	Plenary Session I
		Main Theatre:
			Dan Brock, Harvard University The ethics of cost-effectiveness analysis Chair: Gordon Graham (Princeton Theological Seminary)

	6 – 7.30pm	Dinner

	7.30 – 9pm	Plenary Session II
		Main Theatre:
			David Buchanan, University of Massachusetts The concept and ethics of prevention Chair: Tom Sorrell (University of Essex)

	9.15pm	Wine Reception	Journal of Applied Philosophy Wine Reception hosted by Basil Blackwell

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Saturday 1st July

	9 – 10am	Concurrent Session III
		Main Theatre:
			Stephen Clarke, Australian National University Surgeons' Report Cards: Arguments and Implementation Chair-commentator: Christine James (Valdosta State University)
		Seminar Room 1:
			Kathy King, LSE, and NYU Center for Child Health Research Risk and Preventative Distributions in Pubic Health Chair-commentator: Anne Slowther (University of Warwick
		Seminar Room 2:
			Christopher McDougall, University of Toronto A critical public health ethics approach to expanding the sphere of global health policy options Chair-commentator: John Tasioulas (University of Oxford)
		Seminar Room 3:
			Melissa Stobie, University of Kwazulu-Natal Meeting the public health needs of children in Africa: A call for more research involving children Chair-commentator: James Wilson (Keele University)

	10 – 11am	Concurrent Sessions IV
		Main Theatre:
			Christian Munthe, Göteborg University The Goals of Public Health and the Ethics of Public Health Policies Chair-commentator: Stephen Peckham (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
		Seminar Room 1:
			Patricia Illingworth, Northeastern University The Duty to Provide Social Capital Chair-commentator: Rebecca Shah (Keele University)
		Seminar Room 2:
			Martin McIvor, University of Edinburgh Egalitarian philosophy and the debate over NHS reform: efficiency, equity, and the least advantaged Chair-commentator: Kathrin Thomas (National Public Health Service for Wales)
		Seminar Room 3:
			Heather Widdows, University of Birmingham Is bioethics irredeemably individual? Exploring the conceptual resources of bioethics to accommodate groups as ethical loci Chair-commentator: Caroline Mullen (University of Birmingham)

	11 – 11.30am	Coffee

	11.30 – 1pm	Plenary Session III
		Main Theatre:
			Soren Holm, University of Cardiff Global concerns and local arguments how a localised bioethics may perpetuate injustice Chair: Angus Dawson (Keele University)

	1 – 2.30pm	Lunch

	2.30 – 3.30pm	Concurrent Sessions V
		Main Theatre:
			Sridhar Venkatapuram, University of Cambridge Some initial problems in ethical evaluation of the non-random determinants of mortality and morbidity Chair-commentator: John Powles (University of Cambridge)
		Seminar Room 1:
			Niels Nijsingh, Utrecht University Newborn screening and the right (not) to know Chair-commentator: Marie Gaille-Nikodimov
		Seminar Room 2:
			Stephen Wilkinson, Keele University Should Embryo Selection on Public Health Grounds be a Privileged Category? Chair-commentator: Susan Sapsed (University of Luton)
		Seminar Room 3:
			Martin Wilkinson, University of Auckland Contagious Disease And Rights Chair-commentator: Anne Wilkinson (Yorkshire)

	3.30 – 4pm	*Tea, and JAP* Meet the Editor session**
			Journal of Applied Philosophy Meet the Editor Session hosted by Basil Blackwell

	4 – 5pm	Concurrent Sessions VI
		Main Theatre:
			Shlomi Segall, Harvard University Health Equity: A Luck Prioritarian Account Chair-commentator: Martin McIvor (University of Edinburgh)
		Seminar Room 1:
			Kalle Grill, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm Anti-paternalism and public health work Chair-commentator: Don Hill (University of Oxford)
		Seminar Room 2:
			Michael J Selgelid, University of Sydney Ethics, Bioterrorism, and Censorship Chair-commentator: David Archard (Lancaster University)
		Seminar Room 3:
			Daniel Weinstock, Université de Montréal Risk, Democracy, and Public Health Chair-commentator: Michael Kelleher (Suffolk College)

	5 – 6pm	Society for Applied Philosophy AGM

	6 – 7.30pm	Dinner

	7.30 – 9pm	Plenary Session IV
		Main Theatre:
			Robyn Martin, Hertfordshire University The role of the law in public health Chair: John Tasioulas (University of Oxford)

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Sunday 2nd July
	9.30 – 10.30am	Concurrent Session VII
		Main Theatre:
			Marcel Verweij, Utrecht University Equipoise and placebos in a public immunisation programme Chair-commentator: Angus Dawson (Keele University)
		Seminar Room 1:
			Niall MacLean, University of St Andrews Distributing Health Care in Pluralistic Societies Chair-commentator: Gordon Graham (Princeton Theological Seminary)
		Seminar Room 2:
			Paula Boddington, Cardiff University Shared Responsibility Agreements: Empowering or Patronising? Chair-commentator: Tom Sorell (University of Essex)
		Seminar Room 3:
			Charlotte Paul, University of Otago Why is the common good argument so problematic in HIV prevention? Chair-commentator: Vikki Entwistle (University of Dundee)

	10.30 - 11am	Coffee

	11am – 12.30pm	Plenary Session V
		Main Theatre:
			Alan Cribb, King's College London Social Science in the Clinic Chair: Neil Manson (Lancaster University)

	12.30 – 2pm	Lunch

	2 – 3.30pm	Plenary Session VI
		Main Theatre:
			Margaret Pabst Battin, University of Utah The Patient as Victim and Vector: The Challenge of Infectious Disease Chair: David Archard (Lancaster University)
	3.30 – 4pm	Tea and Close of Conference
			Please ensure any outstanding business is completed by the close of conference
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