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'''July 22-23, 2009'''

Two-day Course organized in conjunction with the [http://icbo.buffalo.edu International Conference on Biomedical Ontology].

The leading philosophical approaches to personal identity provide very different accounts of what we are essentially, when we come into existence, when we go out of existence, how we persist across time, and what matters in our survival.  This workshop will examine the implications of different theories of personal identity for the bioethical controversies surrounding embryonic stem cell research, abortion, death, organ procurement, informed consent and advance directives. 

'''Suggested Readings'''

Baker, Lynne. “[http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~lrb/ When Do Persons Begin and End?]”
 
Conee, Earl. “Metaphysics and Morality of Abortion”, ''Mind'', 108: 1999. 619-645.

Hershenov, David B. "[http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~dh25/articles/The%20Death%20of%20a%20Person.doc Death of a Person]", ''The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy'', 31, April 2006, 107-120.

Hershenov, David B. "[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/bioethics/Hershenov_Animals.doc Animals, Persons and Bioethics]", ''APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Medicine'', 2008 vol. 8 no. 1.

Hershenov, David B. and Delaney James, [http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~dh25/articles/WhyConsentMayNotBeRequiredforOrganProcurement.doc "Why Consent May Not Be Needed For Organ Procurement]", forthcoming in ''American Journal of Bioethics'' (as target article).

Hershenov, David B. "[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/bioethics/Hershenov_Metaphysical_Basis.doc The Metaphysical Basis for a More Liberal Organ Procurement Policy]," forthcoming in ''Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics'' (special issue on Personal Identity and Bioethics).

Olson, Eric "[http://www.shef.ac.uk/content/1/c6/03/49/16/FetusNew.pdf Was I Ever an Embryo?]", ''Philosophy and Phenomenological Research'' 57: 1997. 95-110.

Parfit, Derek. "Personal Identity." ''The Philosophical Review''.  80:1. 1971

Shewmon, D. Alan.  "Recovery from ‘Brain Death’: A Neurologist’s Apologia." ''Linacre 
Quarterly'', February 1997. 30-96

Shoemaker, David. "[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/bioethics/Shoemarker_Embryos.doc Embryos, Souls and the Fourth Dimension]", ''Social Theory and 
Practice''. 31:1. 2005. 51-75.

Shoemaker, David. "[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/bioethics/Shoemarker_Insignificance.doc The Insignificance of Personal Identity]", underreview.

'''Faculty'''

[http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~dh25/index.html David B. Hershenov] is an associate professor of philosophy at the University at Buffalo. His research interests are in the metaphysical foundations of bioethics.