The Making of the British School. Murray will suggest factors to be considered in the making of public policy governing the choice and control of parents over their offspring's characteristics. He will discuss both a law-inspired notion of procreative liberty as a possible ethical basis for regulating reproductive, genetic and enhancement technologies, and policy founded on society's deepest beliefs about the nature of parenthood and the significance of the relationship between parent and child. Case Studies from Mississippi and Florida. Participants are invited to bring a brown bag lunch for the discussion following the talk.
Restoration commonly is used to compensate for the permitted destruction of ecosystems.
Some restorationists challenge the ethics of this practice, according to Clewell, who is past president of the Society for Ecological Restoration. He will explore the controversy by citing two case studies. One is a restored headwater swamp on mined and reclaimed land in Florida. The other is a mitigation bank operated by The Nature Conservancy for restoring pitcher-plant prairies in Mississippi. Knafl, a sociologist who has spent her career making contributions to nursing research, is considered an expert on how families cope with chronic illness in children and on qualitative research methods.