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Professor Pence's writings include Re-Creating
Medicine: Ethical Issues at the Frontiers of Medicine (Rowman
& Littlefield, 2000), Classic
Cases in Medical Ethics: Accounts of the Cases that Shaped Medical
Ethics (McGraw-Hill, 3rd edition 2000), Who's
Afraid of Human Cloning? (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997),
and, with G. Lynn Stevens, Seven
Dilemmas in World Religions (Paragon House, 1994).
He has edited Classic
Works in Medical Ethics: Core Philosophical Readings (McGraw-Hill,
1997) and Flesh
of My Flesh: The Ethics of Cloning Humans (Rowman &
Littlefield, 1998).
Recently Dr. Pence has written a book about the
ethics of food production, Designer
Food:Mutant Harvest or Breadbasket of the World? (Rowman
& Littlefield, 2002), and edited an anthology on the same
subject, The
Ethics of Food: A Reader for the Twenty-First Century
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2002). Designer Food was named
a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2003.
Dr. Pence's book Brave
New Bioethics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003) gathers 35 essays into one broad-ranging volume on controversial issues such as cloning, AIDS, dignified death and test-tube babies.
Dr. Pence published Cloning After Dolly with Rowman & Littlefield in 2005.
Dr.Pence's newest book is The Elements of Bioethics (McGraw-Hill Books,
2006)
Upcoming talks
"The Ethics of Fame in Surgery," Surgery Grand Rounds, January 25, 2007, 5 pm,
West Pavilion, University Hospital, UAB, Birmingham, Alabama.
"Reflections on Thirty Years of Teaching Medical Ethics," February 3rd, 9 am, University of Alabama
Medical School Alumni Meeting, Ross Bridge Resort, Hoover, Alabama.
"Disability Ethics and the Value of Life," Rehabilitative Medicine Grand Rounds, noon, February 23rd, Spain Rehabilitation Center, UAB, Birmingham, Alabama
2006).
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Telephone Numbers
Dr. Pence's Office: 205-934-8922
Philosophy Department Office: 205-934-4805
National cell phone number: 205 873-0485
Email
Dr. Pence's email: pence@uab.edu
Congressional Testimony
Dr. Pence's congressional testimony on cloning
can be found here.
Useful Links for Students
of Philosophy and Bioethics
Bioethics in the news
http://www.bioethics.net
Archived articles on bioethics:
http://www.bioethics.net
Episteme
http://www.epistemelinks.com
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu
Tips on Writing a Philosophy Paper
http://www.cofc.edu/~portmord/tips.htm
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