Since1976, Gregory E. Pence has taught in the Philosophy Department, and since 1977, has taught Medical Ethics to first-year students in the School of Medicine. He also directs UAB's Early Medical School Acceptance Program (EMSAP). In 1994, he won the Ingalls Award, UAB's highest award for teaching. Graduating cum laude in 1970 (philosophy) from William and Mary, he earned a Ph.D. in 1974 from New York University.

Publications

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)

Recent 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).

 

 

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.