Since
1976, 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.
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 |
Publications
Professor Pence's newest book is The Elements of Bioethics (McGraw-Hill Books, 2006).
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 like cloning, AIDS, dignified death and test-tube babies.
Dr. Pence published Cloning After Dolly with Rowman & Littlefield in 2005. |
