Comments on: Medical ethics

By: maurinsky

maurinsky — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:20:42 +0000

Maybe he’ll be teaching the “Goofus” way. There is a magazine for kids called “Highlights”, and they used to have a cartoon that showed Goofus and Gallant. Goofus would illustrate how not to do things, then Gallant would show how wrong Goofus was. Never mind, I think this person is an extremely poor choice to teach anything to anyone. This reminds me of a situation at a local University, Central Connecticut State University. The President of CCSU was arrested 2 years ago for impersonating a police officer, and now has admitted to plagiarizing. But the faculty has voted against firing him because they fear a leadership vacuum. Apparently they don’t care what kind of leadership there is. Students, who are subject to expulsion over even unintended plagiarism, are up in arms.

By: Jimmy Doyle

Jimmy Doyle — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:22:31 +0000

As Lady Warwick, chief executive of Universities UK, said in the Barbara Diamond memorial lecture reported in today’s Groan: “Academia cannot isolate itself from ‘the real world’ and pursue learning exclusively. It must legitimise itself by reflecting the society it serves.”

By: Rich Puchalsky

Rich Puchalsky — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:35:42 +0000

The students arrested for violent crimes and theft at the university I attended seemed to be primarily Criminology majors. Perhaps Keiran Healy’s pet theory has even wider applicability.

By: harry

harry — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 12:09:10 +0000

Come on Chris, the guy has practical experience of a real medical ethical question (‘Is active euthanasia permissible, even when the patient is not ill and does not consent?’). I have very limited practical expereince of the kinds of moral question I teach. This is the new, relevant, university.

By: Kieran Healy

Kieran Healy — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 11:04:08 +0000

This is a confirming instance of a wholly unfair pet theory of mine about people who specialize in ethics.