[Hamp-law] "Matters of Life and Death" discussion and dinner

[Stephanie A. Levin]

Please come to "Matters of Life and Death"
A panel discussion co-hosted by The Culture, Brain & Development Program and the Law Program at Hampshire College
Monday, April 25th from 5:30 - 7:30pm in the FPH Faculty Lounge. 
Pizza and soda will be provided.

The Terry Sciavo case has raised difficult questions about the nature and quality of life and death, and has confronted all of us with the uncomfortable fact that there are conditions or states that are perhaps somewhere between life and death. Such states raise questions 
that do not yield to easy answers and require us to wrestle simultaneously with science, law, philosophy and religion: What does it mean to be alive/dead/in a coma/persistent vegetative state/minimally conscious state? What makes life worth living? When is it okay to end a life? Who should make these decisions? What other legal issues are in play at the end of life? And what role should the 
government play in these determinations? The Culture, Brain and Development program and the Law Program at Hampshire College present a panel discussion of these issues that brings together scientists, philosophers, anthropologists, and experts in the study of religion 
and legal studies. Come bring your own questions and ideas, and participate in the discussion.

The panel will feature faculty from the schools of CS, SS and HACU, and the philosophy department at 
Mt. Holyoke College. All are welcome.

Stephanie A. Levin
Associate Dean of Advising and 
     Visiting Associate Professor of Legal Studies
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA 01002
413 559-5769
slevin at hampshire.edu
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