This can hardly be surprising; the attitude is endemic to the industry. At an SF conference a few years back, two of the speakers (both authors as well as researchers in genetic engineering) basically said bioethics is a waste of time because all it did was try to prevent them from doing research that somebody else was going to do anyway. They didn’t even have the grace to appear ashamed by this.
Congratulations to the Daily for this fine editorial.
The Chairman of the Board of Regents recently chastised the Daily for an error in fact. This error by the Regents is, in fact, more egregious.
In Chair Allens words: “Having a rich and vibrant discussion on significant issues is an important part of any editorial page.”
But if it only stays on the editorial page it really does not matter. This is the same group who turned down out of hand the request by the Regent’s professors to stop the deconstruction of the Graduate School. They now turn down the request of a significant number of our bioethics faculty. Is bioethics at the University of Minnesota only a theoretical discipline?
I suggest that the Regents are very much out of touch with the community on this issue.
I absolutely agree with the Daily’s conclusion:
“Refusing to set up an independent investigation is a willfully ignorant attempt to sweep the Markingson case under the rug and damages the integrity of the entire University.”
And if people do not believe that this issue reflects badly on the University at the national level, then they have not been paying attention.
Chair Allen – how about a vibrant discussion?
William B. Gleason
U of M Medical School faculty and alum
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February 11th, 2011 at 10:17AM
This can hardly be surprising; the attitude is endemic to the industry. At an SF conference a few years back, two of the speakers (both authors as well as researchers in genetic engineering) basically said bioethics is a waste of time because all it did was try to prevent them from doing research that somebody else was going to do anyway. They didn’t even have the grace to appear ashamed by this.
February 11th, 2011 at 10:56AM
My comments on the Minnesota Daily website:
Congratulations to the Daily for this fine editorial.
The Chairman of the Board of Regents recently chastised the Daily for an error in fact. This error by the Regents is, in fact, more egregious.
In Chair Allens words: “Having a rich and vibrant discussion on significant issues is an important part of any editorial page.”
But if it only stays on the editorial page it really does not matter. This is the same group who turned down out of hand the request by the Regent’s professors to stop the deconstruction of the Graduate School. They now turn down the request of a significant number of our bioethics faculty. Is bioethics at the University of Minnesota only a theoretical discipline?
I suggest that the Regents are very much out of touch with the community on this issue.
I absolutely agree with the Daily’s conclusion:
“Refusing to set up an independent investigation is a willfully ignorant attempt to sweep the Markingson case under the rug and damages the integrity of the entire University.”
And if people do not believe that this issue reflects badly on the University at the national level, then they have not been paying attention.
Chair Allen – how about a vibrant discussion?
William B. Gleason
U of M Medical School faculty and alum
February 11th, 2011 at 1:14PM
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