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President's Council on Bioethics
President Bush created the Council on Bioethics through an Executive Order on November 28, 2001. The Council will have up to 18 members drawn from the fields of science and medicine, law and government, philosophy and theology, and other areas of the humanities and social sciences. As part of its mission, the Council may investigate and advise the President about issues related to specific biomedical technologies and research, as well as general bioethical issues such as appropriate protections for human research subjects.
President's Council on Bioethics
Loews L’Enfant Plaza
Hotel
Washington, D.C.
January 17-18, 2001
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17
| 8:30 am | Session 1: Welcome and Opening Remarks. |
| Leon R. Kass, M.D., Chairman. | |
| 9:00 am | Reactions and Opening Statements. |
| Members of Council. | |
| 10:00 am | Break. |
| 10:15 am | Session 2: Science and the Pursuit of Perfection. |
| Discussion of Hawthorne Short Story, "The Birthmark." | |
| 11:45 pm | Break. |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch. |
| 1:00 pm | Session 3: How to Do Bioethics. |
| Discussion of Gilbert Meilaender Paper, "In Search of Wisdom: Bioethics and the Character of Human Life." | |
| 2:30 pm | Break. |
| 2:45 pm | Session 4: Human Cloning 1: Human Procreation and Biotechnology. |
| Discussion of Cloning Working Paper # 1. | |
| Background: Cloning Working Paper # 2. | |
| 4:30 pm | Adjournment. |
FRIDAY, JANUARY 18
| 8:30 am | Session 5: Human Cloning 2: Ethical Issues in Clonal Reproduction. |
| Discussion of Cloning Working Paper # 3. | |
| 10:00 am | Break. |
| 10:15 am | Session 6: Human Cloning 3: Policy Issues and Research Cloning. |
| Discussion of Cloning Working Paper # 4. | |
| 11:45 pm | Break. |
| Noon | Session 7: Public Comments. |
| 1:00 pm | Adjournment. |
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