Episode

8/17 Susan Dwyer: The Moral Naivete of Ethics By Numbers

August 17, 2015

Susan Dwayer a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland explains the importance of bioethics. Her critique of Steve Pinker’s attack on the field of bioethics, Consider race, class and gender in medical research. And why we need to consider the big picture in medicine.

On The Fun Half: Ben Carson calls Barack Obama a anti semite. Bobby Jindal now imagining laws that don’t exist and the Governor of Maryland said what? Also your calls and IMs.

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