Pottery, Moral Enhancement, and Science-Fiction with Pei-hua Huang

Summary

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Pei-hua Huang.

Dr Pei-hua Huang’s work lies where bioethics and political philosophy intersect. She is interested in the interaction of social issues and medical technologies. She has a special interest in philosophical issues raised by human and moral enhancement technologies and the treatment of morally relevant psychiatric conditions.

They discuss manga and moral enhancement, pottery and Confucianism, and the pros and cons of science fiction.

A transcript of this episode is available on the Concept : Art website (www.conceptart.fm).

Concept : Art is produced on muwinina Country, lutruwita Tasmania. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.

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Pat McConville

Pat McConville is a philosopher and bioethicist based in nipaluna Hobart, in lutruwita Tasmania. He is currently Lecturer in the School of Medicine, Deakin University, Australia.

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