7th Annual Program in Ethics and Health Conference

7th Annual Program in Ethics and Health Conference: Identified vs. Statistical Lives - Ethics and Public Policy Session Chair: Nir Eyal, D.Phil. Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School Stephen Darwall, Ph.D. Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy, Yale University; John Dewey Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Michigan Caspar Hare Associate Professor of Philosophy, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michael Slote, Ph.D. UST Professor of Ethics, University of Miami This conference focuses on how decision makers and the public tend to feel more strongly obligated to assist "identified" people at risk than to assist "statistical" ones, and the implications for public policy. To illustrate, when a group of Chilean miners were stranded following a 2010 mine accident, the rescue mission garnered worldwide support and millions of dollars, but the public had not felt

7th Annual Program in Ethics and Health Conference: Identified vs. Statistical Lives - Ethics and Public Policy Session Chair: Nir Eyal, D.Phil. Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School Stephen Darwall, Ph.D. Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy, Yale University; John Dewey Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Michigan Caspar Hare Associate Professor of Philosophy, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michael Slote, Ph.D. UST Professor of Ethics, University of Miami

7th Annual Program in Ethics and Health Conference: Identified vs. Statistical Lives - Ethics and Public Policy Session Chair: Eric Beerbohm Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University, and Director of Graduate Fellowships, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University Norman Daniels, Ph.D. Mary B. Saltonstall Professor and Professor of Ethics and Population Health, Harvard School of Public Health Michael Otsuka, D.Phil. Professor of Philosophy, University College London Nir Eyal, D.Phil. Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School This conference focuses on how decision makers and the public tend to feel more strongly obligated to assist "identified" people at risk than to assist "statistical" ones, and the implications for public policy. To illustrate, when a group of Chilean miners were stranded following a 2010 mine accident, the rescue mission garnered worldwide support and millions of dollars, but the public had not felt a si

7th Annual Program in Ethics and Health Conference Identified vs Statistical Lives - Ethics and Public Policy Session Chair: Eric Beerbohm Assistant Professor of Government, Harvard University, and Director of Graduate Fellowships, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University Norman Daniels, Ph.D. Mary B. Saltonstall Professor and Professor of Ethics and Population Health, Harvard School of Public Health Michael Otsuka, D.Phil. Professor of Philosophy, University College London Nir Eyal, D.Phil. Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School This conference focuses on how decision makers and the public tend to feel more strongly obligated to assist "identified" people at risk than to assist "statistical" ones, and the implications for public policy. To illustrate, when a group of Chilean miners were stranded following a 2010 mine accident, the rescue mission garnered worldwide support and millions of dollars, but the public had not felt a simi

7th Annual Program in Ethics and Health Conference: Identified vs. Statistical Lives - Ethics and Public Policy Session Chair: I. Glenn Cohen, J.D. Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School Matthew D. Adler, J.D. Leon Meltzer Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School Lisa Heinzerling, J.D. Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center Wendy Parmet, J.D. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and George J. and Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law I. Glenn Cohen, J.D. Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School This conference focuses on how decision makers and the public tend to feel more strongly obligated to assist "identified" people at risk than to assist "statistical" ones, and the implications for public policy. To i

7th Annual Program in Ethics and Health Conference Session Chair: I. Glenn Cohen, J.D. Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School Matthew D. Adler, J.D. Leon Meltzer Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School Lisa Heinzerling, J.D. Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center Wendy Parmet, J.D. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and George J. and Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law I. Glenn Cohen, J.D. Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School This conference focuses on how decision makers and the public tend to feel more strongly obligated to assist "identified" people at risk than to assist "statistical" ones, and the implications for public policy. To illustrate, when a group of Chilean miners were stranded follo

Session Chair: Till Bärnighausen, M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D. Assistant Professor of Global Health, Harvard School of Public Health Max Essex, Ph.D. Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health Till Bärnighausen, M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D. Assistant Professor of Global Health, Harvard School of Public Health Johann Frick, Ph.D. candidate Department of Philosophy, Harvard University Jonathan Wolff, B.A., M.Phil. Professor, Centre for Philosophy, Justice and Health, University College London This conference focuses on how decision makers and the public tend to feel more strongly obligated to assist "identified" people at risk than to assist "statistical" ones, and the implications for public policy. To illustrate, when a group of Chilean miners were stranded following a 2010 mine accident, the rescue mission garnered worldwide support and millions of dollars, but the public had not felt a similar need to invest in mine safety measures that would have saved more stat

Session Chair: Till Bärnighausen, M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D. Assistant Professor of Global Health, Harvard School of Public Health Max Essex, Ph.D. Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health Till Bärnighausen, M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D. Assistant Professor of Global Health, Harvard School of Public Health Johann Frick, Ph.D. candidate Department of Philosophy, Harvard University Jonathan Wolff, B.A., M.Phil. Professor, Centre for Philosophy, Justice and Health, University College London This conference focuses on how decision makers and the public tend to feel more strongly obligated to assist "identified" people at risk than to assist "statistical" ones, and the implications for public policy. To illustrate, when a group of Chilean miners were stranded following a 2010 mine accident, the rescue mission garnered worldwide support and millions of dollars, but the public had not felt a similar need to invest in mine safety measures that would have saved more stat

7th Annual Program in Ethics and Health Conference: Identified vs. Statistical Lives - Ethics and Public Policy Session Chair: Stephen Resch, Ph.D. Deputy Director, Center for Health Decision Science, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health Deborah Small, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Marketing and Psychology, University of Pennsylvania Jennifer Lerner, Ph.D. Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Director, Harvard Laboratory for Decision Science Amitabh Chandra, Ph.D. Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Peter Railton, Ph.D. John Stephenson Perrin Professor of Philosophy and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, University of Michigan This conference focuses on how decision makers and the public tend to feel more strongly obligated to assist "identified" people at risk than to assist "statistical" ones, and the implications for public policy. To illustrate, when a group of Chilean miner

7th Annual Program in Ethics and Health Conference: Identified vs. Statistical Lives - Ethics and Public Policy Session Chair: Stephen Resch, Ph.D. Deputy Director, Center for Health Decision Science, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health Deborah Small, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Marketing and Psychology, University of Pennsylvania Jennifer Lerner, Ph.D. Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Director, Harvard Laboratory for Decision Science Amitabh Chandra, Ph.D. Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Peter Railton, Ph.D. John Stephenson Perrin Professor of Philosophy and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, University of Michigan This conference focuses on how decision makers and the public tend to feel more strongly obligated to assist "identified" people at risk than to assist "statistical" ones, and the implications for public policy. To illustrate, when a group of Chilean miner