Alumni Association of Washington presents: "McGill on the Move: Lecture with Margaret Somerville"

The McGill Alumni Association of Washington, DC extends a cordial invitation to graduates, family and friends to attend a lecture and reception with Margaret Somerville, DCL’78, Professor, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Medicine, McGill University.

"Bird on an Ethics Wire: Searching for Common Ground"

When people of different backgrounds and viewpoints come together, how can they find shared values on which to build an ethical community? This question rests at the heart of Professor Margaret Somerville’s research. Her articulate and forthright approach to complex social problems has made her one of the world’s most recognizable ethicists. Now she’s turning her sights toward universities where, she believes, a plague of political correctness has descended, threatening our ability to honestly and respectfully discuss controversial issues. Please join this world-renowned scholar as she explores how we can find common values to unite our increasingly multicultural societies.

Margaret Somerville is a professor in both the Faculty of Law - where she holds the Samuel Gale Chair - and the Faculty of Medicine. In addition, she was the founding director of the McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law. She continues to be active in the global development of bioethics and in the study of the wider legal and ethical aspects of medicine and science. She is widely published and has been an invited speaker at numerous international conferences on ethical and legal aspects of science and society. In 2004, she was named the first recipient of the UNESCO Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science and delivered the CBC’s 2006 Massey Lectures. She is also a regular contributor to all forms of media.

Cost: $15 US

Online registration available on Alumnilife.