Great Falls Forum with David Cummiskey

Our featured presenter for the October 20th Great Falls Forum will be Bates College Philosophy professor David Cummiskey. Popular among students for his high-energy and engaging lecture style, professor Cummiskey will present, “Understanding the End of Aging,” an exploration of the medical, ethical, and existential dimensions of efforts to slow down or halt the aging process. This free public program will take place at 12 noon in LPL’s Callahan Hall.

Besides serving as Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Bates College, David is a medical ethics consultant at Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick Maine and he sits on the medical ethics committee at Central Maine Healthcare in Lewiston.  He also served on the Board of Directors for the Maine Bioethics Network, and the Bio-Ethics Advisory Committee for Department of Human Services, State of Maine.

Cummiskey’s research and publications discuss contemporary issues in moral and political theory and he is currently working on cross-cultural ethics, focusing in particular on Confucian, Buddhist, and Islamic approaches to medical ethics. He is the author of Kantian Consequentialism (Oxford University Press) and is currently writing a book on Intercultural Bioethics. His awards include the Newcombe Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, a National Endowment for the Humanities research fellowship, and a Bates College Phillips Fellowship. Cummiskey received his MA in Political Science and his Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Michigan.

The Great Falls Forum is a monthly, brown-bag speaker series featuring statewide and regional leaders in public policy, business, academia and the arts. The programs are free, open to all and no reservations are required. Coffee, tea and bottled water are provided for a donation at the event. The Forum is a co-sponsorship of the Sun Journal, Bates College and LPL.

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