Name: Dr Doug McConnell
University of Oxford
https://www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-doug-mcconnell

Events this person is hosting:

Thursday 20 February 2020 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Debating Forced Medical Feeding: a Critical Examination of Israeli Responses to Hunger Strikes
Date: 20 February 2020, 17:30 - 19:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Hilary 2020)
Speaker : Professor Noam Zohar (Bar Ilan University)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)

Thursday 7 May 2020 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Medically Assisted Dying in Canada: from where we’ve come; to where we’re heading
Date: 7 May 2020, 16:00 - 17:30 (Thursday, 2nd week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker : Professor Arthur Schafer (University of Manitoba)
Venue Details: ZOOM Webinar: register here https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z1wEPMJHT36-omb9-HEC4Q
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)

Thursday 11 June 2020 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Choosing Now for Later: Precedent Autonomy and Problem of Surrogate Decision-Making After Severe Brain Injury
Date: 11 June 2020, 16:00 - 17:30 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker : Dr Mackenzie Graham (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)

Thursday 22 October 2020 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Our Moral Fate: Evolution and the Escape From Tribalism
Date: 22 October 2020, 16:00 - 17:30 (Thursday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker : Professor Allen Buchanan (Duke University)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)

Thursday 25 February 2021 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Towards a plasticity of the mind – New-ish ethical conundrums in dementia care, treatment, and research
Date: 25 February 2021, 12:30 - 14:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2021)
Speaker : David Lyreskog (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford), Professor Julian Savulescu (Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics)

Thursday 20 May 2021 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Fighting diseases of poverty through research: Deadly dilemmas, moral distress and misplaced responsibilities
Date: 20 May 2021, 12:30 - 14:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2021)
Speaker : Professor Maureen Kelley (Nuffield Department of Population Health)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)

Thursday 3 June 2021 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Waiver or understanding? A dilemma for autonomists about informed consent
Date: 3 June 2021, 12:30 - 14:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2021)
Speaker : Professor Gopal Sreenivasan (Duke University)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)

Thursday 24 February 2022 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

St Cross Special Ethics Seminar: Against Legalizing Female 'Circumcision' of Minors
Date: 24 February 2022, 12:30 - 14:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dr Brian D Earp (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)

Thursday 20 October 2022 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Dimensions of valuation: Contrasting moral expansiveness and moral capacity
Date: 20 October 2022, 17:30 - 19:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Dr Josh Rottman (Franklin & Marshall College)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: St Cross Room
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)

Events this person is organising:

Thursday 13 February 2020 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Why is mental healthcare so ethically confusing? Clinicians and institutions from an anthropological perspective
Date: 13 February 2020, 17:30 - 19:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Hilary 2020)
Speaker : Dr Neil Armstrong (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 20 February 2020 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Debating Forced Medical Feeding: a Critical Examination of Israeli Responses to Hunger Strikes
Date: 20 February 2020, 17:30 - 19:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Hilary 2020)
Speaker : Professor Noam Zohar (Bar Ilan University)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)

Thursday 7 May 2020 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Medically Assisted Dying in Canada: from where we’ve come; to where we’re heading
Date: 7 May 2020, 16:00 - 17:30 (Thursday, 2nd week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker : Professor Arthur Schafer (University of Manitoba)
Venue Details: ZOOM Webinar: register here https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z1wEPMJHT36-omb9-HEC4Q
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)

Thursday 11 June 2020 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Choosing Now for Later: Precedent Autonomy and Problem of Surrogate Decision-Making After Severe Brain Injury
Date: 11 June 2020, 16:00 - 17:30 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker : Dr Mackenzie Graham (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)

Thursday 22 October 2020 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Our Moral Fate: Evolution and the Escape From Tribalism
Date: 22 October 2020, 16:00 - 17:30 (Thursday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker : Professor Allen Buchanan (Duke University)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)

Thursday 19 November 2020 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Affect, Value and Problems Assessing Decision-Making Capacity
Date: 19 November 2020, 12:30 - 14:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker : Assoc. Professor Jennifer Hawkins (Duke University)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 21 January 2021 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

The Neuroscience of a Life Well-Lived
Date: 21 January 2021, 12:30 - 14:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Hilary 2021)
Speaker : Dr Morten Kringelbach (Associate Professor, University Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 25 February 2021 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Towards a plasticity of the mind – New-ish ethical conundrums in dementia care, treatment, and research
Date: 25 February 2021, 12:30 - 14:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2021)
Speaker : David Lyreskog (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford), Professor Julian Savulescu (Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics)

Thursday 20 May 2021 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Fighting diseases of poverty through research: Deadly dilemmas, moral distress and misplaced responsibilities
Date: 20 May 2021, 12:30 - 14:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2021)
Speaker : Professor Maureen Kelley (Nuffield Department of Population Health)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)

Thursday 3 June 2021 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Waiver or understanding? A dilemma for autonomists about informed consent
Date: 3 June 2021, 12:30 - 14:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2021)
Speaker : Professor Gopal Sreenivasan (Duke University)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)

Thursday 21 October 2021 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

St Cross Special Ethics Seminar: The ‘human element’ in the social space of the courtroom: Framing and influencing the deliberative process in mental capacity law
Date: 21 October 2021, 17:30 - 19:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker : Professor Michael Dunn
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 18 November 2021 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Vaccine policies and challenge trials: the ethics of relative risk in public health
Date: 18 November 2021, 17:30 - 19:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker : Dr Sarah Chan (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 10 February 2022 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

St Cross Special Ethics Seminar: Dr Theodore M. Lechterman
Date: 10 February 2022, 12:30 - 14:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dr Theodore M. Lechterman (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 24 February 2022 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

St Cross Special Ethics Seminar: Against Legalizing Female 'Circumcision' of Minors
Date: 24 February 2022, 12:30 - 14:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dr Brian D Earp (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Zoom
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)

Thursday 23 June 2022 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

Disinformation, Information Warfare and the Roles of Epistemic Institutions
Date: 23 June 2022, 17:30 - 19:00 (Thursday, 9th week, Trinity 2022)
Speaker
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 20 October 2022 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Dimensions of valuation: Contrasting moral expansiveness and moral capacity
Date: 20 October 2022, 17:30 - 19:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Dr Josh Rottman (Franklin & Marshall College)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: St Cross Room
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)

Thursday 3 November 2022 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Moral Machine Experiment
Date: 3 November 2022, 17:30 - 19:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Dr Edmond Awad (University of Exeter)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: St Cross Room
Organiser: Dr Doug McConnell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA