The Stanford Anscombe Society presents our second annual conference
FACING HISTORY
THE LEGACY OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION
THE LEGACY OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION
April 11, 2015
Faculty Club
Stanford University
The Sexual Revolution was a major shift in American society during the 1960s, the legacy of which has been marked by decreasing rates of marriage and childbirth, increasing rates of pre-marital cohabitation and divorce, and the emergence of the pro-choice movement. The Facing History conference will examine the roots of this movement (around the nation as well as here at Stanford), discussing its revolutionary ideas about sexual ethics and their wide-reaching impact on modern society.
Faculty Club
Stanford University
The Sexual Revolution was a major shift in American society during the 1960s, the legacy of which has been marked by decreasing rates of marriage and childbirth, increasing rates of pre-marital cohabitation and divorce, and the emergence of the pro-choice movement. The Facing History conference will examine the roots of this movement (around the nation as well as here at Stanford), discussing its revolutionary ideas about sexual ethics and their wide-reaching impact on modern society.
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About the speakers:
William Hurlbut, M.D.
William B. Hurlbut is a physician and Consulting Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at Stanford University Medical Center. His primary areas of interest involve the ethical issues associated with advancing biomedical technology, the biological basis of moral awareness, and studies in the integration of theology and philosophy of biology. In addition to teaching at Stanford, he has worked with NASA on projects in astrobiology and as a member of the Chemical and Biological Warfare working group at Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. From 2002-2009 Dr. Hurlbut served on the President's Council on Bioethics. He is the author of Altered Nuclear Transfer, a proposed technological solution to the moral controversy over embryonic stem cell research.
William B. Hurlbut is a physician and Consulting Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at Stanford University Medical Center. His primary areas of interest involve the ethical issues associated with advancing biomedical technology, the biological basis of moral awareness, and studies in the integration of theology and philosophy of biology. In addition to teaching at Stanford, he has worked with NASA on projects in astrobiology and as a member of the Chemical and Biological Warfare working group at Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. From 2002-2009 Dr. Hurlbut served on the President's Council on Bioethics. He is the author of Altered Nuclear Transfer, a proposed technological solution to the moral controversy over embryonic stem cell research.
Jason Carroll, Ph.D.
Jason S. Carroll is a Professor of Marriage and Family Studies in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University. He currently serves as Associate Director in the School of Family Life. He received his Ph.D. in Family Social Science from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Carroll is an internationally-recognized researcher and educator in the areas of marital intimacy, marriage readiness among young adults, the effectiveness of marriage education, and modern threats to marriage (such as pornography, delayed age at marriage, materialism, premarital sexuality, and non-marital childbirth). Dr. Carroll’s work has been featured in the Economist, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, LA Times, Newsweek, USA Today, Psychology Today Magazine, National Public Radio, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and other popular media and news outlets. In 2014, Dr. Carroll received the Berscheid-Hatfield Award for Distinguished Mid-Career Achievement, a biennial award given for distinguished scientific achievement by the International Association for Relationship Research
Dr. Carroll has authored over 75 scientific articles, book chapters, and research reports and has presented numerous papers at national and international conferences. He is a professional member of the International Association for Relationship Research (IARR) and the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA). Dr. Carroll’s research has appeared in leading scientific journals such as the Journal of Family Psychology, Journal of Sex Research, Aggressive Behavior, Journal of American College Health, and the Journal of Adolescent Research. Dr. Carroll is currently a Fellow of the Wheatly Institution, a Faculty Fellow of the National Marriage Project, a Senior Fellow of the RELATE Institute, and an affiliated scholar with the Love and Fidelity Network. He and his wife Stefani are the blessed parents of five children.
Jason S. Carroll is a Professor of Marriage and Family Studies in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University. He currently serves as Associate Director in the School of Family Life. He received his Ph.D. in Family Social Science from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Carroll is an internationally-recognized researcher and educator in the areas of marital intimacy, marriage readiness among young adults, the effectiveness of marriage education, and modern threats to marriage (such as pornography, delayed age at marriage, materialism, premarital sexuality, and non-marital childbirth). Dr. Carroll’s work has been featured in the Economist, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, LA Times, Newsweek, USA Today, Psychology Today Magazine, National Public Radio, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and other popular media and news outlets. In 2014, Dr. Carroll received the Berscheid-Hatfield Award for Distinguished Mid-Career Achievement, a biennial award given for distinguished scientific achievement by the International Association for Relationship Research
Dr. Carroll has authored over 75 scientific articles, book chapters, and research reports and has presented numerous papers at national and international conferences. He is a professional member of the International Association for Relationship Research (IARR) and the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA). Dr. Carroll’s research has appeared in leading scientific journals such as the Journal of Family Psychology, Journal of Sex Research, Aggressive Behavior, Journal of American College Health, and the Journal of Adolescent Research. Dr. Carroll is currently a Fellow of the Wheatly Institution, a Faculty Fellow of the National Marriage Project, a Senior Fellow of the RELATE Institute, and an affiliated scholar with the Love and Fidelity Network. He and his wife Stefani are the blessed parents of five children.
Jennifer Lahl, R.N.
Ms. Lahl is founder and president of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. Lahl couples her 25 years of experience as a pediatric critical care nurse, a hospital administrator, and a senior-level nursing manager with a deep passion to speak for those who have no voice. Lahl’s writings have appeared in various publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Dallas Morning News, and the American Journal of Bioethics. As a field expert, she is routinely interviewed on radio and television including ABC, CBS, PBS, and NPR. She is also called upon to speak alongside lawmakers and members of the scientific community, even being invited to speak to members of the European Parliament in Brussels to address issues of egg trafficking.
She serves on the North American Editorial Board for Ethics and Medicine and on the Board of Reference for Joni Eareckson Tada’s Institute on Disability. In 2009, Lahl was associate producer of the documentary film, Lines That Divide: The Great Stem Cell Debate, which was an official selection in the 2010 California Independent Film Festival. She made her writing and directing debut producing the documentary film Eggsploitation, which has been awarded Best Documentary by the California Independent Film Festival and has sold in more than 30 countries. An updated and expanded version of Eggsploitation was released in the Fall of 2013. She is also Director, Executive Producer, and Co-Writer of Anonymous Father’s Day, a documentary film exploring the stories of women and men who were created by anonymous sperm donation. Her latest film, Breeders: A Subclass of Women? on surrogacy, was released January 2014, and completes the trilogy of films exploring the ethics of third-party reproduction.
Ms. Lahl is founder and president of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. Lahl couples her 25 years of experience as a pediatric critical care nurse, a hospital administrator, and a senior-level nursing manager with a deep passion to speak for those who have no voice. Lahl’s writings have appeared in various publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, the Dallas Morning News, and the American Journal of Bioethics. As a field expert, she is routinely interviewed on radio and television including ABC, CBS, PBS, and NPR. She is also called upon to speak alongside lawmakers and members of the scientific community, even being invited to speak to members of the European Parliament in Brussels to address issues of egg trafficking.
She serves on the North American Editorial Board for Ethics and Medicine and on the Board of Reference for Joni Eareckson Tada’s Institute on Disability. In 2009, Lahl was associate producer of the documentary film, Lines That Divide: The Great Stem Cell Debate, which was an official selection in the 2010 California Independent Film Festival. She made her writing and directing debut producing the documentary film Eggsploitation, which has been awarded Best Documentary by the California Independent Film Festival and has sold in more than 30 countries. An updated and expanded version of Eggsploitation was released in the Fall of 2013. She is also Director, Executive Producer, and Co-Writer of Anonymous Father’s Day, a documentary film exploring the stories of women and men who were created by anonymous sperm donation. Her latest film, Breeders: A Subclass of Women? on surrogacy, was released January 2014, and completes the trilogy of films exploring the ethics of third-party reproduction.
Christopher Tollefsen, Ph.D.
Christopher Tollefsen is Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina; he has twice been a Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He is the author, co-author, or editor of six books, including most recently Lying and Christian Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 2014). His book Embryo: A Defense of Human Life, co-authored with Robert P. George, was reviewed positively in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. He has published articles, book chapters, and reviews on bioethics, philosophy of action, and natural law ethics, and has written for popular journals such as First Things, National Review, Touchstone Magazine, and Public Discourse. He the editor of the Springer book series, Catholic Studies in Bioethics.
Christopher Tollefsen is Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina; he has twice been a Visiting Fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He is the author, co-author, or editor of six books, including most recently Lying and Christian Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 2014). His book Embryo: A Defense of Human Life, co-authored with Robert P. George, was reviewed positively in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. He has published articles, book chapters, and reviews on bioethics, philosophy of action, and natural law ethics, and has written for popular journals such as First Things, National Review, Touchstone Magazine, and Public Discourse. He the editor of the Springer book series, Catholic Studies in Bioethics.
Catherine Pakaluk, Ph.D.
Catherine Ruth Pakaluk is Assistant Professor of Economics at Ave Maria University and Founder-Director of the Stein Center for Social Research at Ave Maria University, an interdisciplinary institute for advanced studies in social science and social thought. She currently works in the areas of demography, family studies, the economics of education and religion, and the interpretation of Catholic social thought. Dr. Pakaluk earned her doctorate in economics at Harvard University (2010), where her dissertation under Caroline Hoxby examined the relationship between religion and educational outcomes. Her mentors have included F. Russell Hittinger, Michael Novak and Steven A. Long. Dr. Pakaluk is also a widely-admired popular writer and sought-after speaker on matters of culture, religion, gender, the social science of the family, the vocation of women, Catholic social thought, and the work of Edith Stein. She lives in Ave Maria, Florida with her husband Michael and seven children.
Catherine Ruth Pakaluk is Assistant Professor of Economics at Ave Maria University and Founder-Director of the Stein Center for Social Research at Ave Maria University, an interdisciplinary institute for advanced studies in social science and social thought. She currently works in the areas of demography, family studies, the economics of education and religion, and the interpretation of Catholic social thought. Dr. Pakaluk earned her doctorate in economics at Harvard University (2010), where her dissertation under Caroline Hoxby examined the relationship between religion and educational outcomes. Her mentors have included F. Russell Hittinger, Michael Novak and Steven A. Long. Dr. Pakaluk is also a widely-admired popular writer and sought-after speaker on matters of culture, religion, gender, the social science of the family, the vocation of women, Catholic social thought, and the work of Edith Stein. She lives in Ave Maria, Florida with her husband Michael and seven children.
About the moderator:
Jennifer Bryson, Ph.D.
Jennifer S. Bryson is Director of the Zephyr Institute, a new think tank in Palo Alto, CA. Her research focuses on Muslim support for religious freedom and ways Muslims are countering extremism through story-based arts (novels, feature films, and plays). Jennifer has a B.A. from Stanford University in Political Science and an M.A. from Yale University in History, and a Ph.D. from Yale in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. From late 2001-2007 she worked for the U.S. Department of Defense. Her assignments included strategic outreach to media and civil society institutions in Egypt and Yemen, working at the Defense Intelligence Agency, and serving on the Policy staff of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. From 2009 - 2014 she was Director of the Islam and Civil Society Project at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, NJ. In 2012-2013 she was a Visiting Professor at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, PA, where she continues to teach part-time as a Distinguished Visiting Professor. She serves on the Board of Directors of Peace Catalyst International.
Jennifer S. Bryson is Director of the Zephyr Institute, a new think tank in Palo Alto, CA. Her research focuses on Muslim support for religious freedom and ways Muslims are countering extremism through story-based arts (novels, feature films, and plays). Jennifer has a B.A. from Stanford University in Political Science and an M.A. from Yale University in History, and a Ph.D. from Yale in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. From late 2001-2007 she worked for the U.S. Department of Defense. Her assignments included strategic outreach to media and civil society institutions in Egypt and Yemen, working at the Defense Intelligence Agency, and serving on the Policy staff of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. From 2009 - 2014 she was Director of the Islam and Civil Society Project at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton, NJ. In 2012-2013 she was a Visiting Professor at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, PA, where she continues to teach part-time as a Distinguished Visiting Professor. She serves on the Board of Directors of Peace Catalyst International.
Please note:
The Stanford Anscombe Society seeks to promote respectful and academic dialogue among the many viewpoints held on marriage, family, and sexual integrity. It is our hope that the conference will be an open and safe space for men and women to engage with the legacy of the Sexual Revolution.
The Stanford Anscombe Society seeks to promote respectful and academic dialogue among the many viewpoints held on marriage, family, and sexual integrity. It is our hope that the conference will be an open and safe space for men and women to engage with the legacy of the Sexual Revolution.
