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Florida Technological University Medicine and Morality Audio-Visual collection, 1974-1975

 

Summary

Creator:
Florida Technological University. College of Arts and Humanities
Abstract:
In 1974 and 1975 the FTU College of Arts and Humanities, in cooperation with the Florida Endowment for the Humanities, sponsored two series of lectures targeting moral issues resulting from medical advancement. This collection comprises the audio and video records of those lectures. This collection is useful to historical research on moral beliefs and conversations in medicine and academia. Researchers should note that equipment is not currently available for playing this film format at UCF's Special Collections and University Archives. Series I: Audio and Video Recordings, 1974-1975 contains both the audio and video recordings of lectures presented in medicine and morality events. Medicine and Morality comprised two series of programs sponsored by the College of Arts and Humanities at Florida Technological University through support from the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. The first series, which took place in 1974, consisted of four programs and focused on controversial ethical issues related to recent advances in medicine's ability to control birth, death, and the overall quality of life. Each program was followed by discussions by a panel of experts from the FTU Departments of Humanities, Philosophy, and Religion. The second series, in 1975, invited two or more experts to speak on behalf of both sides of five controversial topics. The topics were: "National Healthcare and the Right to Private Practice," "Zen, Yoga, Acupuncture,Population Control and the Right to Parenthood," "Behavioral Control, Psychosurgery, and the Patient's Rights," and "Limited Resources and the Right to Prolong Life."
Extent:
2 Linear Feet 2 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Medicine and Morality Audio-Visual collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Background

Scope and content:

In 1974 and 1975 the FTU College of Arts and Humanities, in cooperation with the Florida Endowment for the Humanities, sponsored two series of lectures targeting moral issues resulting from medical advancement. This collection comprises the audio and video records of those lectures. This collection is useful to historical research on moral beliefs and conversations in medicine and academia. Researchers should note that equipment is not currently available for playing this film format at UCF's Special Collections and University Archives.

Series I: Audio and Video Recordings, 1974-1975 contains both the audio and video recordings of lectures presented in medicine and morality events.

Biographical / historical:

Medicine and Morality comprised two series of programs sponsored by the College of Arts and Humanities at Florida Technological University through support from the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. The first series, which took place in 1974, consisted of four programs and focused on controversial ethical issues related to recent advances in medicine's ability to control birth, death, and the overall quality of life. Each program was followed by discussions by a panel of experts from the FTU Departments of Humanities, Philosophy, and Religion. The second series, in 1975, invited two or more experts to speak on behalf of both sides of five controversial topics. The topics were: "National Healthcare and the Right to Private Practice," "Zen, Yoga, Acupuncture,Population Control and the Right to Parenthood," "Behavioral Control, Psychosurgery, and the Patient's Rights," and "Limited Resources and the Right to Prolong Life."

Acquisition information:
These materials were transferred from an unknown party to the University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collection and University Archives in the 20th Century (CFU19XX_15).
Processing information:

Collection processed by and finding aid prepared by Ryan Groves in 2007. The finding aid was updated for consistency by Mary Rubin in 2012. The finding aid was placed into Archon, with adjustments made for Archon and resulting in edition 3, by Mary Rubin in 2015. The acquisition method field and the subjects were updated by Kryslynn Collazo in 2018 and revised for consistency by Chloe Lanham in 2026.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in a single series arranged by lecture.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The entire collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Medicine and Morality Audio-Visual collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Location of this collection:
John C. Hitt Library
12701 Pegasus Drive, Building 2
Orlando
FL
32816-8030
USA