This has came to the fore for me because Princeton is firmly supporting its appointment of Austrialian born bioethicist Peter Singer, who advocates infanticide, particularly for disabled infants. There was recently a debate at Princeton between Singer and Adrienne Asch, a bioethicist who teaches at Wellesley college and who is blind. I have a transcript of that debate if anyone is interested.
marta
Doug Henwood wrote:
> Marta Russell wrote:
>
> >Princeton University's Center for Human Values says it "is
> >dedicated to teaching, research, and deliberation about
> >ethics and human values."
> >It was founded in 1990 through a gift from Laurance S.
> >Rockefeller '32.
> >
> >The Rockefellers where behind the eugenic movement in the
> >U.S., but I never heard of Laurance. Does anyone happen to
> >know anything about him?
>
> <http://www.funkandwagnalls.com/encyclopedia/low/articles/r/r022000934f.html>
>
> ROCKEFELLER, Laurance S(pelman) (1910- ), American philanthropist,
> son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., born in New York City, and educated
> at Princeton University. His main fields of interest include
> conservation of natural resources, promotion of medical (especially
> cancer) research, financing of new enterprises based on advanced
> technology, and development of resort areas. His gift to the U.S.
> government of more than 2020 ha (5000 acres) on Saint John Island led
> to the establishment of Virgin Islands National Park in 1956.
>
> ----
>
> <http://www.parascope.com/nb/rockyufo.htm>
>
> The Rockefeller UFO Report
>
> Or, How a Millionaire and a Socialite New Ager are
> Trying to Influence World Leaders about UFOs
>
> by Paul B. Thompson
> Nebula Editor
> pscppol at aol.com
>
> As might be guessed by his name, Laurence Rockefeller has a lot of
> money. He's the grandson of John D. Rockefeller, founder of the
> dynasty, and brother of John D. III, Nelson, Winthrop, and David
> Rockefeller. Now 86 years old, Laurance Rockefeller has long listened
> to his own personal, internal drummer.
>
> After being a venture capitalist in his thirties, he embraced
> environmental causes in the 1950s and 60s, long before they were
> fashionable -- at the same time brother Nelson was conquering the
> Amazon jungles with his CIA friends. He's also been interested in
> UFOs for a long time, and often puts his money where his mind is. For
> example:
>
> --For two years (1993-95) Laurance Rockefeller supported Dr. John
> Mack's Center for Psychology and Social Change in Cambridge, Mass.,
> to the tune of $250,000 a year. Dr. Mack, of course, is the
> controversial psychiatrist who investigates alleged UFO abductions.
>
> --Rockefeller paid for at least two meeting sessions of the Starlight
> Coalition, a group said to be made up of former intelligence officers
> and military men interested in UFOs.
>
> --At one time Rockefeller funded a plan to establish contact with
> aliens, not using the SETI method (by radio telescope), but by
> signaling them with banks of powerful halogen lamps.
>
> --Rockefeller once held a UFO conference at his ranch in Wyoming.
>
> Just last year, Laurence Rockefeller ponied up an estimated $30,000
> for a special UFO project created by Marie "Bootsie" Galbraith, wife
> of investment banker Evan Galbraith and one-time U.S. ambassador to
> France. Mrs. Galbraith wanted to compile a report containing the most
> reliable evidence for the paranormal nature of UFOs. This report
> would be sent to VIPs only -- politicians, heads of corporations,
> heads of state -- to convince them of the necessity of taking UFOs
> seriously.
>
> To that end, Mrs. Galbraith arranged for the three most influential
> civilian UFO groups in America to unite under the temporary banner of
> the UFO Research Coalition: CUFOS (Center for UFO Studies), FUFOR
> (Fund for UFO Research) and MUFON (Mutual UFO Network). Drawing on
> these organizations' data resources, a 169-page special report,
> "Unidentified Flying Objects Briefing Document: The Best Available
> Evidence," was compiled.
>
> The bulk of the actual writing was done by Don Berliner, best known
> for his work with Dr. Stanton Friedman on the Roswell Incident. J.
> Antonio Huneeus, UFO columnist for FATE magazine, also contributed,
> along with Mrs. Galbraith herself. The report was printed in large
> format (8 1/2 x 11 inches), perfect bound with a light blue cover.
> Inside there is a letter of endorsement from the heads of the three
> UFO organizations mentioned above: Mark Rodeghier of CUFOS, Richard
> Hall of FUFOR, and Walter Andrus of MUFON.
>
> Fraser Seitel, spokesman for Laurance Rockefeller, told the Observer
> of New York that Rockefeller did not personally endorse the report's
> conclusions. Said Seitel, "He [Rockefeller] is interested in learning
> what the Government has on file."
>
> The briefing document had a small print run (one unconfirmed estimate
> said 300 copies were made), but bootleg photocopies have begun to
> circulate. (I was offered one by a confidential source before I had
> scarcely heard of the thing.) Mrs. Galbraith did not want the report
> going to just anyone. "We just want the right people to know," she
> told the Observer. "It's like your children are going to announce
> their engagement and they haven't even told their mommies and
> daddies, and then their mommies and daddies read about it in the
> newspaper. They would be upset, wouldn't they?"
>
> Ahem. Yes. The briefing document is frankly not that exciting,
> content-wise. The text is copyrighted, but here's the table of
> contents:
>
> Letter of Endorsement
> Acknowledgments
> Part 1: Overview
> -- Government Secrecy
> -- The Case for UFO Reality
> -- The UFO Cover-up
> -- Summary of Quotations
>
> Part 2: Case Histories
> -- Introduction
> -- 1944-45: "Foo Fighters" Over Europe and Asia
> -- 1946: "Ghost Rockets" Over Scandinavia
> -- 1947: First American Sighting Wave
> -- 1952: Second American Sighting Wave
> -- 1956: Radar/Visual Jet Chase Over England
> -- 1957: Third American Sighting Wave
> -- 1958: Brazilian Navy Photographic Case
> -- 1964: Landing Case at Socorro, New Mexico
> -- 1967: Physiological Case at Falcon Lake, Canada
> -- 1975: Strategic Arm Command Bases UFO Alert
> -- 1976: Multiple Witness Case in the Canary Islands
> -- 1976: UFO Dog-Fight over Teheran
> -- 1980: UFO Incidents at Rendlesham Forest, England
> -- 1981: Physical Trace Case in Trans-en-Provence, France
> -- 1986: Jet Chase over Brazil
> -- 1986: Japan Airlines 747 Case over Alaska
> -- 1989: Multiple Witness Case at Russian Missile Base
> -- 1991-94: Recent Cases
> -- Summary
>
> Part 3: Quotations
>
> Appendices
> -- Characteristics of IFOs and UFOs
> -- Terminology of UFOs
> -- International Agreements and Resolutions
> -- Recommended Reading
> -- Resource Catalogs
> -- CUFOS, FUFOR, and MUFON
>
> As can be seen by this list, the material covered is fairly familiar
> stuff to any well-read UFO buff. The cases are well presented, with
> clear diagrams and photographs. Part 3, "Quotations," consists of
> pro-UFO statements by government officials, military men, astronauts,
> and scientists.
>
> The effect of all this material is rather like reading a textbook for
> UFOs 101. Or a better analogy would be to say this is the 1990s
> version of the classic 1964 treatise The UFO Evidence, complied by
> NICAP under the editorship of FUFOR's Richard Hall. The UFO Evidence
> contained over 700 cases, representing the best UFO evidence to that
> date. Bootsie's "Briefing" has only nineteen chapters, though some
> sections cover more than one case. I guess the UFO Research Coalition
> decided not to tire the minds of its VIP readers too much.
>
> All in all, the story of the document's creation is more interesting
> than the material it contains. Because of its origin and aura of
> exclusivity, many UFO buffs will seek out the briefing document, but
> it contains no information that can't be found in the works of J.
> Allen Hynek, Timothy Good, Jacques Vallee, Richard Hall, and the
> Condon Committee Report. I predict its effect on world leaders will
> be exactly nil.
>
> At the recent MUFON Symposium in Greensboro, N.C. (July 5-7, 1996), I
> was told that the briefing was beginning to show up illegally on the
> Internet. Bootsie will have a spasm. Being a writer myself, I can't
> condone deliberate copyright violation, but everyone needs to lighten
> up. The briefing is not a soul-shaking document, nor is it worth
> pirating. If it had been published commercially, it would have
> attracted far less interest. Maybe Rockefeller should put out a
> mass-market paperback edition. That way the curious could read the
> briefing legally, and Laurance could recoup his money.
>
> As if he needs it.
>
> (c) Copyright 1996 ParaScope, Inc.
-- Marta Russell author Los Angeles, CA Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract http://www.commoncouragepress.com/ramps.html