Comstock Editor of Humanities Site

Dr. Gary Comstock, professor of philosophy, is editor-in-chief of the National Humanities Center’sOn the HumanWeb site. The site publishes two essays per month on the meaning and significance of being human as part of its feature, the Forum, which recently began a collaboration with theNew York Timesphilosophy blog, The Stone.

Comstock, who completed a fellowship with the National Humanities Center last year, conducts research on ethical questions in the biological sciences. He teaches an course titled On the Human, along with classes in biomedical and research ethics.

Comstock has served as director of NC State’s research and professional ethics program. He is the author ofVexing Nature? On the Ethical Case Against Agricultural Biotechnologyand editor ofIs There a Moral Obligation to Save the Family Farm?andLife Science Ethics.