World hunger and the moral responsibilities of individuals will be discussed by a renowned bioethicist Wednesday.

Hugh Lafollette, associate professor of philosophy at East Tennessee State University, will be presenting a lecture, “World Hunger and International Justice,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.

Clark Wolf, associate professor of philosophy, said he has known of Lafollette’s work since he was an undergraduate.

“[He is] best known for generally working in practical ethics,” Wolf said.

Lafollette looks at world hunger as an issue for individuals to deal with morally. He seeks to help individuals look at their choices in a boarder context, especially in a world where people are starving, Wolf said.

It is important for students at Iowa State to look at their ethics in regard to world hunger, because Iowa State is known as an agricultural school, Wolf said.

“I think partly because of [Iowa State’s agricultural background] it’s important to understand what our obligation is to feed the world,” Wolf said.

Currently agriculture products are made to feed Americans, and not the world, Wolf said.

“We need to get straight on the priorities [of] American agriculture,” he said.

— P. Kim Bui