Science and Ethics: Crossroads and Conundrums
(SEC 238-0413)April 1 – April 30, 2013
Instructor: David Koepsell, JD, PhD
In this course we will look at two facets of the fields broadly defined as "science" and "ethics." First, what relation does science have to ethics, if any? Is there a way to reconcile them, as some philosophers have tried, by attempting a scientific approach to ethical theory, or are they, like religion and science, "non-overlapping magesteria?" Second, we will also look at how ethics and science have intersected and interacted in modern "applied" ethics, specifically bioethics, but also in other fields broadly described by the term "research ethics." In preparation for the course, students are recommended to purchase and read Science and Ethics by Paul Kurtz and David Koepsell (Prometheus, 2007).
For more info and to register: http://action.centerforinquiry.net/site/Calendar?id=103481&view=Detail.
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