Science, technologies and society impact (+CILS)

22.02.2018, 01.03.2018, 08.03.2018, 22.03.2018, 29.03.2018, 19.04.2018, 26.04.2018, 03.05.2018,17.05.2018, 24.05.2018, 10:15-12:00

Pr. Samia HURST (Director Institute of Ethics, History, Humanities - IEH2 - University of Geneva) ; Dr. Christine CLAVIEN (Senior Lecturer, IEH2, University of Geneva) ;

Course topic: For centuries, philosophers have discussed the link between ethics and natural facts, especially those that pertain to human nature. These debates are presently taking a new turn, as neuroscience, genetics, evolutionary modeling, and cognitive sciences provide fresh insights into the biological basis of human cognition, emotion, and decision-making. Thus scientific knowledge becomes increasingly relevant to our understanding of moral judgements and behavior. Simultaneously, new discoveries in neuroscience and genetics raise unprecedented ethical issues: e.g. related to the use of technologies and drugs that alter human genetics raise unprecedented ethical issues: e.g. related to the use of technologies and drugs that alter human cognition or character, or related to the relevance of scientific expertise for judicial decision making. In this course, along a series of invited conferences, we will explore how ethics is transformed by recent scientific knowledge

UNIGE CMU, Building C, room S4-S5

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