ETHICS AND THE BRAIN

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain knowledge about neurological and neuroscientific technologies and practices. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Gain understanding of major ethical theories and approaches. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Learn to employ philosophical methodology. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Utilize ethical theories and approaches, and philosophical methodologies to critically interrogate the ethical dimensions of the brain sciences. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Develop the skill of writing rigorous, analytical philosophical papers. Audience: Graduate 6. Expand research beyond material learned in class to incorporate outside scientific and philosophical work. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain knowledge about neurological and neuroscientific technologies and practices. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Gain understanding of major ethical theories and approaches. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Learn to employ philosophical methodology. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Utilize ethical theories and approaches, and philosophical methodologies to critically interrogate the ethical dimensions of the brain sciences. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Develop the skill of writing rigorous, analytical philosophical papers. Audience: Graduate 6. Expand research beyond material learned in class to incorporate outside scientific and philosophical work. Audience: Graduate