IN the Scientific Monthly of October, Prof. E. G. Conklin discusses the question: “Does science afford a basis for ethics? The highest level of human development, he urges, is attained when purpose ...

Jenny Reardon, Professor of Sociology and the Founding Director of the Science and Justice Research Center (Nick Gonzales/UC Santa Cruz) Sociology Professor Jenny Reardon, founding director of the ...

Centers at UC Berkeley and the University of Cambridge will train scientists to be aware of the ethical and societal impacts of scientific discoveries and to engage the public in early and intentional ...

Jeff Kampfe is a senior at Santa Clara University. In 2018-2019, as a Hackworth Fellow at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, he interviewed six experts on the subject of data ethics. The ...

"California Cloning: A Dialogue on State Regulation" was convened October 12, 2001, by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Its purpose was to bring together experts from ...

When social scientists and ethicists are involved in the scientific process, a broader set of perspectives is unlocked to understand the potential implications of emerging research. This can help ...

If you are looking to pursue a career in computer science, you may have wondered what, if any, discussion exists around ethics in this field. The good news is that computer science ethics is an ...

A myriad of students across departments partake in the intro COS program. This spring, 263 people are enrolled in COS 126: Computer Science — An Interdisciplinary Approach, and over the past four ...

Humans really enjoy inventing things. Each day, medical researchers hunt for new treatments for disease, bioengineers work to create malaria-resistant mosquitoes and rot-resistant crops, computer ...

As automatic decision-making systems are integrated into the judicial system and workplace, people could potentially be sent to prison or fired, in part, by automated forces. Without people in the ...

The previous post discussed insights of motivational science that are critical for influencing human behavior. This post will consider how these insights can be applied to the field of ethics ...