7/17

    The Nature of Morality

• The Challenge of Cultural Relativism, by James Rachels

• The Biological Basis of Morality, by E. O. Wilson

• Ethics and Intuitions, by Peter Singer

7/19

    Scientific Values

• Values in Science: An Educational Perspective, by Douglas Allchin

• The Ways in Which the Sciences Are and Are Not Value Free, by Hugh Lacey

• A Bouquet of Scientific Values, by Noretta Koertge

• Use of Value Judgments in Science, by Elizabeth Anderson

• Science and Human Values, Philip Cam

7/24

    Science and Religion

• The Science of Religion; The Religion of Science, by Richard Dawkins

• Science and Faith in the Search for Truth, by Pope John Paul II  (updated location)

• Nonoverlapping Magisteria, by Steven Jay Gould

• When Religion Step's on Science's Turf, by Richard Dawkins

• Progress in Religion, by Freeman Dyson

• The Case Against Intelligent Design, Jerry Coyne

• Under God or Under Darwin? by Mustafa Akyol

7/26

    Science and the Future of Humanity

• Can Science be Ethical? by Freeman Dyson

• How to Protect Human Dignity from Science, by Daniel Dennet

• Why the Future Doesn't Need Us, by Bill Joy

• Embrace, Don't Relinquish the Future, by Max More

• What Is the Singularity? by Vernor Vinge

• The Storm Before the Calm, by Robert Wright

7/31

    Fringe and Pseudoscience

• Distinguishing Science from Pseudoscience, by Berry Beyerstein

• The Appeal of Alternative Medicine, by James Alcock

• The Persuasive Appeal of Alternative Medicine, by T. Kaptchuk and D. Eisenbergy

• Personality Plus, by Malcolm Gladwell

• The Recovered Memory Debate, by Dr. James Ost

• Near-Death Experiences, by Susan Blackmore

8/2

    Sex and Reproduction

• The Evolution of Human Mating, by David Buss

• The Origins and Nature of Mating Intelligence, by Geoffrey Miller

• Moving Toward Clonal Man, by James Watson

• Preventing a Brave New World, by Leon Kass

• A More Perfect Human: The Promise and Peril of Modern Science, by Leon Kass

• Shopping at the Genetic Supermarket, by Peter Singer

• Designer Babies, by Shannon Brownlee

8/7

Mental Health and Well-Being

• Towards Humanism in Psychiatry, by Jonathan Glover

• Positive Psychology in Clinical Practice, by Angela Duckworth et al

• Getting Over It, by Malcolm Gladwell

• The Grief Industry, by Jerome Groopman

• Buddhist and Psychological Perspectives on Emotions and Well-Being, by Paul Eckman et al

• Affective Forecasting, by Daniel Gilbert

• Emotional Disorders in Evolutionary Perspective, by Randolph Nesse

8/9

The Environment

    Reading

• Ecological Collapse of Pre-Industrial Societies, by Jared Diamond

• Climate Science and Climate Policy, by Stephen Schneider

• The Kyoto Placebo, by Ruth Bell

• The Case for Carbon Capture and Storage, by Jennie Stephens and Bob van der Zwaan

• How Biofuels Could Starve the Poor, by C. Ford Runge and Benjamin Senauer

• Hope for Hydrogen, by Daniel Sperling and Joan Ogden

• The Hype about Hydrogen, by Joseph Romm

• Yes in My Back Yard: Distributed Electric Power, by Richard Munson

• Earth in Its Final Century? by Martin Rees

    Lecture

• How Societies Fail and Sometimes Succeed, by Jared Diamond (video)

• Climate Change and Carbon Trading,  S. Schneider and T. Heller (video) 

• 15 Ways to Avert a Climate Crisis, Al Gore (video)

• The Great Global Warming Swindle (video)

• Clean Energy Alternatives,  with Vinod Khosla (video)

• The Energy Problem: Our Current Choices and Future Hopes, Steven Chu (video)

8/14

    Gender and Race

• Women, Science and the Gender Gap, by Cathy Young

• Hysteria Trumps Academic Freedom, by Doreen Kimura

• Under-representation or Misrepresentation, by Doreen Kimura

• Sex Differences in Math and Science, by E. Spelke

• The Psychology of Gender, by Mahzarin Banaji

• Race, Genes and IQ, by Ned Block

• Race, Genetics and Medicine in the 21st Century, by Jonathan Marks

• Can Race be Erased? by Lena Cosmides and John Tooby

• Ordinary Prejudice, by Mahzahrin Banaji

8/16

    Violence

• A History of Human Violence, by Steven Pinker

• Why Men Rape, by Randy Thornhill and Craig Palmer

• Rape As an Adaptation, by Jerry Coyne and Andrew Barry

• The Evolution of Evil, by Joshua Duntley and David Buss

• A Situationist Perspective on the Psychology of Evil, by Philip Zimbardo

8/21

    Ethics of Science and Medicine

• The Ethical Responsibilities of Scientists, by Howard Gardner

• Is the "Citizen Scientist " an Oxymoron? by Stephen Schneider

• Doctors Without Borders, by Shannon Brownlee

• A Knife in the Back, by Jerome Groopman

• The Ethics and Economics of Heroic Surgery, by Peter Ratiu and Peter Singer

• Ethics of Science: A 0 .1% Solution, by Michael Kalichman

• Death With Dignity and the Sanctity of Human Life, Leon Kass (video)

• Never Again? by Paul Farmer

8/23

    No Lecture

• Turn in final analysis and take optional final.