High School Science Club - Summer 2008

Science and the Meaning of Life Workshop


June 30 – Monday

July 1 - Tuesday

July 2 - Wednesday

9:00am-10:00am

Readings:

What is Man

Man and the Examined Life


Readings:

Philosophy of Mind - Persons

Man the Inquirer: Scientific and Other Knowledge

Foundations of Human Ethics

Is there a distinction between facts and values, between what "is" and what "ought" to be?

 

Why are some of man's actions termed good or bad, unlike other animals' actions?

10:05-12:15pm

Excerpts from Quizshow (the value of truth)(1 hr)

Science and respect for truth

 

Readings:

Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happines

Man and his place in the Universe

 

 

12:15pm-1:15

LUNCH

LUNCH

LUNCH

1:15pm-3:45

Readings:

Acorns and Embryos
Brave New Biology
Hippocratic Oath

Excerpts from The Island & Frozen Angels (2 hr)


Discussion: The Family and Respect for Human Dignity

 

 

 

The Privileged Planet vs. Hyperspace: Star Stuff (2 hr)

The Physics and Philosophy of the Origin of the Universe

 

 

Readings:

Taking care of the elderly (read pp 95-150 and 203-209)

Care for the elderly. The Person & Respect for Human Dignity: Death & Dying

 

4:00pm-4:45

 

Stem Cell Research: Ethical Considerations

 

Readings:

Anti Human-caused Global Warming

Pro Human-caused Global Warming

 

An inconvenient truth vs. The global warming swindle (2 hr)

Discussion: Technological Progress & Human Development


5:00pm-6:00