Global Ethics in the Modern Scientific World

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This course explores the idea of global citizenship in the context of science and ethics. It will examine the complex realities of the "global citizen" who identifies him- or herself as belonging not only to a single nation, but also to the world community. The course will pay particular attention to the ways in which science, with a concentration on biology, influence the global community. It will try to map out and to determine the extent to which the global citizen can be defined by ethical obligations that an individual does or does not have with regard to scientific development and discovery. The guiding question of the course is the degree to which modern science has placed ethical obligations on US citizens that extend beyond border to the international, global community. Core courses are not open to Freshmen or Sophomores, except for associate degree candidates.