Technology & Ethics 2015-2016
Technology & Ethics 2015-2016
Chairperson:
Wendell Wallach, Lecturer, Yale College, Scholar, Bioethics Center
Schedule 2015-2016
October 14th Philip Rubin, Senior Advisor to the President, Haskins Laboratories and Professor Adjunct, Dept. of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine
Topic: “Obama’s BRAIN: a view of science policy from inside the White House”
February 17th Susan Schneider, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, The University of Connecticut
Topic: “The Mind isn’t the Software of the Brain (Even if the Brain is Computational)”
April 20th John Horgan, Science Journalist and Director of the Center for Science Writings, Stevens Institute of Technology
Topic: “The Mind-Body Problem: A Lack-of-Progress Report”
May 4th Melanie Swan, Philosopher and Economic Theorist, New School for Social Research
Topic: “Ethical Implications of Blockchain Technology”