Problem-Based Learning In Engineering Ethics Courses,
2017
Georgia Institute of Technology
Problem-Based Learning In Engineering Ethics Courses, Robert Kirkman
Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning
I describe the first stages of a process of design research in which I employ problem-based learning in a course in engineering ethics, which fulfills a requirement for students in engineering degree programs. The aim of the course is to foster development of particular cognitive skills contributing to moral imagination, a capacity to notice, respond to, and think about basic values in open-ended problem situations. In the course, groups of students develop their own problem situations based on their experience and expertise in engineering practice, then respond to those situations through a guided process of inquiry and problem solving designed …
-Isms 2017,
2017
Rhode Island School of Design
-Isms 2017, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives
All Student Newspapers
-ISMS: Exploring the Intersectionality of Identities was a publication that accompanied the RISD Global Initiative 2017 exhibit of the same name. The exhibit explored the intersections of identity and art and featured pieces that were selected for critique by visiting artist and MLK Series keynote speaker Emory Douglas. This publication contains images of student artwork from the exhibit along with essays and other text.
Relationships That Have Roots Are The Anchors In Our Lives,
2017
University of Central Florida
Relationships That Have Roots Are The Anchors In Our Lives, Carolyn Massiah
UCF Forum
The view in my backyard is a conservation area full of various types of trees. As the seasons pass, the trees lose their leaves and even some of their branches, but the trees remain in large part due to their sturdy roots.
Human-Nonhuman Chimeras, Ontology, And Dignity: A Constructivist Approach To The Ethics Of Conducting Research On Cross-Species Hybrids,
2017
Western Michigan University
Human-Nonhuman Chimeras, Ontology, And Dignity: A Constructivist Approach To The Ethics Of Conducting Research On Cross-Species Hybrids, Jonathan M. Vajda
The Hilltop Review
Developments in biological technology in the last few decades highlight the surprising and ever-expanding practical benefits of stem cells. With this progress, the possibility of combining human and nonhuman organisms is a reality, with ethical boundaries that are not readily obvious. These inter-species hybrids are of a larger class of biological entities called “chimeras.” As the concept of a human-nonhuman creature is conjured in our minds, either incredulous wonder or grotesque horror is likely to follow. This paper seeks to mitigate those worries and demotivate reasonable concerns raised against chimera research, all the while pressing current ethical positions toward their …
Singer, Wittgenstein, And Morally Motivating Examples,
2017
Pacific University
Singer, Wittgenstein, And Morally Motivating Examples, Ramona Ilea
Between the Species
Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation played a pivotal role in the animal rights movement and the foundation of modern animal ethics. Using an analysis inspired by Wittgenstein’s remarks on ethics, I will analyze the way in which Singer’s book is structured in order to understand why it succeeds in providing people with the moral motivation to change the way they live. I will argue that the success of Animal Liberation is in large part due to the detailed, carefully chosen, emotionally rich examples and the unusual way in which these examples are juxtaposed, structured, and presented. Understanding how examples can have …
Quantitative Literacy For The Future Flourishing Of Our Students: A Guiding Aim For Mathematics Education,
2017
Michigan State University
Quantitative Literacy For The Future Flourishing Of Our Students: A Guiding Aim For Mathematics Education, Samuel L. Tunstall
Numeracy
In this essay, I examine the extent to which mathematics education and education for quantitative literacy support students’ present and future flourishing, a concept that entails realizing objective goods in a life lived from the inside. This perspective requires disentangling philosophical assumptions about the aims of mathematics education, which—in the context of flourishing—I take to be a hybrid of those that have informed curricular discussions over the past two centuries. In the process, I problematize ("make strange") many of the common reasons given for students learning mathematics, including: learning it for one’s career, for one’s logical reasoning skills, or …
The Contending Claims Of Modern Science And Morality Rousseau's Anti-Enlightenment Argument In Contemporary Context,
2017
Morehead State University
The Contending Claims Of Modern Science And Morality Rousseau's Anti-Enlightenment Argument In Contemporary Context, Laura M. Pfalzer
Morehead State Theses and Dissertations
A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Caudill College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree Master of Arts by Laura M. Pfalzer January 2, 2017.
Front Matter,
2017
Brigham Young University
Miracles As Evidence For The Existence Of God,
2017
Luther Seminary
Miracles As Evidence For The Existence Of God, Alan G. Padgett
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Index Of O.K. Bouwsma Collection At Humanities Research Center, University Of Texas At Austin,
2017
The College of Wooster
Index Of O.K. Bouwsma Collection At Humanities Research Center, University Of Texas At Austin, Ronald E. Hustwit Sr.
O.K. Bouwsma Collection
An index of O.K. Bouwsma Collection at Humanities Research Center, at the University of Texas, Austin. This index was compiled by Dr. Ronald E. Hustwit.
Folding Nature Back Upon Itself: Aristotle And The Rebirth Of "Physis",
2017
University of San Francisco
Folding Nature Back Upon Itself: Aristotle And The Rebirth Of "Physis", Marjolein Oele
Philosophy
“Folding Nature Back Upon Itself: Aristotle and the Rebirth of Physis,” confronts us with nature’s receding presence and proposes to think through a rebirth of physis. Following Aristotle’s concept of physis, this paper locates two axes along which such a rethinking of physis can take place. The first axis is vertical, and turns around the fundamental tension that each natural being faces in seeking to overcome its own matter in order to reach transcendence. The second axis is horizontal, and follows Aristotle’s ideas that physis cannot unfold unless aided, stimulated, nurtured and enforced by external factors such as one’s environment, …
Guest Editor's Introduction,
2017
Cuyahoga Community College
Guest Editor's Introduction, Sherlynn Allen-Harris
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
Acknowledgments And Disclaimer,
2017
The RASHAD Center, Inc.
Acknowledgments And Disclaimer, Regennia N. Williams
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
2018 Call For Submissions,
2017
The RASHAD Center, Inc.
2018 Call For Submissions, Regennia N. Williams
The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs
No abstract provided.
The Necessity Of Moral Reasoning,
2017
Seattle Pacific University
The Necessity Of Moral Reasoning, Leland F. Saunders
SPU Works
A new variety of empirical skeptical moral arguments have been put forward in recent years, drawing on data from neuroscience, social and behavioral psychology, and economics, which strongly suggest that emotions play a central causal role in moral judgment, and that reasoning has at most a limited supplementary causal role in small portion of moral judgments. It follows from these empirical finding, it is argued, that moral judgments and morality more generally cannot be grounded in reason in the right sort of way to be rational. I argue that there are at least three distinct ways of understanding what it …
Epistemology Personalized,
2017
Seattle Pacific University
Epistemology Personalized, Matthew A. Benton
SPU Works
Recent epistemology has focused almost exclusively on propositional knowledge. This paper considers an underexplored area of epistemology, namely knowledge of persons: if propositional knowledge is a state of mind, consisting in a subject's attitude to a (true) proposition, the account developed here thinks of interpersonal knowledge as a state of minds, involving a subject's attitude to another (existing) subject. This kind of knowledge is distinct from propositional knowledge, but it exhibits a gradability characteristic of context-sensitivity, and admits of shifty thresholds. It is supported by a wide range of unexplored linguistic data and intuitive cases; and it promises to illuminate …
Jess Smith And The Design Firm,
2017
Ursinus College
Jess Smith And The Design Firm, Gabriel Tenaglia
Richard T. Schellhase Essay Prize in Ethics
No abstract provided.
Dissonance Between Personal Belief And Professional Values And The Challenge Of Facing Other Conflicting Ideas,
2017
Ursinus College
Dissonance Between Personal Belief And Professional Values And The Challenge Of Facing Other Conflicting Ideas, Christopher Tan
Richard T. Schellhase Essay Prize in Ethics
It is the recommendation of this author that, in regards to this case, Jess Smith should complete the project despite her misgivings about the ethical nature of the band. However, Smith should ensure that both the client and manager are notified of her concerns along with the specific components of the project with which she took issue. The case of Jess Smith and the Design Firm ultimately highlights the issue regarding how to resolve dissonance between personal belief and professional values and more broadly the challenge of facing other ideas that challenge an individual’s personal convictions.
The Morality Of Same Sex Marriage: How Not To Globalize A Cultural Anomie,
2017
University of Calabar
The Morality Of Same Sex Marriage: How Not To Globalize A Cultural Anomie, Chris O. Akpan
Journal of Health Ethics
The question of the morality of same-sex marriage has become quite prevalent in the 21st century. Some western cultures believe that same-sex marriage is morally defensible and can be legalized. Using the human right fad and political might, they subtly engineer the globalization of this phenomenon. This move has been strongly opposed mostly by ‘developing’ nations and some churches across nations. The argument of such group is that same-sex marriage is immoral, unnatural and ungodly. This paper defends the thesis that same-sex marriage cannot morally be defended successfully. It shows that same-sex marriage is not exclusively a western phenomenon …
Locating Experience In Time And Place: A Look At Young Adult Fiction And Spiritual Intelligence,
2017
The University of Notre Dame Australia
Locating Experience In Time And Place: A Look At Young Adult Fiction And Spiritual Intelligence, L Westenberg
Philosophy Papers and Journal Articles
Spiritual intelligence describes self-awareness and intuition, with the development of creative thinking, compassion, and connectedness with others. Many researchers point to an awakening and development of spiritual intelligence that is enhanced through exploration of existential questions within the genre of young adult fiction. Such literature absorbs the adolescent reader so that they become transported into the narrative, exploring a sense of self and of others This article discusses the ways in which young adult fiction, including comparison of a novel of older context (An Episode of Sparrows) with contemporary dystopian fiction (The Maze Runner), can foster …
