Ethics in Science
lecture links and lecture slides.

For lectures that include slides, you can find the slides posted in Canvas (linked from the announcement titled "Lecture Slides!")

Archived Streaming Lectures that roughly correspond to 18 of our class meetings:

Lecture One: Science Methods

Lecture Two: Ethical Frameworks

Lecture Three: Science and Ideology

Lecture Four: Duties of Scientists

Lecture Five: Special Conditions, Special Duties

Lecture Six: Is Knowledge Always a Good Thing?

Lecture Seven: Objectivity: The Ideal and Its History

Lecture Nine: Animal Research

Lecture Ten: Human Subject Research: History

Lecture Eleven: Human Subject Research: Regulation

Lecture Twelve: Human Subject Research: Global Issues

Lecture Thirteen: Scientific Papers and Communications

Lecture Fourteen: Authorship Issues

Lecture Fifteen: Patents and Intellectual Property

Lecture Sixteen: International Strategies for Scientific Dialogue

Lecture Seventeen: Mentoring Issues

Lecture Eighteen: Mistakes and Misconduct

 

NOTE: Skipping class and watching the videos instead is unlikely to help you learn as much as coming to class, asking questions, and discussing the material with your classmates.

 

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