概述
有三篇各7頁長的論文作業,探究課堂上討論的主題。
作業 #1
就下列問題之一,寫一篇7頁長的論文,雙倍行距。
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Michael Walzer對轟炸廣島和長崎有什麽評論?你同意他的觀點嗎?爲什麽?
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現在你讀了關於Smithsonian展覽的爭論,並且知道了二戰老兵,廣島倖存者等人的不同觀點,你是否相信有可能對轟炸廣島和長崎的决定作出客觀描述?如果是這樣,解釋爲何(和如何)?如果不是的話,這是否說所有原爆的描述都是相等的?
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機密和軍事贊助對美國科學産生了什麽影響?
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企業贊助科學研究有什麽後果?是否需要新政策將這樣的後果减至最小?如果是,是什麽政策?
學生論文範例
權衡功利主義的計算(由Eric Downes提供。獲允許使用。)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
美國科學中的機密和軍事(由Charles Carter Jernigan提供。獲允許使用。)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
作業 #2
就下列問題之一,寫一篇7頁長的論文,雙倍行距。
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「哥倫比亞號」事故是不是“正常的事故”?這是否意味不能預防?
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描述Tuskegee的試驗或是John Marks描述的眾多試驗。從哪種意義上說,這些是不道德的?儘管試驗不道德,是什麽讓試驗得以進行?可隨意在討論中適當引入其它試驗。
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怎樣使科學更加民主-或者這個目標是不必要的,或是對進步科學的破壞?
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(給膽子大的):風險和科學有什麽關係?
學生論文範例
Tuskegee 的梅毒試驗(由Eric Downes提供。允許使用。)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
科學民主化:公衆參與科學議題的過程及其成功(由Christine Ortiz提供。允許使用。)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
科學和風險(由Charles Carter Jernigan提供。允許使用。)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
中央情報局尋求意識控制的藥物和Wendell Johnson的怪物研究(由Adrienne Hunacek提供,允許使用。)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
哥倫比亞號:這是否正常的事故?(由匿名學生提供。允許使用。)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
科學風險的科學(由Solomon Hsiang提供。允許使用。)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
科學民主化和科技決策(由匿名學生提供。允許使用。)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
作業#3
寫一篇社論風格的文章,討論最後三份一課程的任何議題。
學生論文範例
腎移植(由Kevin Yurkerwich提供。允許使用。)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
世界可從腎買賣合法化得到好處(由匿名學生提供。允許使用。)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
買賣器官能够拯救生命(由Joanna MacKay提供。允許使用。)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
爲什麽和大自然開玩笑?(由匿名學生提供。允許使用。)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
胚胎幹細胞研究應否被允許進行?(Christopher Waits提供。允許使用。)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
內部不同意見(Mandeep Singh提供。允許使用。)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
Overview
There will be three seven-page paper assignments exploring topics discussed in class.
Assignment #1
Write about 7 double-spaced pages on ONE of the following:
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What is Michael Walzer's critique of the decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Do you agree with him (and why)?
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Now that you have read about the controversy surrounding the Smithsonian exhibit, and have been exposed to the different viewpoints of World War II veterans, Hiroshima survivors etc, do you believe that it is possible to give an objective account of the decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki? If so, explain why (and how). If not, does that mean that all accounts of the bombing are equal?
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What have been the effects of secrecy and military sponsorship on American science?
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What are the consequences of corporate sponsorship of scientific research? Are new policies needed to minimize such consequences and, if so, what policies?
Example Student Papers
Weighing Utilitarian Calculation (Courtesy of Eric Downes. Used with permission.)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
Secrecy and the Military in American Science (Courtesy of Charles Carter Jernigan. Used with permission.)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
Assignment #2
Write 7 double-spaced pages on ONE of the following:
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Was the Columbia accident a "normal accident"? Does this mean it could not have been prevented?
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Write about either the Tuskegee experiment OR the experiments described by John Marks. In what sense were they unethical? What made it possible for the experiments to proceed despite their immorality? Feel free to bring in discussion of other experiments as appropriate.
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How can science be made more democratic -- or is this goal either unnecessary or destructive to good science?
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(For the ambitious): What is the relationship between risk and science?
Example Student Papers
The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment (Courtesy of Eric Downes. Used with permission.)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
Democratizing Science: Processes for the involvement of the public in scientific issues and their success (Courtesy of Christine Ortiz. Used with permission.)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
Science and Risk (Courtesy of Charles Carter Jernigan. Used with permission.)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
The CIA's Quest for a Mind Control Drug and Wendell Johnson's Monster Study (Courtesy of Adrienne Hunacek. Used with permission.)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
Columbia: was it a Normal Accident? (Courtesy of anonymous student. Used with permission.)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
The Science of the Risk of Science (Courtesy of Solomon Hsiang. Used with permission.)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
Democratization of Science and Technology Policymaking (Courtesy of anonymous student. Used with permission.)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
Assignment #3
Write an op-ed style article on any issue pertinent to the last third of the class.
Example Student Papers
Kidney Transplants (Courtesy of Kevin Yurkerwich. Used with permission.)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
The World Can Benefit from Legalization of Kidney Sales (Courtesy of anonymous student. Used with permission.)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
Organ Sales Will Save Lives (Courtesy of Joanna MacKay. Used with permission.)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
Why Play With Nature? (Courtesy of anonymous student. Used with permission.)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
Should Embryonic Stem Cell Research be Permitted to Continue? (Courtesy of Christopher Waits. Used with permission.)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)
Dissent from Within (Courtesy of Mandeep Singh. Used with permission.)
(英文PDF)、
(英文DOC)