SCIENCE AND VALUES   [Archived Catalog]
2023-2024 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog
   

HPS 2160 - SCIENCE AND VALUES


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will examine values as they appear in scientific reasoning and practice. It will deal with issues such as the distinction between cognitive and social values, and how values enter into the selection of theories and research projects, and their subsequent applications. It will also take up the ethical assumptions and implications of scientific judgments and policy decisions.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis


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