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UPC Term 3

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UPC Term 3

Pre-sessional Lecture 2020

Diploma Lecture March 2014

Diploma Lecture March 2014

Pre-sessional Lecture 2012 with additional questions from Diploma 21/01/2013

Pre-sessional Lecture 2012 with additional questions from Diploma 21/01/2013

Pre-ses­sional Lec­ture 03.07.2018

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Pre-ses­sional Lec­ture 03.07.2018

Diploma Lecture 2006-2007

Diploma Lecture 2006-2007

Diploma Lecture 2014

Diploma Lecture 2014

Pre-sessional Lecture 07.08.18

Pre-sessional Lecture 07.08.18

Science and Society Lecture 16th January 2018

Science and Society Lecture 16th January 2018

Pre-sessional lecture, 20.06.2017

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Pre-sessional lecture, 20.06.2017

Pre-sessional lecture, 27 June 2017

Pre-sessional lecture, 27 June 2017

  • The Moral Maze: Should scientists be mindful of the social context in which their work is carried out?

  • Melanie Philips, Ian Hargreaves, Claire Fox, Professor Jules Pretty

James Watson discovered this week that being a distinguished Nobel prize winning scientist is no protection when you stray in to controversial territory. His claim that race and intelligence are linked provoked outraged condemnation. Lectures and speaking engagements were cancelled and the professor had to fly home to America, as he put it, to save his job.

James Watson discovered this week that being a distinguished Nobel prize winning scientist is no protection when you stray in to controversial territory. His claim that race and intelligence are linked provoked outraged condemnation. Lectures and speaking engagements were cancelled and the professor had to fly home to America, as he put it, to save his job.

The surgeon and writer Atul Gawande argues that better systems can transform global healthcare by radically reducing the chance of mistakes and increasing the chance of successful outcomes.

The surgeon and writer Atul Gawande argues that better systems can transform global healthcare by radically reducing the chance of mistakes and increasing the chance of successful outcomes.

The nature of trust and its role in society, and is there real evidence of a crisis of trust?

The nature of trust and its role in society, and is there real evidence of a crisis of trust?

The search for justice in conditions where the basis for trust is threatened by violence and intimidation.

The search for justice in conditions where the basis for trust is threatened by violence and intimidation.

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Have the instruments for control, regulation, monitoring and enforcement worked?

Have the instruments for control, regulation, monitoring and enforcement worked?

Transparency may not improve trust, and may even add to the ways in which the public can be deceived.

Transparency may not improve trust, and may even add to the ways in which the public can be deceived.

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How can we decide when to trust those who inform us about the wider world, and in particular media reporters?

How can we decide when to trust those who inform us about the wider world, and in particular media reporters?

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Scientists need no longer be afraid to ask the big questions about what it means to be human with empirical evidence now answering ancient philosophical questions about meaning and existence

Scientists need no longer be afraid to ask the big questions about what it means to be human with empirical evidence now answering ancient philosophical questions about meaning and existence