In recent years\, a broad interdisciplinary field of research has emerged that is dedicated to the empirical investigation of human morality. However\, this development poses a professional as well as a \;discursive challenge for not only the field of ethics but also the \;empirical sciences: Can ethics still maintain a claim of validity \;despite the fact that empirical research suggests that not reason\, but \;intuition guides human action? Do the participating academic \;disciplines bear a social responsibility for interdisciplinary and \;transdisciplinary discussions in this context? The challenges that \;arise from the controversy surrounding "rationality vs. intuition" for \;our ethical self-image and practice of decision-making must be \;explored and discussed.
The symposium will be organized by the International Centre for Ethics \;in the Sciences and Humanities and will take place from March 8th-15th\, 2014 in Tuebingen. It is interdisciplinarily oriented and \;conceptualized for young scholars from the humanities\, natural \;sciences and social sciences (e.g.\, philosophy\, theology\, psychology\, \;neuroscience\, biology\, sociology\, law\, education\, etc.).
The conference will be held in German and/or English\, depending on the \;constellation of the participants. The contributions will be published \;in an anthology in English.
Contact:
Dr. Cordula Brand
Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen
International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities
Department of Ethics and Education
Wilhelmstr. 19
72074 Tü\;bingen
cordula.brand@uni-tuebingen.de
http://www.izew.uni-tuebingen.de/forschung/ethik-und-bildung.html
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