Citizens for Science

"Ethics, Education,
and the Evolution Debate"

The Center for Ethics at The University of Montana will be offering this 3-credit short course next month (June 19 -22 and 26 - 29).

The description is as follows:
Ever since Darwin published the Origin of Species in 1859 the theory of evolution has been hotly contested. In recent years the debate again has intensified over science education. On the one hand, the opponents of evolution argue that teaching evolution promotes an atheistic, materialistic philosophy. On the other hand, proponents of evolution argue that the teaching of challenges to evolution, like intelligent design, undermine science education and amount to state sponsorship of religion. However, the debate is more complicated and interesting than people on the extremes would have us believe. This 8-day short course examines the contested ground over evolution in an effort to clarify and understand the important issues at stake in this important social debate over science education. This course will include visiting experts in the areas of science education, biology, philosophy and theology to discuss various aspects of the debate. see www.umt.edu/ethics for more info, registration, etc.