Biology and Ethics

The public is invited to this April 2007 event marking the close of UCSB’s popular New Visions of Nature, Science, and Religion initiative. The talk begins shortly after 12:00 noon and is preceded by a brief introduction.

When: Thursday, 26 April 2007, 12:00 noon
Where: UCSB University Center, Harbor Room
What: Lecture by Templeton Visiting Professor, Paul L. Farber

Biology and Ethics

Is nature a guide for human actions, and can we have an evolutionary ethics? Many biologists have been uneasy with seeking moral guidance from nature rather than from the more traditional disciplines that focus on ethics and morality.

Paul L. Farber is Distinguished Professor of Zoology and History at Oregon State University where he is Chair of the Department of History. He has authored several studies on the history of natural history, comparative zoology, and ornithology. Among his books are Finding Order in Nature: The Naturalist Tradition from Linnaeus to E. O. Wilson, and The Temptations of Evolutionary Ethics.

This event is free and open to the public.

For additional information contact:
Michael A. Osborne
Program in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9410
phone: 805-893-2901
email: osborne@history.ucsb.edu