UMBC's Center for Ethics and Values encourages pre-law students to attend these two upcoming events.
Faculty & Student Discussion on the Neuroscience of Freewill: Wednesday, February 19
The Center for Ethics and Values will be holding a faculty & student discussion during the weekly PhilAnon Meeting:
Date: Wednesday February 19, 2025
Time: 5:30-6:30 PM
Location: Performing Arts & Humanities Building (PAHB) 441 (or via Webex)
- To prepare for the Center's 3rd Public Forum, Neuroscience, Freewill, and Moral Responsibility, the discussion will focus on a paper by one of the guest speakers, Dr. Adina Roskies, titled "The Neuroscience of Free Will."
- Note: Professor Adina Roskies received a Ph.D from the University of California, San Diego in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science in 1995, a Ph.D. from MIT in philosophy in 2004, and an M.S.L. from Yale Law School in 2014.
- Here is a link to sign up for the faculty/student discussion.
- Please note you are invited to attend in person (with free food!) or via WebEx.
- Click here for more information!
Public Forum: Neuroscience, Freewill, and Moral Responsibility: Thursday, February 27
This event is presented by the Center for Ethics and Values
and co-sponsored by College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Dresher Center for the Humanities; Center for Social Science Scholarship; Department of Biology; Department of Psychology; Human Context of Science and Technology Program.
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025
Time: 7:00-8:30 PM
Location: Fine Arts, Recital Hall
Free and open to the public!
This event will be a moderated, informal discussion between two panelists:
(1) Adina Roskies, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, with an appointment in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, UC Santa Barbara
(2) Aaron Schurger, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and the Brain Institute, Chapman University
- Following the discussion, we will invite the audience to join the conversation!
- Preregistration is recommended, but not required.
- Free sweet treats following the forum.
- Click here for more information!
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