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The Society of Empirical Ethics, a component of the American Philosophical Association, along with the department of Religious Studies at Hamilton College and the Institute for Applied Ethics at Utica College, will hold a colloquium, "Science and the Foundation of Ethics," on Oct. 25-27 at the Century House in Cazenovia.

The colloquium will examine the connections between modern empirical science and philosophical inquiry into the foundation of ethics. Heidi Ravven, professor of religious studies at Hamilton College and one of the colloquium organizers says, "This is a crossover conference for philosophers who think about ethics and geneticists whose work bears on how humans become ethical. It's a cross-disciplinary discussion."

Among participants are Roger Masters, research professor at Dartmouth College, the Nelson A. Rockefeller Professor of Government, Emeritus, at Dartmouth College and president of the Foundation for Neuroscience and Society; Charles Sidman, professor of molecular genetics, biochemistry and microbiology, College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati; and William Provine, department of ecology and  evolutionary biology, Cornell University.

For more information contact Heidi Ravven at 315-859-4133, or hravven@hamilton.edu.

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