FLAD-NSF International Bioethics Institute

在过去的几十年中，数百名美国生命科学教师参加了全国各地大学校园的14个生物伦理研究所，这些研讨会的成果正在被纳入生命科学课程。该奖项资助14名美国参与者参加将于2000年和2001年在欧洲举行的两次国际生物伦理学研究会。葡萄牙的一个私人基金会正在里斯本主办第一个国际研究所，并支持欧洲科学家的参与。美国科学家将与欧洲同行一起研究生命科学中的伦理问题，重点是与海洋科学有关的问题。海洋问题本质上是全球性的，需要国际合作和讨论。这些研究所是为期一周的夏季教师发展会议，包括如何向理科学生教授道德的教学会议，以及关于道德理论、道德与科学、道德与宗教和公共政策的讲座/讨论会议。美国参与者将与欧洲科学家合作开展一个长期项目：制作海洋科学伦理方面的国际学术资源，例如案例研究，角色扮演练习和参考书目。里斯本大学、爱荷华州州立大学以及美国和欧洲的其他大学将通过其在线讨论组和时事通讯传播项目信息。项目成果为课堂提供了教学资源;介绍和设想方案发表在执行支助股的通讯“农业生物伦理论坛”上。“这些材料也可能成为以几种欧洲语文出版的基础。项目参与者的招募将在美国和欧洲进行;有关该项目的介绍将在美国和欧洲的专业会议上进行;选定的论文可以作为研究论文提交给评审期刊。项目评估包括对参与者进行的关于讲习班课程质量的问卷调查，独立评估员的后续调查，以及教师参与者在课堂上使用的道德成分的学生评价。这些研究所可以形成一个正在进行的、累积的一系列国际讲习班的核心，这些讲习班在未来几年侧重于具有全球意义的其他道德问题。

Over the course of the last decades, hundreds of US life science faculty members have participated in fourteen bioethics institutes on university campuses throughout the country, and results from these workshops are being incorporated into life sciences curricula. This award provides support for 14 US participants to attend two international bioethics institutes to be held in Europe in 2000 and 2001. A private Portuguese foundation is hosting the first international institute, in Lisbon, and supporting the participation of European scientists. The US scientists will join European colleagues to examine ethical issues in the life sciences, emphasizing those associated with the marine sciences. Ocean issues are inherently global in nature and demand international cooperation and discussion. The institutes are week-long summer faculty development conferences that include pedagogical sessions on how to teach ethics to science students and lecture/discussion sessions on moral theory, ethics and science, ethics and religion, and public policy. The US participants will team with European scientists to work on a longer-term project: the production of international scholarly resources in marine science ethics, resources such as case studies, role-playing exercises, and bibliographies. Lisbon University, Iowa State University (ISU), and other campuses in the US and Europe will disseminate project information through their on-line discussion groups and newsletters. Project results provide pedagogical resources for classes; presentations and scenarios are published in the ISU newsletter, "The Ag Bioethics Forum." These materials may also form the basis for publications in several European languages. Recruitment for project participants will occur throughout the US and Europe; presentations about the project will occur at professional meetings in the US and Europe; selected papers may be submitted as research articles to refereed journals. Project evaluation includes a questionnaire for participants about the quality of the workshop sessions, a follow-up survey by an independent evaluator, and student evaluations of the ethics components the faculty participants use afterwards in their classes. These institutes can form the core for an ongoing, cumulative series of international workshops, that focus on other moral issues of global significance in future years.