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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Greetings Course 7 Students!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">A new course is offered this spring,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>7.105 Ethics for Biologists and Engineers</b>. The course will be co-taught by Prof. Lenny Guarente and Dr. Peter
Hansen. It meets with Ethics for Engineers, a very popular course at MIT (student recommendations below). See<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><u><span style="color:#467886"><a href="http://e4e.mit.edu/" target="_blank" title="http://e4e.mit.edu/">E4E.MIT.EDU</a></span></u><span style="color:black"> for
more information. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">We hope to see you in class!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">7.105 Ethics for Biologists and Engineers<br>
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6 Units: 2-0-4<br>
Prereq: None</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">T3-5 (</span><u><span style="color:#467886"><a href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=66" target="_blank" title="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=66">66-148</a></span></u><span style="color:black">)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Explores how to apply an ethical framework to working with living systems. Students examine case studies related to biological research and bioengineering alongside readings by ethical thinkers
from Aristotle to Martin Luther King, Jr. Topics for consideration include justice, rights, research integrity and bias, human clinical trials, genetic engineering in human diseases and aging, creating human-animal hybrids, and the promise and peril of AI.
Discussion-based, with the aim of introducing students to new ways of thinking.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">“Ethics for Engineers was an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#C82613">incredibly interesting and useful class</span><span style="color:black">. Thinking about
topics from my problem sets and classes in an ethical light even facilitated my interest in the problem sets.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Meagan Rowlett, BE</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">“The discussions were led with intention and allowed me to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#C82613">learn from my peers</span><span style="color:black">. I
would</span><span style="color:#002451"> </span><span style="color:#C82613">highly recommend</span><span style="color:black"> this class!”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Katie Bailey, ChemE</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">“Ethics for Engineers opens the door to a mentality defining<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#C82613">the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>why</i></b> behind
the daily routine</span><span style="color:black">, the thought process guiding us through the momentary decisions, whose cumulative effect results in scientific breakthroughs.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Ana Florescu-Ciobotaru, 5-7 / 10B</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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