With Professor Marc Aidinoff on Monday at 3:00-5:45 pm
Can we govern scientific and technological innovations or do they govern us? This seminar explores the ways science and technology have inspired, limited, and enhanced political action. Beginning with the surge of federal funding for U.S. science and engineering during World War II, continuing through the developmentalist promises of post-war science, and into the current regulatory (and deregulatory) fights over AI, this class looks to the moral and political role of science and technology policy. It will pay special attention to the role of institutions, political culture, and ideology. Students will grapple with high-stakes normative questions through concrete cases.
