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Item Exploring Ethical Development from Standard Instruction in the Contexts of Biomedical Engineering and Earth Science(ASEE, 2019-06) Hess, Justin L.; Fore, Grant A.; Sorge, Brandon H.; Coleman, M. A.; Price, Mary F.; Hahn, Thomas William; Technology and Leadership Communication, School of Engineering and TechnologyEthics continues to be required in the accreditation of engineers. However, ethics is seldom the core focus of departmental instruction. Yet, standard instruction may have myriad impacts on students' ethical development. This study explores students’ ethical formation when ethics is a peripheral or non-intentional aspect of instruction in departmental courses in Biomedical Engineering and Earth Science. The research question that we seek to address is, “In what different ways and to what extent does participation in departmental engineering and science courses cultivate STEM students’ ethical formation?” To address our research question, we disseminated a survey to students before (pre) and after (post) their participation in one of 12 courses offered in Earth Science or Biomedical Engineering during the Fall 2017 or Spring 2018. The survey included four instruments: (1) the Civic-Minded Graduate scale; (2) the Interpersonal Reactivity Index; (3) two relational constructs developed by the authors; and (4) the Defining Issues Test-2. Results suggest that current Earth Science curriculum, overall, positively contributes to students' ethical growth. However, the Biomedical Engineering courses showed no evidence of change. As the Earth Science courses do not explicitly focus on ethics, one potential explanation for this trend is the community-engaged nature of the Earth Science curriculum. These findings will be beneficial locally to help direct improvements in departmental STEM instruction. In addition, these findings pave the way for future comparative analyses exploring how variations in ethical instruction contribute to students' ethical and professional formation. © 2019 American Society for Engineering EducationItem On The Critical Edition of _The Letters of George Santayana_(2008-01-24) Coleman, M. A.This presentation recounts the history and content of the eight books of _The Letters of George Santayana_, Volume 5 of _The Works of George Santayana_.Item On The Critical Edition of George Santayana's _The Life of Reason_(2017-04-13) Coleman, M. A.In 1905–06, American philosopher George Santayana published the five books of The Life of Reason, confirming his reputation as a serious thinker. One hundred and ten years after The Life of Reason was completed, the Santayana Edition completed the critical edition of this work in 2016. The five books, Reason in Common Sense, Reason in Society, Reason in Religion, Reason in Art, and Reason in Science survey the history of ideas in their origin and significance as natural expression of human life. The aim is to determine what wisdom is possible for human beings and to articulate a vision of human life lived sanely. In Reason in Common Sense, Santayana described reason reason as impulse modified by reflection in harmony with past judgments. To live the Life of Reason is to perceive and pursue ideals such that the direction of conduct and the interpretation of sense promote natural human happiness. He ended the first book with a promise that “[t]o give a general picture of human nature and its rational functions will be the task of the following books” (LR1, 175). He sought to fulfill the promise by examining the human activities, endeavors, and institutions that constitute society, religion, art, and science and to give account of their place in the Life of Reason. The newly published critical edition establishes a text consistent with the author’s original intention and provides readers with a stable and reliable basis for interpretation.