Science and Conscience explained

Genre:	current affairs
Director:	Jack Sampson
Presenter:	Patrick Watson
Country:	Canada
Language:	English
Channel:	CBC Television
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	8
Executive Producer:	Lister Sinclair
Producer:	James Murray
Runtime:	30 minutes

Science and Conscience is a Canadian current affairs television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1968.

Premise

Each episode consisted of a panel discussion on a particular topic of technology, science and ethics as hosted by Patrick Watson.^[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Thursdays at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern time) from 23 May to 11 July 1968.

1. 23 May 1968: "Turn A Blind Eye", concerning the relationships of the scientific community with governments, businesses and citizens, with panellists Jacob Bronowski, James Eayrs, and Malcolm Muggeridge
2. 30 May 1968: "Building Better Babies", with panellists William Edwin Beckel, Malcolm Muggeridge and Margaret Thompson^[2]
3. 6 June 1968: "Color Me Different", concerning distinctions of ethnicity, nationality and race
4. 13 June 1968: "Kill And Overkill", about the atomic arms race, with panellists Norman Alcock, Ralph Lapp, John Polyani^[3]
5. 20 June 1968: "Man on the Moon", with panellists Walter Goldschmidt, Donald Ivey and Ralph Lapp^[4]
6. 27 June 1968: "Learn, Baby, Learn", concerning whether academic degrees should have time limits, with panellists A. J. Ayer, David Bates and Donald Ivey^[5]
7. 4 July 1968: "Should They Or Shouldn't They?", concerning euthanasia, with panellists A. J. Ayer, Elie Cass and Peter Rechnitzer^[6]
8. 11 July 1968: "Bend, Staple, And Mutilate", concerning government use of technology for surveillance of citizens, with panellists Jacob Bronowski, James Eayrs, and Malcolm Muggeridge

External links

• Web site: Science and Conscience . Blaine . Allan . . 1996 . 7 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150114080120/http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/S.html . 14 January 2015.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Science and Conscience . John . Corcelli . May 2005. Canadian Communications Foundation . 7 May 2010 .
2. News: Today's TV Previews . . Montreal . 30 May 1968 . 24 . 1 October 2010 .
3. News: Today's TV Previews . . Montreal . 13 June 1968 . 11 . 1 October 2010 .
4. News: Today's TV Previews . . Montreal . 20 June 1968 . 31 . 1 October 2010 .
5. News: Today's TV Previews . . Montreal . 27 June 1968 . 19 . 1 October 2010 .
6. News: Today's TV Previews . . Montreal . 4 July 1968 . 28 . 1 October 2010 .