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In Memoriam: Ernan McMullin
Rev. Ernan
McMullin, a founder of the Reilly Center and John Cardinal O’Hara
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy died Tuesday, February 8 at Letterkenny General Hospital in Donegal, Ireland. He was 86 years old. A memorial page for Father McMullin may be found here .
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Reilly Center Mission
We integrate advancement of science & technology, adherence to ethical norms that uphold human dignity, & development of sound policy for the common good. We pursue our mission through education, research, & outreach, from different disciplinary perspectives, in a Catholic context.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men."
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Marie Curie
“I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.”
-Marie Curie
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Erwin Schrödinger
“Who are we? The answer to this question is not only one of the tasks but the task of science.”
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Rosalind Franklin
“Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.”
-Rosalind Franklin
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John Dewey
"Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of the imagination."
-John Dewey
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Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate
“This means that moral evaluation and scientific research must go hand in hand, and that charity must animate them in a harmonious interdisciplinary whole, marked by unity and distinction.”
-Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate