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Major Grant Awarded for Work on the Philosophy of Neurotechnology

Four philosophers are leading an interdisciplinary team spanning the Universities of Glasgow and Oxford that has received a £1 million grant from the United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) to study the philosophy of neurotechnology. (more…)

New Business School Centers Ethics in Its Curriculum and Marketing

Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business has revamped its MBA curriculum and has made ethics a focal point of its first-year curriculum. (more…)

High School Student’s Death by Suicide Seems Related to Ethics Course Discussion

A “16-year-old who tragically leaped to his death at New York City’s famed Regis High School had gotten into hot water after taking a controversial stance in his ethics class,” according to The New York Post. (more…)

Philosopher Wins Major Academic Award in Slovakia

Daniela Vacek, a philosopher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Comenius University, has received the ESET Science Award for Outstanding Scientist in Slovakia Under the Age of 35. (more…)

Expanding the Range of Professional Philosophical Opportunities via Environmental Ethics

“One of the most visible and impactful ways that philosophers demonstrate their practical value,” says Matthew Kisner, professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina, is by having ethicists “embedded in a professional setting, working alongside clinicians and health care professionals.” He is now applying this model to environmental ethics. (more…)..

Philosophers and Embedded Ethics (guest post)

“Over the last decade, interest in ethical issues related to computing, especially concerning artificial intelligence (AI) and big data, has skyrocketed.” (more…)

Philosopher Resigns from Naval War College in Protest of Trump’s & Hegseth’s Policies

Pauline M. Shanks Kaurin, a philosopher specializing in military ethics, just war theory, and applied ethics, has resigned from her position as the Admiral James B. Stockdale Chair in Professional Military Ethics at the Naval War College (Newport, Rhode Island), because she believes that “the kind of teaching and research the Navy once hired her to do will now be im..

Sullivan Wins $10 Million Grant for “Love Ethic” Project at Notre Dame

Meghan Sullivan, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, has won a $10 million grant for the project, “Love and Social Transformation: Empowering Scholars and Social Innovators to Develop the Love Ethic.” (more…)

When to Be a Hero (guest post)

“Is now the time to be a hero?” (more…)

Philosophers On The Science & Ethics of Resurrecting Extinct Species

“The Return of the Dire Wolf” announced Time magazine—not quite correctly, it turns out—in its article on the creation of three creatures genetically engineered into existence by the firm Colossal Biosciences. (more…)

Author Gender in Elite Philosophy Journals (guest post) (updated)

What percentage of the authors in elite philosophy journals are women? (more…)

“Free & Equal” Now Open To Submissions

Free & Equal: a Journal of Ethics and Public Affairs, the open-access journal created by the editorial team that resigned en masse from the Wiley-published Philosophy & Public Affairs earlier this year, now has a home on the internet and as of today is accepting submissions. (more…)

Some Virtues Become Vices When Too Many People Possess Them (guest post)

“If individual vices can be virtuous from the perspective of a group, is the inverse also true? Does this mean that virtues, in some cases, can be vices in the context of group behavior?” (more…)

NYU Receives $6 Million for Mind, Ethics, & Policy Center

New York University has received $6 million in donations for an endowment to support the creation of the Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy (CMEP). (more…)

Where Should Moral Philosophy Begin? (guest post) (updated)

“In thinking about trolley problems, to what extent have you put yourself in the shoes of the person at the switch… and to what extent have you put yourself into the shoes of those tied to the tracks?” (more…)

Ethical Evidence, Ethical Experience, and Shamelessness (guest post)

“A kind of science-envy is often visible in much of what analytic philosophers have had to say about the question of evidence in ethics… In some cases, however, what deprives us of the truth is not scientism, but other forms of prejudice.”

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New Virtue Ethics Center at Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame has announced the creation of the Jenkins Center for Virtue Ethics. (more…)

First Sub-Saharan Ethics Center Approaches 5th Anniversary; Seeks Funds for Conference

EthicsLab, a research center in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, is organizing a conference in celebration of its upcoming fifth anniversary, and has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help people attend it. (more…)

The Ignorance Next Door, and What to Do about It

Philosophers sometimes complain about how colleagues in other fields don’t know enough about what philosophy is and what philosophers do, even as said colleagues make pronouncements about philosophy, or decisions that affect philosophy department, or changes to curricula or requirements relevant to philosophy course offerings, and so on. (more…)

Rockwell Prize for Best Article on Ethics, Leadership and Public Policy Awarded

The Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center on Ethics and Leadership at the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston has announced the winner and runner-up for its 2023 Prize for the Best Article on Ethics, Leadership, and Public Policy. (more…)

NEH Creates New Funding for Ethics & AI Research

The Biden administration yesterday called for legislation about and regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), the development and implementation of which will involve expertise in the the ethics of AI.

Just afterwards, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) launched a new program funding research on that subject.