Call for Papers for S.NET Annual Meeting Now Open
The Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies (S.NET) is now accepting proposals for the 2013 annual meeting. This year’s theme is Innovation, Responsibility, and Sustainable Development. To submit a paper, please use the S.NET Submission Portal.
3Qs: Benedict XVI Resigns the Papacy
Professor Bucar addresses questions on the impact and consequences of Pope Benedict XVI’s abrupt resignation. To view the full article, click here.
Workshop on Informed Consent Call for Papers
This year the Ethics Institute will be hosting the 2013 Workshop in Applied Philosophy on Informed Consent. For more information on this year’s workshop, please click here. For the call for papers, please click here.
“The Ethics of Species”
Professor Sandler’s new book, The Ethics of Species (Cambridge University Press), is now available. More about the book and its content can be found here!
NASSP International Social Philosophy Conference
Last week, Northeastern hosted the 29th International Social Philosophy Conference, an opportunity for experts and students to weigh deep questions around some of the biggest issues of our time. The full article can be found here.
“Us Before Me: Ethics and Social Capital for Global Well-Being”
Professor Illingworth’s new book on the ethical significance of social capital, Us Before Me (Palgrave Macmillan), is now available. More about the book and the importance of social capital as an ethical concept can be found here.
2012 Workshop in Applied Philosophy Program Now Available
The program for the 2012 Northeastern Workshop in Applied Philosophy, September 28-30, is now available here.
2012 NASSP International Social Philosophy Conference Program and Abstracts Available
The program for the 29th International Social Philosophy Conference being held at Northeastern University July 26 – 28 is now available here. The abstracts for the papers being presented can be found here.
Inaugural Department of Philosophy and Religion Newsletter
Our first semi-annual newsletter brought to you by the Department of Philosophy and Religion and the Ethics Institute at Northeastern University. Click here to read it!
Registration for the 2012 Workshop in Applied Philosophy is Now Open
Registration for The 2012 Workshop in Applied Philosophy is now open. This year’s topic is: “Global Justice and the Ethics of Exclusion”. The Workshop will be held September 28-30th, 2012. Read more…
2012 Global Justice Working Group
The Northeastern Ethics Institute will be hosting a faculty works-in-progress series on contemporary ethical issues and global justice. Read more…
2011 Workshop in Applied Philosophy
The 2011 Workshop in Applied Philosophy was held September 30th to October 2nd on the theme of “Ethical issues in Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems.” Read more…
Summer Graduate Research Fellows
In conjunction with the Nanotechnology and Society Research Group, the Institute hosted a group of six advanced graduate students and early-career researchers to explore ethical issues associated with emerging technologies. Read more…
Welcome, Serena Parekh
The Institute is excited to welcome Serena Parekh to the Department of Philosophy and Religion as well as the Ethics Institute. Serena’s research focuses on issues of human rights and global justice. Read more…
Congratulations, Stephen Nathanson
Steve Nathanson was recently awarded an Excellence in Research Award from Northeastern. In addition, Steve’s recent book, Terrorism and the Ethics of War, was named the outstanding book in social philosophy in 2010 Read more…
New Book on Ethics and Philanthropy
Patricia Illingworth’s new collection (co-edited with Thomas Pogge and Leif Wenar) on ethics and philanthropy is now available from Oxford University Press.
The Ethics Minor
Northeastern University offers a minor in Ethics that is open to all majors. Read more…
Stephen Nathanson on Philosophy TV
Stephen Nathanson was featured, with Tony Coady, in an episode of Philosophy TV. The topic of discussion was “Terrorism”. To view this episode, please visit the Philosophy TV page.
Ethics Institute is Launched!
We are excited to announce the Northeastern University Ethics Institute has been officially launched! The Institute’s mission is to bring ethical analysis and evaluation to bear on social and environmental issues, as well as to promote ethical reflection on decisions and challenges in contemporary life. It will do this by:
- Supporting faculty and students conducting ethics-oriented research
- Developing interdisciplinary research projects and programs on social and environmental issues
- Providing opportunities, both in the classroom and through experiential education, for cultivating ethical awareness and developing the skills associated with ethical inquiry and analysis
- Fostering campus-wide discourse on ethical dimensions of pressing social and environmental problems
- Functioning as a community resource on the ethical dimensions of local, national, and global social and environmental issues
The Institute’s interdisciplinary faculty have a diverse range of areas of expertise, including human rights, global justice, health care, war and terrorism, patriotism, emerging technologies, environmental justice, climate change, capital punishment, economic justice, ethical theory, religious ethics, and descriptive ethics. The Institute and its faculty embody Northeastern University’s commitment to engaged and impactful research, education and public scholarship.
For more information about the Institute and its programs, please visit us online at __________ or contact the Institute Director, Ronald Sandler, at r.sandler@neu.edu.