Fellowships in Ethics

FACULTY FELLOWSHIPS

Since the Center began, over 100 outstanding scholars and teachers have accepted the Faculty Committee’s invitation to be Faculty Fellows in Ethics. These participants, faculty from Harvard and other leading institutions of higher education throughout the world, come to pursue a year of study designed to develop their competence to teach and write about ethical issues in public and professional life.

Fellows enjoy access to a wide range of activities in all of the professional schools at Harvard, as well as in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. They participate in graduate courses, colloquia, curricular development, collaborative research, study groups, case-writing workshops, and clinical programs. A significant part of the Fellows' time is devoted to conducting their own research.

The Faculty Fellows Seminar, which discusses problems of teaching and research in ethics, is the intellectual heart of the Center. Each week philosophers and other theorists engage in discussions with those teaching in professional schools. Through these interchanges, the theorists broaden their knowledge of practice, while the practitioners deepen their understanding of systematic moral reasoning.

For guidelines and information on applying to the Faculty Fellowship program, please click here.

GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS

To ensure that progress in teaching and research in ethics will continue into the future, the Center trains younger scholars who are prepared to dedicate their careers to the study of practical ethics in a wide variety of subjects.

In 1990 the Center established Graduate Fellowships in Ethics with the support of the American Express Foundation. More recently, generous gifts from Mrs. Lily Safra and Mr. Eugene P. Beard have strengthened the fellowships, putting them on a firmer financial footing. Graduate Fellowships have been awarded to more than 100 Harvard-enrolled graduate and professional students. The graduate fellowships are directed by Arthur Applbaum, Professor of Ethics and Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government.

During their Fellowship year, Graduate Fellows devote their time to an approved course of study. They participate in a weekly ethics seminar, for which they read works in practical ethics, and discuss research problems and strategies common to the study of ethics in the professions and public life. Graduate Fellows are encouraged to take part in the wider intellectual life of the Center by interacting with Faculty Fellows and faculty associates of the Center, and by participating in the Center's lecture series, Joint Seminar series, and other events. They may also elect to conduct a teaching or research project under the supervision of a Faculty Fellow or affiliated faculty member.

For guidelines and information on applying to the Graduate Fellowship program, please click here.