Past Events

2020 Mar 27

Canceled - Ethics in Your World with Ayelet Schahar

3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location:
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
"Ethics in Your World" Book Series with Ayelet Shachar, Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity and a Visiting Fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. Shachar will discuss her book, The Shifting Border: Legal Cartographies of Migration and Mobility.
2020 Mar 26

Canceled - Public Lecture with Allison Stanger

5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location:
Wexner 436, Harvard Kennedy School
Update March 23:

We are working on a new format for this event, which is likely to be a pre-recorded conversation between Allison Stanger and Danielle Allen. We will update with full details as soon as we have them.

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We have canceled all public lectures, workshops, conferences, and in-person events for the rest of the...
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2020 Mar 24

ONLINE ONLY - Artificial Intelligence and Disability/Dependency: Equity, Access, and Interdependence

1:00pm to 5:00pm
Location:
Milstein West, Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School
On 3/11, this event moved to online only. More details can be found below.

~~As of 3/10, this event is still slated to happen. Please see below for more details.~~

Online Viewing

In light of the rapidly developing COVID-19 outbreaks, Harvard University has restricted on-campus events. As a result, we will not be allowing in-person attendance at this event. Instead, the event will be available for viewing online. To ensure that you will receive access to the livestream and be kept up to date on any changes to the event,...
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2020 Mar 13

Canceled - Ethics in Your World with Linda McClain

3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location:
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
Update 3/11: Harvard Book Store has announced that they are cancelling this event due to increased caution around coronavirus/COVID-19. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Harvard Book Store and the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics welcome LINDA MCCLAIN—Robert B. Kent Professor at Boston...
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2020 Feb 27

Michael Sandel: A Conversation with Michael Rosen

4:30pm to 6:30pm
Location:
Tsai Auditorium

Please join us on Thursday, February 27 for an event featuring political philosophers Michael Sandel and Michael Rosen, as part of a series in which Professor Rosen interviews other prominent philosophers. This far-ranging conversation will cover Sandel's life and work, touching on matters of...
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2020 Feb 27

Human rights and global mental health: Challenges, opportunities and scenarios for the future

1:00pm to 2:30pm
Location:
Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 520N

Please join the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and the University of Massachusetts-Boston for this important conversation about the future challenges and opportunities to respect, protect, and advance the right...
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2020 Feb 13

Annual Kissel Lecture in Ethics with Pamela Karlan

5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location:
Milstein East C, Wasserstein Hall - Harvard Law School

Title: "Restoring Democracy: Lessons from Offender Re-enfranchisement"

Abstract: Karlan explores what the recent success of the offender re-enfranchisement movement tells us about both constitutional and popular approaches to democracy. Why has this movement...
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2019 Nov 21

2019 George W. Gay Lecture in Medical Ethics with Danielle Allen

5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location:
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston MA, 02115
Title: Human Choice in a Hyper-technological Age: How We Can Keep Our Wits about Us in the World of Medicine and Beyond.

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2019 Nov 15

"Ethics in Your World" Book Series with Arthur Applbaum

3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location:
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138

Harvard Book Store and the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics are pleased to welcome ARTHUR APPLBAUM--Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values at Harvard Kennedy School--to discuss his new book, Legitimacy: The Right to Rule in a Wanton World.

About Legitimacy:...
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2019 Nov 14

Decisions and Desserts with LTG Nadja Y. West, USA, Ret.

4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location:
Phillips Brooks House, Parlor Room

Please join us for a "Decisions and Desserts: What I Decided and Why" conversation with LTG Nadja Y. West, USA, Ret. This conversation will be moderated by Clarke Patrone, '21. Decisions & Desserts is our signature conversation series for UNDERGRADUATES, where leading...
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