COVID-19 Crisis in Prisons, Jails, and Detention Centers: Historical Perspective and Global Context is the first event in a new series hosted by the Harvard Global Health Institute in partnership with Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. This...

For twenty years, overdose deaths in the U.S. have sharply increased. In 2019, more than 70,000 Americans died of drug-related causes. Preliminary data suggests the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating this trend.   

To address the...

Seth Lazar, Professor in the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University (ANU) will discuss his new paper ‘What’s wrong with Automated Influence?’ It is co-authored with Claire Benn (ANU...

Inaugural Mala and Solomon Kamm Lecture in Ethics

We are excited to launch a new lecture series focused on philosophy and ethics, supported by Frances M. Kamm, the Henry Rutgers University Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, and important long-term member of the Center for Ethics Community. Professor Kamm has named the series in honor of her parents, Mala and Solomon Kamm, who survived internment at Auschwitz in World War II. The Kamms were dedicated to education, justice, and ethics throughout their lives, and we are pleased to honor their memory with this series.... Read more about "Being Good in a World of Need," with Larry Temkin