Harvard’s EDMOND J. SAFRA CENTER FOR ETHICS is hosting an academic workshop October 25-26, bringing together scholars from a variety of disciplines—social sciences, philosophy, and natural science—to probe the conceptual underpinnings of research and conclusions in the domain of the study of polygenic adaptations. This workshop has developed from a series of discussions beginning in early Fall of 2017. The title of the workshop is: “A workshop on interpreting the genetic bases of differences between...
Economic ordeals are interventions that deliberately make access to products or services more difficult in an effort to improve resource allocation. In this vein, making patients wait in long lines to schedule an appointment with a specialist might discourage patients with needs that could be met by less qualified personnel from taking up the specialist’s time, thus freeing up time for those with complex needs. Similarly, putting brand-name medications at the bottom of a long list of options on clinicians’ computers might encourage them to prescribe a generic brand listed closer to...
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The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and Harvard Book Store are pleased to welcome Michael Rebell, executive director of the Center for Educational Equity, professor of practice in law and educational policy at Teachers College, Columbia University, and adjunct professor of law at Columbia Law School, for a discussion of his new book, ...
This lecture is named for the late Lester Kissel, a graduate of Harvard Law School and longtime benefactor of Harvard University's ethics programs and activities.
Title: Why Surfers Should be Fed - After Three Decennia
Abstract: In April 1990, Philippe Van Parijs gave a lecture at Harvard’s Ethics Center subsequently published under the title “Why Surfers Should Be Fed: The Liberal Case for an Unconditional Basic Income”. Nearly 30 years later, the idea he was... Read more about Annual Kissel Lecture in Ethics by Philippe Van Parijs
Title: "Shifting Borders of Justice: Territory, Market, Migration"
Abstract: Contributing to debates about migration and globalization, this lecture explores how and why the multiple borders of justice—territorial, legal, and normative—are shifting.... Read more about Public Lecture by Ayelet Shachar