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Ethics Monday with Shira Hoffer featured in the Harvard Gazette

March 7, 2024

The Gazette published an article featuring ELSCE's Ethics Monday event with Shira Hoffer titled "Disagreeing Curiously About Israel/Palestine and Beyond." Hoffer created the Hotline for Israel/Palestine, a text-based platform offering nonpartisan information on the Israel-Hamas conflict. During the event, Hoffer spoke of her inspiration for the project and her belief that the world will be a better place when we learn to “disagree curiously.” Read the Gazette's article about the event...

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New article in WBUR’s Cognoscent

March 7, 2024

Edmond & Lily Safra Center fellow, Katherine Peeler, has published a commentary with several Harvard Medical Students in WBUR’s Cognoscent. The article discusses the alarming use of solitary confinement by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the United States, shedding light on the conditions faced by immigrants already within U.S. borders. Read "ICE's wanton use of solitary confinement defies even its own standards" here....

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Embedded EthiCS @ Harvard Launches Exploratory Study

February 26, 2024

Embedded EthiCS @ Harvard has launched a survey study to better understand tech ethics education across Harvard SEAS.

The study will be ongoing over the duration of the Spring 2024 semester, with SEAS students receiving the opportunity to complete the series of two surveys at varying times based on their course enrollment. Results of the study will help to both inform and refine Harvard’s approach to tech ethics education, as well as the approaches of institutions implementing their own similar programs.

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Recording Available for Democratizing Work: Politics, Philosophy, and Practice Event

February 13, 2024

 

This panel event featured Lisa Herzog (University of Groningen) and Alex Gourevitch (Brown University) in conversation to discuss recent scholarship on work and its relations to property rights, economic independence, and the state. It was co-sponsored by the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School and the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University.

The panel event was part of "Recent Work on the Philosophy and Politics of Work," a day-long workshop co-convened by Nien-hê Hsieh (Harvard Business School) and Nicholas...

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New report calls for ICE to end solitary confinement

February 7, 2024

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According to a new report issued by Physicians for Human Rights, Harvard Law School, and Harvard Medical School, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employed solitary confinement over 14,000 times from 2018 to 2023 with an average isolation time of 27 days. This far exceeds the 15-day guideline that the United Nations considers to be torture. 

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Remembering Charles Fried

January 24, 2024

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It is with sorrow that we note the January 23, 2024 passing of our long-time colleague Charles Fried. Professor Fried, the Beneficial Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, had been a dedicated Faculty Associate of the Center since 1990. His profound influence extended...

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New article by Katherine Peeler

January 16, 2024
Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics Initiative Fellow, Katherine Peeler, recently contributed a new report released by the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights in conjunction with the RAICES, the Massachusetts General Center for Global Health and the Harvard Global Health Institute detailing the provision of pediatric medical care in an immigration detention facility.

This study, analyzing 165 medical records of detained immigrant children, found inadequate access to health care and inappropriate management of acute medical and mental health care. 

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