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New Opinion Piece from Natalie Kofler

November 10, 2020

Visiting Fellow Natalie Kofler has an opinion piece about genetic technologies and democratic decision-making in the Boston Globe, co-authored with Riley Taitingfong. You can read the full piece, "Advances in Genetic Engineering Test Democracy’s Capacity for Good Decision-making... Read more about New Opinion Piece from Natalie Kofler

Decision in R.I. Right to Civics Case

November 9, 2020

Former Fellow-in-Residence, Michael Rebell, has shared a long-awaited decision in R.I. case about the right to civics education. The press release follows, and the full 55-page court decision is attached below.

Rhode Island District Court Reluctantly Dismisses Suit Seeking to Establish Federal Constitutional Right to a Civic Education

Plaintiffs will appeal, saying the decision gives them a road map to the First Circuit

New York, NY -- Judge William Smith of the U.S. District Court for Rhode Island today issued his long-awaited decision in...

New Article from Attila Mráz

November 9, 2020

Fellow-in-Residence Attila Mráz has a new article in Moral Philosophy and Politics. You can find the article, "Disenfranchisement and the Capacity/Equality Puzzle: Why Disenfranchise Children but Not Adults Living with Cognitive Disabilities," here online.

Josh Simons on Anti-Semitism in the UK Labour Party

October 30, 2020

Former Graduate Fellow Josh Simons has an op-ed in HuffPost UK about anti-semitism in the UK Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn. You can read the piece, "... Read more about Josh Simons on Anti-Semitism in the UK Labour Party

Embedded EthiCS Featured in the Harvard Gazette

October 19, 2020

The Embedded EthiCS program is featured in the Harvard Gazette in part one of a four-part series on the positives and negatives of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Many of our community members are featured in the article, including facutly members Allison Simmons, Jeffrey Behrends, Barbara Grosz, and Mathias Risse. You can also take a closer look at the ethics modules developed by graduate students Cat Wade, Diana Acosta Navas, and David Gray Grant. You can... Read more about Embedded EthiCS Featured in the Harvard Gazette

Out Today: Feeding the Hungry by Visiting Fellow Michelle Jurkovich

October 15, 2020

Feeding the Hungry Book Cover

Visiting Fellow Michelle Jurkovich's book Feeding the Hungry: Advocacy and Blame in the Global Fight Against Hunger is out today from Cornell University Press. "Food insecurity poses one of the world’s most pressing development and human security challenges. In Feeding...

Special Section of Dissent Magazine by Katrina Forrester and Moira Weigel

October 13, 2020

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Katrina Forrester co-edited a special section of Dissent magazine with Moira Weigel on Technology and the Crisis of Work. You can read their introductory article, "...

Remembering Dan W. Brock (1937-2020)

October 7, 2020

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We mourn the passing of our esteemed colleague, Dan W. Brock, Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Medical Ethics, Emeritus, at...

New Article from Frances Kamm

September 29, 2020

The lecture that Frances Kamm delivered in March 2019 has been published. "The Use and Abuse of the Trolley Problem: Self-Driving Cars, Medical Treatments, and the Distribution of Harm" can be found in AI and Ethics, edited by S. Matthew Liao (Oxford University Press, 2020).

New Dædalus Issue Witnessing Climate Change: Personal Narratives, Professional Expertise

September 22, 2020

CAMBRIDGE, MA — (See Dædalus online) The many and varied dangers of climate change propel scientists, doctors, public health experts, social scientists, lawyers, journalists, business consultants, and military officers to speak out from the vantage point of their specialized knowledge. We call them witnessing professionals. The Fall 2020 issue of Dædalus on “Witnessing Climate Change,” guest edited by Nancy...