News & Events

Announcing the Graduate Fellows for 2019-2020!

March 4, 2019

The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University is excited to announce our Graduate Fellows in Ethics for the 2019-20 academic year.

The Edmond J. Safra Graduate Fellows in Ethics:

Leah Downey is a PhD candidate in Government specializing in Political Theory. Her primary...

The Berggruen Workshop Heads to Cameroon!

February 26, 2019

Berggruen Fellow, Thierry Ngosso, is in the process of founding the Ethics and Public Policy Laboratory -- EthicsLab for short -- at the Université Catholique d'Afrique Centrale (UCAC) in Yaoundé, Cameroon. We are thrilled to support him in this endeavor, and to co-sponsor a week-long event in Yaoundé in March, 2019, to mark the institutional launch of his project.

The launch week will feature our Berggruen Workshop ...

Kissel Lecture in Harvard Law Today

February 14, 2019

Linda Greenhouse's Kissel Lecture in Ethics was also covered by Harvard Law Today. The article includes a link to the video recording of the event.

You can read the coverage here.

Kissel Lecture with Linda Greenhouse in the Crimson

February 8, 2019

You can read a write-up of our recent Kissel Lecture in Ethics, featuring Linda Greenhouse, in the Harvard Crimson. Several of our Undergraduate Fellows are quoted in the article. Read more about Kissel Lecture with Linda Greenhouse in the Crimson

Embedded EthiCS in the Gazette

January 30, 2019

Barbara Grosz, Alison Simmons, and Jeff Behrends--all Faculty Affiliates of the Center--have been working to launch a new Embedded EthiCS program at Harvard. This article in the Harvard Gazette is a great write-up of their work and vision for the program.

Former Undergraduate Fellow, Renan Ferreirinha Carneiro ('17), Elected to Office in Rio de Janeiro

January 23, 2019

Hearty congratulations to our former Undergraduate Fellow, Renan Carneiro, who has been elected as State Representative for Rio de Janeiro! Carneiro will serve in Rio's legislative house for the next 4 years. You can read about his decision to run for office right after graduating from Harvard here. Read more about Former Undergraduate Fellow, Renan Ferreirinha Carneiro ('17), Elected to Office in Rio de Janeiro

"A New Look at the Father of Modern Political Thought," in the Harvard Gazette

January 22, 2019

“Forty or 50 years ago, it was thought that, although there would be inequality in capitalist societies, that it would be moderate, and that there would be a rising tide, which would lift all ships,” Michael Rosen. For more from the interview in the Harvard Gazette with Michael Rosen on the significance of John Rawls and our upcoming conference, click here. Read more about "A New Look at the Father of Modern Political Thought," in the Harvard Gazette

New Publication from Aaron Ancell

January 18, 2019

Fellow-in-Residence Aaron Ancell has a new article published in the Journal of Social Philosophy's special issue on Market Democracy. "Democratic Theory for a Market Democracy: The Problem of Merriment and Diversion when Regulators and the Regulated Meet," co-authored with Wayne Norman, can be found at this link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/josp.12261

Mathias Risse in the Harvard Gazette on the Importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

December 10, 2018

Mathias Risse, Faculty Committee member and Co-director of the Graduate Fellowship, reflects on the importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the Harvard Gazette. Read the full article here: bit.ly/2C0YdoP

"Who's Got Personality?" an Interview with Deb Chasman and Merve Emre

October 1, 2018

Deb Chasman, 2018-19 Fellow-in-Residence and Editor-in-Chief of Boston Review, conducted a fascinating interview with Merve Emre on personality tests like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. In their conversation, they explore "what the test really measures and what it misses, how it has come to function as a form of divination and therapy in an age of secular alienation, and why its claims of innateness are at odds with richer understandings of personality and character."

Read the...

News & Events

Announcing the Graduate Fellows for 2019-2020!

The Berggruen Workshop Heads to Cameroon!

Kissel Lecture in Harvard Law Today

Kissel Lecture with Linda Greenhouse in the Crimson

Embedded EthiCS in the Gazette

Former Undergraduate Fellow, Renan Ferreirinha Carneiro ('17), Elected to Office in Rio de Janeiro

"A New Look at the Father of Modern Political Thought," in the Harvard Gazette

New Publication from Aaron Ancell

Mathias Risse in the Harvard Gazette on the Importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

"Who's Got Personality?" an Interview with Deb Chasman and Merve Emre

Public Lecture with Dean George Daley

Keynote Lecture by Teresa Bejan

Civil Disagreement Series with Doris Meissner and Reihan Salam

2019 George W. Gay Lecture with Danielle Allen

Annual Kissel Lecture in Ethics with Pamela Karlan

Public Lecture with Allison Stanger

Civil Disagreement Series with Govind Persad and Paul Farmer

Public Lecture with Laurence Ralph