Ethics

2016 Apr 29

Meira Levinson Book Talk & Signing - "Ethics in Your World" Book Series

3:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge MA 02138

The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and Harvard Book Store are pleased to welcome Meira Levinson, Faculty Committee Member, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, and Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, for a discussion of Dilemmas...

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2016 Feb 12

Leif Wenar Book Talk & Signing - Launches New "Ethics in Your World" Book Series

3:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge MA 02138

The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and Harvard Book Store are proud to announce their new "Ethics in Your World" book series and welcome political philosopher and Chair of Philosophy and Law at King's College London Leif Wenar for a discussion of his book ...

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Carla Miller and William English - Government Ethics: Past, Present and Future

The September 23, 2014, Edmond J. Safra Lab seminar was presented by Network Fellow, Carla Miller, and the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethic’s Research Director, Dr. William English. Comprised of two presentations, English’s segment of the Lab seminar, “Government Ethics: Past, Present, and Future” provided interesting perspectives on government ethics and education, while Miller’s presentation focused on her career as an ethics official in Florida and her efforts to address institutional corruption in local government. As a former Lab Fellow, English's research centers on the ethical...

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2015 Apr 13

Ethics in Public Life: Good Practitioners in a Rising Asia

4:10pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Ash Center Foyer, 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 200N

The topic of moral competence is generally neglected in the study of public management and policy, yet it is critical to any hope we might have for strengthening the quality of governance and professional practice. What does moral competence consist in? How is it developed and sustained? These questions are addressed in this book through close examination of selected practitioners in Asian countries making life-defining decisions in their work. The protagonists include a doctor in Singapore, a political activist in India, a mid-level bureaucrat in central Asia, a religious missionary in...

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2015 Mar 28

Hacking iCorruption

(All day)

Location: 

MIT Media Lab, Building E14, 3rd Floor Atrium, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge


A multidisciplinary event to fix the systemic, legal corruption that is weakening our public institutions around the world. Organized by the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University and the MIT Center for Civic Media. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

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2015 Feb 20

Symposium on Justice & Foreign Policy

9:00am to 5:30pm

Location: 

Harvard Faculty Club

A one-day symposium on Michael Blake's new book Justice & Foreign Policy.

9:00–11:00am: First session

  • Michael Blake, "Justice & Foreign Policy: The Main Themes"
  • John Tasioulas, "The Right Kind of Arrogance: The Liberal Foundations of Foreign Policy in a Pluralistic World"
  • Arthur Applbaum, "Tolerance and Legitimacy"

11:00–11:15am: Break

11:15–1:00pm: Second session

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