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Hi E@N! So today’s talk was a little different from the others. It was a lot more like a standard political philosophy lecture than the applied ethics discussions that we normally get. As I have strong interests in political philosophy, … Continue reading →

Hi E@N! Hope you enjoyed today’s talk. I think our discussion topic for this week is pretty clear, given the talk. I want to know what you think about these settlement-mills! On the one hand, they aren’t at all honest … Continue reading →

Hey E@N, Thank you for your patience today in waiting for Prof. Banks. I hope you enjoyed the talk nonetheless. I thought Prof. Banks’s talk was quite approachable. He talked about the decline in marriage and the changing roles of … Continue reading →

Hi E@N, I hope you enjoyed today’s talk. Ambassador Eikenberry, drawing upon his own experiences in Afghanistan, talked about the tough ethical decisions that a military and diplomatic leader has to make. I think there are at least two ethical … Continue reading →

Hi all! For those of you who made it, I hope you enjoyed today’s talk. Dr. Reed and Mr. Betcher led a very interactive discussion about ethics of campus-community partnerships, using a hypothetical case study. This was definitely one of … Continue reading →

Hi E@N! I hope you all enjoyed today’s talk. Thank you for dealing with the technical difficulties, and for those of you who were at lunch, it was nice meeting you! So Dr. Bischoff’s talk on education equity had, as … Continue reading →

Hope you enjoyed today’s talk! Prof. Craig Garner talked about the recent work that his lab is doing on neurobiological approaches to treating Down syndrome. The talk itself consisted largely of the science behind his work, and then we proceeded … Continue reading →

I hope you all enjoyed today’s talk! Since this is the first post of the quarter, let me make a few preliminary remarks. First, I will be posting on this blog every Friday before 5pm regarding the day’s talk. Your … Continue reading →

Welcome again to Ethics @ Noon, Spring 2012! This is our class blog. I will be posting every Friday after the talks so that you can comment on them (to fulfill the blog requirement). Please browse the posts below for … Continue reading →

Thanks for a great quarter!  If you haven’t already, please fill out this short feedback form so we can improve future iterations of ethics at noon: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDFjb01IeDItOTl6Z0hlUXlsZkdFTGc6MQ#gid=0.  Feel free to comment on whatever you found thought-provoking about this week’s discussion, whether … Continue reading →