Cal State Bakersfield has appointed philosophy professor Nate Olson to serve as the director of the Kegley Institute of Ethics at the university. Olson, 45, who also is chairman of the Department of ...

When Computer Science professor Barbara J. Grosz opened enrollment for Computer Science 108: “Intelligent Systems: Design and Ethical Challenge” for its second year in fall 2016, she received 140 ...

Many conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) center on the question of how the technology can impact the future and shape our world. In addition to considering the possible future benefits, ...

When McDonald’s pledged in September 2015 to use cage-free eggs in all of its restaurants in the next decade, it came as no surprise to Calvin philosophy professor Matt Halteman. Not because he’s a ...

Ethics Bowl is a class housed within the Department of Philosophy that is available to students during the fall semester. The course is unique in that it includes an ethics competition between ...

Students from CIEBA College Preparatory Academy celebrating after the event. Photo credit: Jay Shapiro University of California, Santa Cruz’s Center for Public Philosophy (CPP) is a one-of-a-kind ...

Philosophy majors are a favorite punching bag for university critics—including past, Floridian Republican presidential candidates. In the early 2010s, there were annually about 7,800 philosophy ...

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce Ethics and Information Technology (PHIL 2160), a new course about the moral implications of emerging technologies for ourselves and our society. The ...

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has published an updated and expanded version of its entry on "The Ethics and Rationality of Voting." It is authored by Georgetown Prof. Jason Brennan, a ...

The Ethics Track is for UAB students who are interested in focusing on moral questions and reasoning in their time as an undergraduate and after graduation. It serves as a specific way to tailor the ...