
Since 2001, the Program in Ethics in Society has been sponsoring humanities courses at Hope House, a residential treatment facility for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts. More than 25 courses have been taught by Stanford faculty on topics such as Philosophy, Ethics and Social Justice, Theories of Human Nature and Women's Rights. These classes have been taken by over 200 women, many of whom have never been exposed to college level study. In 2009, our partnership with Hope House received a Community Partnership Award from Stanford’s Office of Public Affairs and in May 2011 we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Hope House Scholars Program. Read more.
April 2012 Congratulations to Dr. Gabe Garcia (Center for Ethics in Society Advisory Committee member) for receiving the 2012 Miriam Aaron Roland Volunteer Service Prize for his outstanding work training Stanford undergraduates to serve as volunteers in local health clinics. The Center's Rob Reich and Debra Satz were awarded the Roland Prize in 2010. Read more.
April 2012 On April 24, Debra Satz was the featured guest on KZSU's Entitled Opinions show. Satz and host Robert Harrison discuss the work of John Rawls as well as Satz's own Rawls-inspired work. Listen.
March 2012 Former Hope House tutor Sheena Chestnut Greitens talks about the "Soprano state" in a NY Times Op-Ed piece that builds off her 2005 honors thesis, "North Korean Involvement in Criminal Activity and Implications for International Security." Read more.
Spencer Foundation Project: The Center for Ethics in Society has long championed student and faculty research that places normative and social science approaches in common inquiry. Our new three-year grant from the Spencer Foundation will permit us to continue this work with a special focus on questions about education theory, policy, and practice. In combination with faculty and students from the Law School, the School of Education, and H&S, we hope to launch a series of new initiatives under the Spencer grant, and we welcome participation from the entire Stanford community. Read more.