2011-12 Ethics@noon Speakers

Ethics@noon is a 1-unit course (ETHICSOC 10, "Ethics in Theory and Practice"). Join us each week as Stanford faculty tackle important questions of ethics that arise in private and public life. These questions cross disciplines and are central to many of the main problems confronting humanity today. The informal noon-time talks (feel free to bring your lunch), focus on a different question each week and there is always plenty of time for discussion. Look for this course on Axess.

Ethics@noon is also open to the public. You don't have to be enrolled in the course to attend so if you see a topic that interests you, please join us for that day's discussion.

Fridays 12:00 pm - 1:05 pm
Unless otherwise noted, all talks take place in
Bldg 110, Room 112 (on the main quad).

For more information on each talk, go to the Ethics Events/Overview page where you can search by speaker, date or the entire series.

Fall | Winter | Spring


Fall 2011
Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.

September 30
"Dilemmas in the Field:  Working with the International Committee of the Red Cross"
Lori Shoemaker (School of Medicine)

October 7
"Selling Condoms in the Congo"
Amy Lockwood (Deputy Director, Center for Innovation in Global Health)

October 14
"Political Photography: Bringing Ethics into Focus"
Paul Bator (Program in Writing and Rhetoric)

October 21
"Food System Ethics:  The Humane Treatment of…People?"
Matt Rothe (Sustainability Program Manager)

October 28
"Engaging Students in Ethical Research"
Julia Bleakney (Program in Writing and Rhetoric)

November 4
"The Nuclear Taboo"
Scott Sagan (Political Science)

November 11
“The Nature of Cultural Heritage”
Lynn Meskell (Anthropology)

November 18
"Ethical Issues and Organ Transplantation"
David Magnus (Biomedical Ethics)

November 25
No Ethics@noon.

December 2
“Designing at a Distance”
Terry Winograd (Computer Science)

 

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Winter 2012

January 13
"Preserving Decision Space Under Pressure: A Reflection from 'the Surge' into Iraq"
Charles R. Miller (Colonel, U.S. Army, Visiting Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC)

January 20
"My Life as a Public Intellectual: Some Reflections"
Jack Rakove (History)

January 27
"The Media and Mental Illness"
T. Christian Miller (Knight Fellow)
This talk will be held in Bldg 160, Room 124.

February 3
"The Ethical Dilemmas of Philanthropy"
Kim Meredith (Center for Philanthrophy and Civil Society)
PowerPoint Presentation

February 10
"Who You Are Is So Loud I Cannot Hear What You Are Saying"
Joel Samoff (African Studies Center)

February 17
"The Difference Between Life and Death: Ethical Decisions in Combat"
Viet Luong (Colonel, U.S. Army, National Security Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC)

February 24
"Personal Moral Risk Factors"
Scotty McLennan (Dean for Religious Life)

March 2
"Ethical Barriers to the End of AIDS"
David Katzenstein (School of Medicine)
This talk will be held in Bldg 160, Room 124.

March 9
"Courage versus Culture"
David Demarest (Vice President for Public Affairs)

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Spring 2012

April 6
"The Death Penalty in the Twenty-First Century"
Larry Marshall (Law School)

April 13
"Ethical Issues Associated with Developing Pharmacotherapies for Cognitive Impairment in Down Syndrome"
Craig Garner (School of Medicine)
This talk will be held in Bldg 200, Room 303.

April 20
"Ethics and Education Equity"
Kendra Bischoff (Center for Ethics in Society)

April 27
"Cheap Trick: Ethical Considerations in Cultivating Campus-Community Partnerships"
Julie Reed (Haas Center for Public Service)
Jeffrey Betcher (Community Partner)

May 4
"The Ethical Dimension of Wartime Commands and Organizations"
Karl Eikenberry (Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan)

May 11
"Is Marriage for White People? How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone"
Richard Banks (Law School)

May 18
"Run-of-the-Mill Justice"
Nora Engstrom (Law School)
This talk will be held in Bldg 200, Room 303.

May 25
"The Significance of Economic Freedom"
Sam Arnold (Center for Ethics in Society)


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Past Ethics@noon speakers.