2009-10 Ethics@noon Speakers

Ethics@noon becomes a 1-unit course. Starting Winter quarter 2010, Stanford undergraduates will be able to enroll in 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.  Look for this course on Axess.
 

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

Ethics@noon is an informal series of noon-time talks that raise ethical questions across many disciplines. Each week focuses a different question and there is always plenty of time for discussion. The talks, which are led by Stanford faculty, attract undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and community members.

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 2009
October 2
"Empirical Social Science: What's Ethics Got to Do with It?"
Alison Morantz (Law School)

October 9
"From Ethics in Society to Law Practice"
Michelle Friedland (Ethics in Society alum currently is a lawyer at Munger, Tolles & Olson)

October 16
"Leaving Kim on the Side of the Road: Modern Journalism's Intimate Ethical Dilemmas"
Glenn Frankel (Communications)

October 23
"The Coming Explosion in Pre-Natal Genetic Testing"
Hank Greely (Law School)

October 30
"To Entertain Is Human; To Inform, Divine"
Jim Bettinger (Director Knights Fellowships)

November 6
"Stereotype Threat: Creating Safety in Learning"
Adina Glickman (Center for Teaching & Learning)

November 13
"Is death better than this life?:  Ethical Decisions in Severe Genetic Skin Diseases?"
Alfred Lane (School of Medicine)

November 20
no Ethics@noon

November 27
no Ethics@noon

December 4
"The Controversy Continues: The Ethics of Research with Human Embryos"
William Hurlbut (Neuroscience Institute)
 

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Winter 2010
Additional information to be posted shortly.

January 8
"This Little Kidney Went to Market: The Ethics of Organ Selling"
Debra Satz (Philosophy / Director, Center for Ethics in Society)

January 15
"The Ethics of Contested Identities: The Case of Taiwan"
Melissa Brown (Anthropology)

January 22
"Burning Man at Google: The Countercultural Ethos of New Media Production"
Fred Turner (Communications)

January 29
"Fairness in Financial Globalization"
Aaron James (Philosophy, UC Irvine)

February 5
"Online Education for K-12 Students: Growth and Ethical Implications"
Mark Kushner (Education / GSB / Vice President, K12)

February 12
"Making Ethical Distinctions: Precise Decision Language"
Ron Howard (Management Science and Engineering / Graduate School of Business)

February 19
"Mass Incarceration and It's Unintended Consequences for Children, Communities, and Democracy"
Joan Petersilia (Stanford Law School)

February 26
"Assessing Othello's Risk of Cardiac Disease - The Role of Race as a Source of Health Disparities"
Don Barr (School of Medicine)
 
March 5
"When Philosophy is Unethical"
Manuel Vargas (Philosophy, University of San Francisco)

March 12
TBA

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Spring 2010
Additional information to be posted shortly.

April 2
"The Right Kind of Hypocrite"
Lawrence Quill (Associate Professor of Political Science, San Jose State University)

April 9
"Foreign Aid and Poverty"
Nicole Hassoun (Post Doctoral Fellow, Center for Ethics in Society, Stanford / Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon)

April 16
TBA

April 23
"Sustainable Development or Shuffle Deck Chairs on the Titanic: The (Difficult) Choice is Ours"
John Kunz (Civil and Environmental Engineering)

April 30
"Ethics and Global Medicine: Dilemmas Faced by Medical Students and Researchers Who go to Work in Poor Countries"
Michele Barry (Senior Associate Dean for Global Health, School of Medicine)

May 7
Tamar Schapiro (Philosophy)

May 14
"The Ethics of Genetically Modified Foods in a New Green Revolution"
Wally Falcon (Food Security and the Environment Program)

May 21
Martin Carnoy (School of Education)

May 28
"Criminalizing Immigration Policy"
Allegra McLeod (Post Doctoral Fellow, Program on Global Justice)

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Past Ethics@noon speakers.