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Ethics of Wealth

A series exploring the ethical questions at the heart of wealth.
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The Center's news portal fueled by Stanford students interested in ethics.
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Hope House Scholars Program

The Center sponsors humanities courses at Hope House, a residential treatment facility for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts.
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Undergraduate Honors Program

Interdisciplinary scholars developing a sophisticated understanding of the problems of social concern.
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Upcoming Events

Tue 1 Apr

Orange is the New Black: The Real Story with Piper Kerman

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8:00pm on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 At Cemex auditorium

In her memoir Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Woman's Prison, Piper Kerman recounts the 15 months that

Tue 8 Apr

Jeff Raikes: Wealth, Philanthropy, and Inequality

Ethics of Wealth Series
7:00pm on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 At Cubberley Auditorium

Jeff Raikes, CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and co-founder of the Raikes Foundation, will sh

Wed 16 Apr

William Deresiewicz: Excellent Sheep, Revisited

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5:00pm on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 At Cemex Auditorium

More information about this event will be posted soon.

Thu 17 Apr

Marion Nestle | Advocacy for Healthier Food Systems: From Clicks to Occupy

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7:30pm on Thursday, April 17, 2014 At Cubberley Auditorium

From hunger to obesity to industrial agriculture, modern-day food systems have no lack of “wicked” problems involving

Tue 22 Apr

American Whistleblowers: Essential Voices for Accountability

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7:00pm on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 At Law School, Paul Brest Hall

Every year, thousands of Americans witness wrongdoing on the job.

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Welcome to Ethics in Society

The McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society is committed to bringing ethical reflection to bear on important social problems through research, teaching, and engagement. The major problems faced by our troubled globe -- extreme poverty, environmental sustainability, and international peace and security -- are not only technological in nature, but also moral. To that end, we develop initiatives with ethical dimensions that relate to important public problems and draw on the established strengths of interdisciplinary Stanford faculty.

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What is family, what are strangers? MacFarquhar profiles couple who adopted 20 special needs children

By Salil Dudani on March 14, 2014

If two people are drowning, you can only save one, and one of them is your wife, are you permitted to save her? According to writer Larissa MacFarquhar, most would say yes. She pushes the scenario further: What if it’s a choice between saving five people or your wife? Twenty people? Twenty thousand? And what if your wife is a demented serial killer on the run? “At a certain point you will start to feel guilty,” Larissa MacFarquhar, a long-time staff writer for The New Yorker, said during her March 6 talk titled “What is Family, What are Strangers?”

Kidney Donations from "Perfect Strangers"

By Salil Dudani on February 28, 2014

On February 5, Art and Art History Professor Jan Krawitz’s film Perfect Strangers was screened in Annenberg Auditorium. The film follows kidney donor Eldona (Ellie) and kidney recipient Kathy over the course of four years as they navigate the complex ethical and emotional terrain of organ donation.

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