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Do you want to explore the intersection of technology, ethics, and societal impact? Want to learn more about ongoing student research and/or projects at these intersections? 

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Brandon Kim is a senior in philosophy. He has interests in moral psychology, metaethics and metaphysics, and leads The Dualist, the undergraduate association for philosophy at Stanford. Outside of…

Democracy and Disagreement

Course sessions feature guest scholars on opposing sides of a given issue for discussions that model civil disagreement. | LiPo Ching / Stanford University

In a winter quarter course, Stanford undergraduates learned another way to disagree: by learning why people hold the positions they do.

Approaching difference through curiosity was at the…

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‘How do you know the world exists behind you?’

As a 10 year old, Leif Wenar ’87 recalls turning around to peer into his shadow in response to his father’s question — only to realize…

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GREENCASTLE, IND. (Feb. 26, 2025)—Undergraduate students from Stanford University and Macalester College competed in the national championship for the APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl (APPE IEB…