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Conference attendees gathered around circular tables and panelists at the front of the room at the Beyond Moderation conference.

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Tech Ethics and Policy Rising Scholar Makenzy Caldwell and Embedded Ethics Fellow Benjamin Xie share key takeaways and insights from the Beyond Moderation conference, which explored how digital technologies can enhance civic debate and de-escalate political conflict.
Tommie Shelby with K. Anthony Appiah and Leif Wenar

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Tech Ethics and Policy Rising Scholar Juan N. Pava reflects on the 2023-24 Tanner Lectures with Tommie Shelby, the Lee Simpkins Family Professor of Arts and Sciences, Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African and African American Studies, and Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. This year’s lecture series examined the political ethics that should guide those subjected to enduring and degrading racial stereotypes.
Rows of columns and arches at Stanford University
Sponsored by the Ethics, Society, and Technology Initiatives at the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, the Tech Ethics and Policy Fellows Program aims to provide tech policy opportunities for Stanford undergraduate and graduate students.

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Vaughn Rasberry in conversation with Donovan X. Ramsey, author of National Book Award nominee When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era.

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Leif Wenar begins his faculty director role at the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society. Wenar offers a ‘world-first’ philosophical approach to engaging with today’s most urgent problems.