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Past Theses
Students in the Program write honors theses on topics that use moral and political philosophy to address practical problems. Previous theses have considered such questions as the just distribution of health care, our obligations to future generations, the role of moral values in education, the moral implications of genetic engineering, and the relationship between gender inequality and the structures of work and family.
Past theses are available to read. Please contact ajyoung1 [at] stanford.edu (subject: Past%20Thesis%20request) (Audrey Youngblood) with your request (author, title, and year). You may look at hard copies of past theses at the Ethics in Society Center offices.
2026
- Sohrab Hassibi
- Mass Death from the Inside: Silicon Valley Subculture, Anthropomorphic Chatbots, and the Nietzschean Self
- Advisor: Mark Crimmins
- Solange Adenike Sylvain
- On Building the Future: A Critique of American Development through Harlem
- Advisor: Ato Quayson
- Abe Jonathan Selvas
- Balancing Legal Algorithmic Technology Development with Societal Well-being
- Advisor: Margaret Darin Hagan