The question this paper examines is whether or not discourse ethics is an environmentally attractive moral theory. The answer reached is: no. For firstly, nature has nothing to gain from the discourse ...

For the 2017-18 academic year, the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics is focusing on the theme of freedom of speech and civil discourse. We are exploring the theme through public events, the work of a ...

We report a randomized trial of a research ethics training intervention designed to enhance ethics communication in university science and engineering laboratories, focusing specifically on authorship ...

It is not only the Church that needs to be thinking of ethics, but the university as well. While physicians, lawyers, nurses, business people, journalists, and others study the ethics specific to ...

Today, debates about Israel and the Palestinians often confuse and insult participants and observers rather than inform and clarify issues. If discourse is ethical, we can refuse to participate. There ...

If civil discourse is the key to a healthy democracy, we’re in big trouble. Civil discourse is another name for honest dialog in which people listen to one another carefully and seek common ground.

During the second half of 2021, the Journalism and Media Ethics program at the Markkula Center initiated a set of virtual roundtable meetings around the term "News Distribution Ethics". We invited ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Feb. 6, 2019) – The Poynter Institute, a global nonprofit dedicated to excellence in journalism, has been awarded a $5 million grant from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to ...

'Instant Scholar' is a Times of India initiative to make academic research accessible to a wider audience. If you are a Ph.D. scholar and would like to publish a summary of your research in this ...

Kate Padgett Walsh co-organizes the Iowa High School Ethics Bowl competition. She is a professor of philosophy at Iowa State University. At a time when political conversations too often devolve into ...