St. Mary's University College Student Ethics Club

10/24/2013

Now this is something...

http://www.pachamama.org/blog/models-of-sustainability-sweden-runs-out-of-garbage

Preface: Among the many replies we received on this blog, one came from Story of Stuff’s Annie Leonard. She felt it was important that the other side of waste incineration…Read More

09/12/2013

Tiger's dissertation on Ethics was very well received.

http://www.gocomics.com/printable/calvinandhobbes/1992/09/24/

08/28/2013

50 years ago today...still an ethical challenge to our societies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs

I Have a Dream Speech Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963. Washington, D.C. When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring fro...

08/02/2013

What do you think of this proposal?

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/it-s-time-to-start-teaching-philosophy-as-a-formal-subject-in-our-secondary-schools-1.1480932

People not taught how to think will do it anyway; they’ll just do it badly

07/26/2013

Vote for St. Mary's Humanities 101 program!! It's most ethical!

http://www.fieldlawcommunityfund.com/ideas/humanities-101-at-st-marys-university-college/

Humanities 101 is an innovative program that provides free university-level courses to non-traditional learners who experience barriers to learning, with a focus on marginalised and vulnerable low-income learners. The program helps people step back from the forces of poverty surrounding them and pro...

07/03/2013

Hey ethicists...if you're going to be a superhero this summer, be the Credible Hulk.

06/24/2013

A lego version of Plato's cave!!! Philosophy is hip with the kids...in this case, actual kids.

06/19/2013

Can ethics club get you a career? Well, it certainly looks like employers want you to have a liberal arts education with an ability for ethical judgment!!

http://chronicle.com/article/Giving-Employers-What-They/139877/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Why is there such a discrepancy between what employers want in a college graduate, and what we as educators think they want?

06/17/2013

Ethics Club wishes all the best to St. Mary's graduating class of 2013!!

04/15/2013

There are many ethical issues with this one...weigh in with your thoughts:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/04/15/177035299/supreme-court-asks-can-human-genes-be-patented

Same-sex marriage got huge headlines at the Supreme Court last month, but in the world of science and medicine, the case being argued on Monday is far more important. The lawsuit deals with a truly 21st century issue that in some cases can pit drugmakers against patients.

03/26/2013

Hey Everyone!! Tomorrow we look at chapter 3 in "What Money Can't Buy" by Michael Sandel. Join us in C104 at 12:10!

03/20/2013

Hi Everyone. We are going to have to cancel ethics club today, but we will pick it up again next week with the next chapter in Sandel. Take care!