Winter 2025

March 20th: Stefan H. Uhlig, Comparative Literature

Literary Ethics

Mentioned Resources:

Background on William Wordsworth

Shakespeare’s Hamlet Reimagined, Who’s There?


March 6th: Meaghan O’Keefe, Religious Studies

Medical Ethics

Mentioned Resources:

Dignitas Infinita

Declaration from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith


February 20th: Keith David Watenpaugh, Human Rights Studies

Human Rights and Ethics

Mentioned Resources:

Declaration of Human Rights

USAID Funding Freeze Affecting Critical Programs


February 6th: Alejandro Naranjo Sandoval, Philosophy

Kantian Ethics

Mentioned Works:

Rae Langton’s paper on the correspondence between Maria von Herbert and Kant

Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals


January 23: Mairaj U. Syed, Religious Studies

Islamic Ethics: Homicide, War, and Moral Reflections

Mentioned Works:

Coercion and Responsibility in Islam by Professor Mairaj Syed


January 9: Naomi Janowitz, Religious Studies

Introduction to Our Discussion of Ethics this Quarter