UF’s Ethics and the Public Sphere program will be hosting a virtual Ethics Café this coming Monday, February 28, 4-5:30. The guiding question for this Café is “When should digital speech be restricted?” It will be moderated by Kestrel Ward, a UF librarian and member of the National Forum for the Prevention of Cyber Sexual […]
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As a quick skim through any newspaper or social media feed reveals, contemporary societies face many complex, large-scale challenges that have no easy solutions, such as climate change, police violence, terrorism, and world poverty. While these challenges may all seem very different, they each force us to confront ethical questions: what is morally right and […]
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The Intersections group on Ethics and the Public Sphere is convening a series of ethics cafes this fall. The cafes are opportunities for students to talk about the moral dimensions of public issues they care about and learn from their peers. All UF students are welcome and encouraged to attend. Are you interested in learning […]
The University of Florida (UF) Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere launched its Intersections Research-Into-Teaching Grants earlier this year, made possible with $400,000 in funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Awards of $30,000 were given to four Intersections Groups of UF faculty and staff working together across disciplines on researching and addressing […]
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