NEW EPL PROJECTS AND OUR CONTINUING MISSION
 
In Spring 2012, as part of a major expansion of the interdisciplinary activities of EPL, we have organized a series of visits by six major figures from the U.S., China and the U.K. on the politics and ethics of China’s rise. Detailed information about the public lectures by the visitors is presented here.

In the Fall of 2012, issues concerning equality, liberty, democracy and social movements that are raised by the U.S. presidential election campaigns will be addressed by six distinguished visitors, who will, similarly, give public lectures, lead workshops and meet informally with people from a wide range of disciplines.

These projects are part of our continuing mission: to promote mutual learning across disciplinary lines on the ethical implications of public policies, technologies, economic initiatives and social and political processes. Our diverse activities include:

•conferences, workshops and seminars in which visitors and Cornell faculty and graduate students share their current research. Topics have included the ethics of war, equity in education, and the morality of punishment.

•initiatives in undergraduate education. The Law and Society minor, open to all undergraduates, provides an opportunity for focused study of law and society from an interdisciplinary perspective. EPL-affiliated faculty and post-doctoral fellows teach a wide array of courses in ethics, social and political philosophy and the philosophy of law, including topics in international justice, biomedical ethics and environmental ethics.

•public lectures. EPL regularly organizes and co-sponsors public lectures on leading issues of ethical and political concern.

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