How does the Center for Applied Philosophy and Ethics interact with other departments in CLAS and across campus?
RB: The Center’s mission is to facilitate research and discussion in the areas of business and professional ethics. This field covers a broad range of disciplines, such as engineering, journalism, urban planning and medicine, to name just a few. So in addition to publishing journals, organizing conferences, and offering classes when appropriate, we are also interested in bringing together the rather large number of faculty who are already teaching ethics-related courses across the varied disciplines. We want to act as a resource so that these people can share their knowledge and teaching techniques with one another. Cn: What types of classes do you offer? RB: A few years ago we offered an experimental course on financial ethics. The Philosophy Department has added two new faculty members this year who specialize in ethical theory, so I hope we’ll be able to offer a new version of that course in the near future. Also, this semester we are offering a course on scientific research ethics.
