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The LHU Ethics Center

     

Purpose of the Center

  • To encourage dialogue concerning ethical issues among faculty, staff, and students
  • To promote dialogue among members of the university and the community at large
  • To provide opportunities for education via consultations, workshops, speakers, and conferences
  • To provide resources that will serve to foster a greater understanding of ethics in everyday life
  • To foster a greater understanding of ethics in the professions

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                 Past Events

 April 2012   "What are YOUR Guiding Principles? Human Rights, Community Rights, Hydraulic Fracturing, Sustainability and Social Justice" ( In cooperation with the Women's Studies Program and the Office of Human and Cultural Diversity)    Sister Nora Nash

 April 2011  "Integrity in Retail Business"    Mr. Troy  Nittinger

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 October 18, 2011 "Good Hair"   film and discussion with the co-sponsorship of Office of Human and Cultural Diversity &    Institute for International Studies

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  April 19, 2011

Dr. Henrik Madsen

"A Talk about Food and Philosophy"


April 20, 2011

Celebration of Scholarship

Essay Contest Presentation

Topic: Ethics and the Arts

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Film: "The Rapture"

March 16, 2011 5:30 p.m.

Greenberg Auditorium

(Co-sponsored by the Philosophy Department)

Discussant: Dr. Daniel Shaw

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"Up in the Air": a film with discussion to follow, led by Dr. Karen Kline, Dr. Heather Erb, and Dr. Joan Whitman Hoff

Tuesday 9/28/10, 6 p.m. Hall of Flags

"Gone Baby Gone": a film and discussion to follow, led by Dr. Daniel Shaw

Tuesday, 10/26/10, 6 p.m. Hall of Flags

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Visit the sites whose links appear below for more information on ethics and ethical issues............

 

Ethics Links

Bioethics

Business Ethics Education

Communication

Ethics across the Curriculum

Ethics and Education

Ethics and Fiction Writing

Ethics Resource Center

International Ethics

Sports

 

Upcoming Events

2012-2013

Theme

"The Will to Live"

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Lunch Discussion

Free Pizza

Thursday

11/29/2012

12:30 to 2 PUB - MPR

Dr. Cheryl Newburg

Dr. Daniel Shaw

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Initial Panel Discussion

Wednesday

9/19/2012

6:45 p.m.

Hamblin 115/Hall of Flags

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The Philosophy Program

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 Ethics Center

  Undergraduate Essay Competition   2012

  Ethics and Education

Thanks to Panel Participants

Andrew Brake and Derek Rodriguez !

   Guidelines

Authors must be undergraduate students of Lock Haven University.

 Essays must be the author's own original work and must be typed (double-spaced) using a twelve point font. Any legitimate style of documentation can be used.

The title page must include the author's name and contact information.

Essays must be at least 2500 words and no longer than 3000 words.

 Essays must be submitted in hard copy as well as on a disk. Both copies of the essay must be delivered to the Ethics Center or the Philosophy Program, Raub Hall #303.  Papers will be judged on both form and content. Primary consideration will be given to the logic and persuasiveness of the arguments presented in the essay.

 Winners will be notified by April 1, and will be expected to present their papers at the LHU Day of Scholarship activities.

  Prizes

First Prize : $150 S econd Prize : $100 Third Prize : $50

Please contact Dr. Joan Whitman Hoff, jhoff@lhup.edu (484-2642) for more information.  

 

                    Past Topics

The Ethics of Pre-emptive War

Ethical Issues concerning Death and Dying

Ethics and the Environment

Ethics and the Criminal Justice System