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Narratives of Bhutanese and Iraqi Refugees Losing and Finding Homes
Twelve DukeImmerse students perform monologues based on life-story interviews with Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal and Iraqi refugees living in Egypt.Published 2 weeks ago
One Summer in Damak: Glimpses of Life in a Bhutanese Refugee Camp
Multi-media version of a photo exhibition on display at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University Fall 2011.Published 6 months ago
Team Kenan Presents: Morality, Neuroscience, and Religion
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, the Chauncey Stillman Professor in Practical Ethics in the Department of Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics, and Sam Wells, Dean of the Chapel and Research Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke Divinity School, discussed where the desire to be good originates.Published 1 year ago
Certifying Virtue Panel
The panel was prompted by Duke Chapel's current exhibit "Faces of Freedom," a display of photos of children taken out of child labor by GoodWeave. GoodWeave helps remove children from labor positions, places them in schools, and certifies that carpets from South Asia have been made without child labor. While GoodWeave is to be lauded for its attempt to effect change in the carpet industry, its approach also prompts some questions that extend beyond its particular organization. Some of the questions this panel addressed included:• To whom are certifiers accountable and whose interests do they represent?
• How does certification compare with other means of securing human rights or environmental sustainability or other desired goals?
• Is the market the best way to achieve social change?
Published 1 year ago
Lessons From the Financial Crisis: Canada in Comparative Perspective
What is it about the Canadian economy and regulatory structures that allowed Canada to avoid the most devastating effects of a global financial crisis?While the U.S. and other developed nations reeled from the global financial crisis, Canada remained relatively insulated.
Nicholas Le Pan, Superintendent of Financial Institutions for Canada from September 2001 to October 2006, Vice Chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, Chair of the Basel Accord Implementation Group, director of the Toronto International Leadership Centre for Financial Sector Supervision and currently a consultant on financial services and regulatory matters, discussed his view of this topic.
Published 1 year ago
Dan Carpenter on 'Reputation and Power at the FDA'
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is the most powerful regulatory agency in the world. How did the FDA become so influential? And how exactly does it wield its extraordinary power? Dan Carpenter, author of Reputation and Power: Organizational Image and Pharmaceutical Regulation at the FDA, told the story.This event was part of a series of talks hosted by the Rethinking Regulation project.
Published 1 year ago
Samuel Bowles 'Why Good Laws are No Substitute for Good Citizens'
Bowles discussed "Machiavelli's Mistake: Why Good Laws are No Substitute for Good Citizens." The lecture was followed by a panel discussion with respondents Rachel Kranton (Economics), Kieran Healy (Sociology and the Kenan Institute for Ethics), and Ruth Grant (Political Science and Philosophy), and then a reception.Published 1 year ago
'Reviving Tradition in China: Toward a Progressive and Humane Confucian Ethics?'
Daniel A. Bell is professor of ethics and political philosophy at Tsinghua University. He explored the reasons for the revival of Confucianism in China in this public lecture.Published 1 year ago
Assessing the Outcome of Financial Reform
Dan Ariely, Lawrence Baxter, William Cohan and moderator Ed Balleisen discuss the outcome, benefits, and drawbacks of the recent congressional financial reform.Published 1 year ago
DukeEngage Dublin: Discover University Program
The Discover University Program is a collaboration between the National College of Ireland and the Kenan Institute for Ethics where DukeEngage Dublin and Irish college students work alongside one another. This seven week program is designed to* provide a taste of the college experience to 50 disadvantaged Irish and migrant youth from across Dublin
* instill in the disadvantaged youth the realization that college is both a worthy and in fact attainable goal
* engage them in an active notion of citizenship so they might understand how they can lead ethically in their own communities
* help them understand and appreciate the rapid racial and ethic integration recent migration to Ireland has necessitated (and instill the same understanding in DukeEngage participants).
Published 1 year ago
Bending the Rules: Gamesmanship in Sports (And Life)
Participants: Greg Dale Associate Professor of the Practice, Duke Athletics Joe Heath Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto Jan Boxill Director, Parr Center for Ethics at UNCModerator:
Wayne Norman
Professor of Ethics in the Kenan Institute for Ethics and Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Part of the Institute's What is Ethics? seminar on Elevating the Game: A Series on Sport. The series seeks to provide an informal setting for students, academics, and sports enthusiasts to talk about some of the most pressing and interesting issues in sport today.
Published 1 year ago
The Global Production and Marketing of Athletes
As Part of Kenan Institute for Ethics' Elevating the Game: A Series on Sport, this panel discussion focused on ethical, legal, and practical issues resulting from increased promotion, production, and marketing of athletics and athletes.Published 1 year ago
Bhutanese Resettlement Project: Our American Life
The Kenan Institute for Ethics is piloting a multi-site community-based research project in eastern Nepal and Durham exploring the effects of resettlement upon Bhutanese refugees. In this video Bhutanese refugees living in the United States describe the daily life of resettlement. http://kenan.ethics.duke.edu/practice/bhutanese-resettlement-project/Published 1 year ago
Gallery Opening: What is Good Art?
Scenes from the gallery opening of the 2010 What is Good Art? Competition and Exhibition.Published 2 years ago
The Yes Men Fix the World ... in Haiku
The Kenan Insitute for Ethics brought "culture jammers" The Yes Men to Duke to discuss their new film, "The Yes Men Fix the World." During their visit, we asked them to express their ideas for the future using the ancient art of haiku. For more information, visit dukeethics.org.Published 2 years ago
