Emory Center for Ethics

History has neither a right side nor a wrong side. You do. DO BETTER. DEMAND MORE.

If you don't have anything TRUE to say, try saying nothing at all. Do better. Demand more.

What roads bend toward justice? Is that the one you're paving? We're paving? Do better. Demand more.
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Emory University students on Purpose Project Spring Break cooking in communal kitchen

Goodness makes room for others. Do better. Demand more.
#EmoryEthics #DoBetter #DemandMore #DoGood #Emory

Those with the courage of their convictions don't bury them in cliches and acronyms. Do better. Demand more.

Graphic of a badge of moral courage.

Cowards enable villains and turn their backs of victims. Do better. Demand more. #ethics #MoralCourage #emoryethics #emory #DoBetter

Agreeing to disagree can shield moral error, even evil. Do better. Demand more. #Ethics #Emory #EmoryEthics #DoBetter

Join us at the @emory-ethics.bsky.social on March 7–8 for the AI, Systems, & Society Conference and dive into AI’s ethical challenges for practitioners, researchers & students. RSVP today for this free event: bit.ly/3Qqt6Zc

Liars are unworthy of loyalty. Be better. Demand better.

Courage is the ability to withstand fear on behalf of what is noble. Be better. Demand better.

Honesty is a bipartisan issue. Demand more.

As we celebrate Black History Month, we honor Dr. King's enduring vision by cultivating moral courage and compassionate leadership in the pursuit of justice. Each of us must use our voice -- be heard -- as we face injustice.

#BlackHistoryMonth #MLK #EthicsAtEmory #MoralCourage #Justice #Emory

Repeating Benjamin Franklin’s claim that the greatest rogues were the richest rogues, a colleague added, Scripture requires that rulers hate covetousness. As citizens we should be wary of those in authority who covet power and money. They begin by taking it from the weakest. They never stop there.

From our faculty: In this month of honoring MLK, Jr and marking the Presidential transition…
What values hold true for you? Inform your thinking?
And how do we acknowledge that others hold differing views and values?
Can we commit to civil discourse and action? What does that require of us?

Our event for this evening is cancelled. Unfortunately, the Dekalb County State of Emergency remains in effect and Emory University is not open for normal operations today. We hope to reschedule this event for a later date.

His prestige gave him access, but his humility gave him the willingness to act, to serve, and to listen. Driven by faith, a sense of duty, and love of family, Jimmy Carter died as an exemplar for what a willingness to serve can accomplish, when one puts others above one’s self.

but rather than seeking fame and wealth, Carter sought to ease the plight of the forgotten. From those experiencing homelessness to those facing the threat of painful and debilitating diseases like Guinea Worm and river blindness, Carter worked with people.

Carter’s commitment to serving humanity and striving to end some of the most virulent scourges of the impoverished and forgotten epitomizes what it meant to be a servant leader. His prestige as a former president gave him access to the pinnacles of power (continued)

Aristotle stated that one cannot say a person has led a good life until after the individual’s death. Today one unreservedly can say that about the late James Earl Carter Jr. In a life of challenges, defeats, and vicissitudes Carter rose above them.

Jimmy Carter speaking at Emory Center for Ethics

It is with great gratitude & humility that CFE pauses to honor the late President Jimmy Carter, an individual who represented the highest standards of ethics & service. As VP Mondale stated “We told the truth. We obeyed the law. We kept the peace.” May his memory and life be a legacy for the future.

Reposting with correct spelling of Dr. Elliott's name. Sincere apologies for our mistake!

@carlelliott.bsky.social to speak at the Center on Jan. 15. His book is an intellectual inquiry into the moral struggle that whistleblowers face, and why it's not the kind of struggle that most people imagine. For more information: bit.ly/3OZfCTy

With special guests David Harrington (Kronos Quartet) and John Fenn (Library of Congress), John Lysaker will discuss the ethics of acknowledgement and honor to the artists and traditions that any creator inevitably relies on to generate their own work. Join us!

Follow @rahallclifford.bsky.social as she works with the Task Force for Global Health's Focus Area on Compassion and Ethics in Global Health during her sabbatical year. We are a proud supporter of her work and are privileged to have her as an Emory Center for Ethics Faculty Fellow.

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I'm grateful to be embarking on a year of sabbatical! I'll be joining the team @taskforce.bsky.social Focus Area on Compassion and Ethics in Global Health to learn and support efforts to build a more equitable global health. I'll also be thinking about scalability of co-design codesign.emory.edu

Just returned from @eagleeyebooks.bsky.social 5 minutes ago! We support independent bookstores!

Are there baseline, moral expectations for civic leaders as they exercise their offices? We have in mind moral excellences such as honesty or integrity (as opposed to hypocrisy). We care because behavior falling below the baseline weakens social ties and provides the young with negative role models.

The Center for Ethics helps students/professionals/the public confront & understand ethical issues in health, tech, the arts, the environment, and life sciences. We teach, publish & offer public programming in our commitment to respond to issues critical to Emory, Atlanta, & beyond.