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Executive Director, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics & John Courtney Murray, S.J. University Professor of Social Ethics
Santa Clara, CA
Joined November 2008
“The real evils in war,” Augustine said, “are love of violence, revengeful cruelty, fierce and implacable enmity, wild resistance, and the lust of power.”
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We need to question the strikes’ legality. But we also need to see how they fit into the Trump administration’s larger effort to change America.
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The ethics of political misinformation have reached new heights with generative AI - The Markkula Center's Davina Hurt and Ann Skeet weigh in on this issue in Salon:
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Across races from Georgia to New York, deepfakes are steering political narratives and voter perception
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Code, Command, and Consequences: Ethics in the Age of Autonomous Weapons - the Markkula Center’s event is underway! Joins us online: https://t.co/XN6lJ1hR7I
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An important piece about the closured of pharmacies across the U.S. from our Director of Bioethics, Guadalupe Hays-Mota:
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Pharmacy closures are accelerating, leaving 45 million Americans in pharmacy deserts. Here's how to fix the problem.
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Santa Clara Univ Professor Tom Plante weighs in on the current immigration situation and argues that immigrants should be "treated with respect, dignity, compassion, and even love." https://t.co/a6bhqoZFo7
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While reasonable people may disagree about the best practical strategies to manage immigration and deportation, certainly a complicated issue, core ethical principles should be considered and...
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Our Senior Director of Leadership Ethics Ann skeet calls for leaders to exercise ethical leadership by designing and implementing immigration policies that reflect public values, uphold the rule of law, and function effectively.
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The current state of immigration in America reflects a systemic failure and only attention to addressing these long-term failures will set it on its correct path.
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A powerful piece by our Director of Government Ethics, Davina Hurt
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When agencies such as ICE target identity rather than conduct, they violate fundamental principles of governmental ethics: that law enforcement must serve all persons equally and that government...
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Is applying immigration enforcement based on someone's ideas ethical? I weigh in in part of a new Spotlight section.
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From an ethical standpoint, immigration law should be applied consistently and fairly, not selectively based on ideology.
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On this latest episode of Line of Sight, Brigit Helms and I sat down with Julie Schaefer (@winningpresence), the founder and CEO of Winning Presence.
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In the heart of Silicon Valley, idea to market happens at light speed. But at what cost? The answer isn’t always obvious and often leads to unintended consequences, both locally and globally. On the...
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106 years of a life well-lived. I feel fortunate to have known her.
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She led the Ramblers’ players in pregame prayers, pointed out opponents’ strengths and weaknesses and supported the team in N.C.A.A. tournaments.
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Congratulations to @nicoledahmen and TJ Thompson on their new innovative volume, to which I made one small contribution.
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What does AI mean for the future of creative work? One of our student fellows has some excellent insights:
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A creative and ethical inquiry into what it means to be a designer, or any kind of creator, in an AI-saturated world.
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Important piece by our Director of Government Ethics Davina Hurt on redistricting:
newsweek.com
Recent events in Texas and California illustrate how redistricting has become a national arms race.
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Given the explosion of AI, the Markkula Center has begun a resource for AI Ethics Literacy. You can also contribute to it! https://t.co/p84pAFMajI
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A growing list of AI ethics issues and links to relevant materials from the Ethics Center.
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President Trump wants make America great, but does that mean he is working toward the common good? More here in my essay:
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The Trump Administration's early days of his second term have leaned towards division and prioritizing private interests over the common good.
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In our latest Ethics Spotlight, “Compassion in Governing: An Ethical Perspective,” experts examine how compassion factors into the leadership style of those in power. https://t.co/kRehLqoyIE
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Governing, as defined by Oxford Languages, is having authority to conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of a state, organization, or people. But how one goes about governing is another matter. In...
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The Markkula Center's Subbu Vincent with some excellent guides for writing more ethical headlines:
ethicsandjournalism.org
New guidance from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics lays out three principles for ethical headline writing and offers guidance for newsrooms that want to achieve them.
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A wonderful story about the Markkula Center's Honzel Fellow, Sydney Shelby. https://t.co/3CDYs40xHA
scu.edu
Sydney Shelby ’25 leads with compassion as she works to bring equity and justice to the healthcare system.
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