Past Events

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Hayek For Our Time
October 27, 2026
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5:00PM - 6:00PM EDT
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Hayek Junior Common Room, Lowell House
In Person
This event is only open to Harvard undergraduates. Friedrich Hayek is a hero and an inspiration to conservatives all over the world, but in one of his sharpest essays, he explained why he is not a conservative. He urged that while conservatives seek to...

The Ethics of A.I. Clones
October 26, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
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Dennis F. Thompson Seminar Room, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics
In Person
The Harvard Business School (HBS) recently caught the attention of the New York Times after the launch of its new Foundry Bootcamp — an 8-week program for tech founders to shape their ideas into a funding-ready pitch. A.I. generated avatars of HBS faculty...

Mala and Solomon Kamm Lecture in Ethics with C. Thi Nguyen
October 22, 2026
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5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT
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Thompson Room, Barker Center
In Person
The Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics invites you to join us for our annual Mala & Solomon Kamm Lecture in Ethics with C. Thi Nguyen, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah. The lecture is open to all. Registration is required for...

Innovating Civil Discourse: An Instructional Design Hackathon
Oct. 2 - Oct 5, 2026
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1:00PM - 5:00PM EDT
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Dennis F. Thompson Seminar Room, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics
In Person
How do we motivate people to use civil discourse skills in everyday life? How can we help people overcome the tendency to abandon civil discourse practices in a heated conversation, or to abandon the conversation altogether? This hackathon invites...

Ethics In Real Life: Disagreement in the Age of AI
September 24, 2026
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5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT
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Smith Campus Center Commons
In Person
Inspired by the Ethics in America series aired on PBS in the 1980s, this event will convene a number of scholars, practitioners, and thought leaders in a Socratic-style conversation designed to foster thoughtful, spontaneous exchange rather than prepared...

The Ethics Sandbox: Feedback Loops: Actions & Consequences
May 4, 2026
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5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT
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Dennis F. Thompson Seminar Room, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics
In Person
How might games help us teach ethics? Join our Pedagogy Team for a hands-on, three-part series exploring how game design principles can create deeply engaging educational activities. Come to one or all of the sessions. Each session features a "learn-by...

Innovating Civil Discourse: An Instructional Design Hackathon
May 1, 2026
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9:00AM - 6:00PM EDT
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Dennis F. Thompson Seminar Room, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics
In Person
The hackathon invites undergraduates, graduate students and young scholars from Boston area colleges and universities to design a lesson plan or game that helps students engage with difficult, contested, or uncomfortable conversations. Lesson plans should...

Human Relationships in an Artificial World
April 27, 2026
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4:30PM - 6:00PM EDT
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Thompson Room, Barker Center
In Person
Join us for a panel discussion exploring the impact of generative artificial intelligence on human relationships. The intellectual framing of this panel begins from a long-standing insight in philosophical and social thought: that human identity and moral...

The Ethics Sandbox: Immersion in Games
April 13, 2026
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5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT
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Dennis F. Thompson Seminar Room, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics
In Person
How might games help us teach ethics? Join our Pedagogy Team for a hands-on, three-part series exploring how game design principles can create deeply engaging educational activities. Come to one or all of the sessions. Each session features a "learn-by...

The Ethics Sandbox: Cooperative & Team Games
March 30, 2026
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5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT
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Dennis F. Thompson Seminar Room, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics
In Person
How might games help us teach ethics? Join our Pedagogy Team for a hands-on, three-part series exploring how game design principles can create deeply engaging educational activities. Come to one or all of the sessions. Each session features a "learn-by...

What is the Price of Freedom for Workers?
March 26, 2026
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4:30PM - 6:00PM EDT
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Thompson Room, Barker Center
In Person
About the Lecture: Philosophical discussions of market failure typically focus on three canonical causes: externalities, information asymmetries, and insufficient competitiveness. These three causes are important in part because of their generality, since...