#  Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics 

 



##  Our Mission 

The Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics seeks to strengthen teaching and research about pressing ethical issues; to foster sound norms of ethical reasoning and civic discussion; and to share the work of our community in the public interest.



 

 

 

##  Latest News 

 



  [### The Ethics of Extreme Wealth

 ](/news/2026/06/ethics-extreme-wealth) June 15, 2026 

 

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   [### Why It Matters That Some Are Worse Off Than Those Who Could Have Existed

 ](/news/2026/06/why-it-matters-some-are-worse-those-who-could-have-existed) June 12, 2026 

 

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   [### Gaming for Good: A One Day Instructional Design Hackathon

 ](/news/2026/05/gaming-good-one-day-instructional-design-hackathon) May 22, 2026 

 

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   [### Ethically Focused Summer Research

 ](/news/2026/05/ethically-focused-summer-research) May 21, 2026 

 

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   [### Interloper or Interlocutor? Debating AI’s Impact on Social Interactions

 ](/news/2026/05/interloper-or-interlocutor-debating-ais-impact-social-interactions) May 04, 2026 

 

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   [### Announcing 2026 Fellows-in-Residence & Civil Discourse Fellows!

 ](/news/2026/04/announcing-2026-fellows-residence-civil-discourse-fellows) April 23, 2026 

 

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   [### Gina Schouten named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow

 ](/news/2026/04/gina-schouten-named-2026-guggenheim-fellow) April 20, 2026 

 

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   [### Trusting AI with Ethical Questions? Not so Fast

 ](/news/2026/04/trusting-ai-ethical-questions-not-so-fast) April 13, 2026 

 

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   [### Announcing 2026 Graduate Fellows!

 ](/news/2026/03/announcing-2026-graduate-fellows) March 30, 2026 

 

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   [### Harvard Ethics Bowl Team Finishes Top 8 Nationally

 ](/news/2026/03/harvard-ethics-bowl-team-finishes-top-8-nationally) March 11, 2026 

 

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   [### Guarding Democracy in the Age of AI: When Everyone Has to Do Their Part

 ](/news/2026/02/guarding-democracy-age-ai-when-everyone-has-do-their-part) February 17, 2026 

 

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   [### New Article from Our Research Team on U.S. AI Policy and Law

 ](/news/2026/02/new-article-our-research-team-us-ai-policy-and-law) February 10, 2026 

 

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##  Fellowships 

*"There is nothing quite like discussing the social responsibility of corporations or the ethics of war when your colleagues include not only philosophical experts on incommensurability, Hobbes, and theological ethics, but also practitioners who have worked as business consultants, corporate governance experts, and lawyers staffing war crimes tribunals!"*

\- Edward Hundert, Senior Scholar 2007-2008



 

 [ Learn About our Fellowships Here arrow\_circle\_right ](https://www.ethics.harvard.edu/pages/fellowships) 

 

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