#  Faculty Associate Joshua Greene Named Inaugural Civil Discourse Professor 

 





January 15, 2026

 

 

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[Joshua D. Greene](https://www.ethics.harvard.edu/people/joshua-greene), Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics Faculty Associate since 2015, has been named Harvard's first Alfred and Rebecca Lin Professor of Civil Discourse. We are thrilled about Professor Greene's new appointment, and look forward to collaborating with him on our ongoing civil discourse work.



 

 

 

 [ Read the Gazette Article arrow\_circle\_right ](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/newsplus/joshua-d-greene-picked-for-civil-discourse-professorship/) 

 

 

 

 

   

Joshua Greene was selected because he brings a distinctly philosophical cast of mind — careful about concepts, reasons, and what we owe one another — together with cutting-edge psychological science about moral judgment and polarization.

 

Eric Beerbohm

Faculty Director of the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics and Senior Adviser on Civil Discourse in the Faculty of Arts and Science