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The Ethics of Extreme Wealth
The recent arrival of the world's first trillionaire has brought along a wide spectrum of ethical opinions on wealth. The Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics hosted an event in anticipation of this moment, inviting participants to wrestle with issues of...
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Ethically Focused Summer Research
Each summer, a select group of Harvard College undergraduates are awarded Kissel Grants to support research and writing that contributes to the understanding of practical ethics. Their projects may involve research for senior theses, case studies for use...
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Gina Schouten named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow
Congratulations to Gina Schouten, member of the Faculty Committee at the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University, for being awarded a 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship! A leading scholar in social and political...
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Trusting AI with Ethical Questions? Not so Fast
Rule number one of Isaac Asimov’s “Three Rules of Robotics” states: A robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction allow a human being to come to harm. A new study by Sarah Hubbard, David Kidd (our Chief Assessment Scientist), and Andrei Stupu...

Genevieve Wallace

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Announcing 2026 Graduate Fellows!
Our six new graduate fellows come from as many academic backgrounds to pursue their PhDs – and one SJD! – here at Harvard. This new cohort brings expertise in philosophy and religion, political theory and law, and history and religion. Having an...

Genevieve Wallace

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New Article from Our Research Team on U.S. AI Policy and Law
We are pleased to announce that the article “The Tangled Path to Success: The U.S. AI Policy and Legal Frameworks,” authored by members of the Business AI Ethics Initiative team, was published on December 2, 2025, in Latvia’s largest legal journal Jurista...
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