Ethics in the Public Sphere invites members of the UF community to discuss the ethical issues raised by ChatGPT at our next “Pizza and Public Ethics” event. Please join us for a conversation moderated by Dr. Amber Ross of the Department of Philosophy. This event is co-sponsored by the UF Libraries.
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Join us to discuss the constitutional and legal meanings of academic freedom as well as the way it has been interpreted in the courts in relation to the STOP WOKE Act (HB 7), as well as how UF’s Collective Bargaining Agreement understands academic freedom.
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February 5, 2020 Ethics & the Public Sphere is a course with a complex evolutionary history. Through its many stages of development, it has remained true to a core objective: to explore with students the relevance of ethical thought and action to their lives and in their world. Ethics is applicable regardless of students’ career […]
Freedom of expression has been a central value in American society since our nation’s founding. For just as long, Americans have debated about what free speech means and under what circumstances it might legitimately be constrained. Most people agree both that it is important to permit broad freedom of expression and also that in some […]
Ethics in the Public Sphere is an interdisciplinary, collaborative project at the University of Florida to explore ways we can engage the moral dimensions of contemporary social and political issues. How can we engage ethical issues in public life? This site is a way to learn about and engage in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary, and […]
February 28, 2022 at 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm UF Ethics in the Public Sphere group, Ethics Cafes are spaces for students to talk frankly with their peers about contemporary social issues that have an ethical dimension. The guiding question for this Cafe is “When should digital speech be restricted?” and it will be moderated by […]
Learning Teaching and learning are central to our project. Through innovative pedagogy and focused content, we help students understand the process of ethical reflection, gain knowledge and skills to apply that process in their own personal and professional lives, and mature as public citizens making concrete contributions to the public good. To support these goals, […]
Center for Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies WST3349 Ecofeminism WST3930 Sexual Ethics WST3930 Violence Against Women Engineering EGS4034 Engineering Ethics Food and Resources Economics AEB4126 Agriculture and Natural Resource Ethics FYCS Management BUL4443 Ethics Global Business Mass Communication MMC3202 Ethics & Problems in Mass Communications Philosophy PHI2630 Contemporary Moral Issues PHI364 Conduct Change Consequences PHI3650 […]
February 19, 2020 By Melanie Halem, CAIRES Intern Last week, Ethics in the Public Sphere hosted an Ethics Café focused on the topic of free speech and hate speech. Students were able to enjoy coffee and snacks as they dove into this really difficult topic, and they found that although most people had the same […]
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Ethics in the Public Sphere is an interdisciplinary, collaborative project at the University of Florida that explores how to engage the moral dimensions of contemporary social and political issues. We do this by uniting faculty and students through individual courses and a variety of campus and community events, including panel discussions, “Ethics Cafés,” and public […]