On November 1, 2023, UF Ethics in the Public Sphere and George A. Smathers Libraries held a panel discussion about the ongoing war in Gaza. The discussion featured UF Religion Professors Yaniv Feller, Terje Ostebo, and Anna Peterson. The moderator was April Hines, Journalism and Mass Communications Librarian.
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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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November 9, 2022 By Allison Bramblett Western Civilization has long considered nature as a resource for use rather than an entity of its own. However, in 2021 Orange County in Florida passed a law recognizing the Wekiva river’s rights “to exist, to flow, to be protected against pollution, and to maintain a healthy ecosystem” (Kaminski, […]
November 9, 2022 By Derrick Wood Florida Senate Bill 90 (SB 90) is a state law that came into effect back in May of 2021. The purpose of the bill was to amend the state’s election law in order to better protect the legitimacy of the electoral process. SB 90 installs a multitude of restrictions, […]
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 […]
December 15, 2021 By Cristina Rodriguez, Fall 2021 Intern Immigrant advocacy remains a continuous effort to promote humane immigration policy and the welfare of immigrants residing in the United States. Among these efforts often arises a particular rhetoric which serves to answer the question: Why should we advocate for the immigrant community? This question creates […]
December 8, 2021 By Jaden Farley, Fall 2021 Intern Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, people have experienced a deluge of new information regarding the novel virus. Not only has some of this information changed since the start of the pandemic due to scientists learning new things about the virus, but there has been […]
What should we know about the COVID pandemic? Where can we find accurate information? How can we share that information with others in a respectful way?
October 18, 2021 Under what conditions is it ethical to restrict abortion? If you’d like to have a constructive conversation about this topic, please join our virtual ethics café on Monday, October 18 from 4 to 5:30 pm. We welcome all UF students to our conversation about this important topic! Preregistration is encouraged but not […]
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