Program on Ethics & Public Life

EPL Lectures, Colloquia, & Conferences

The EPL program sponsors, co-sponsors, or participates in a number of lectures, colloquia, and conferences throughout the year, including:

presentations by EPL's director, Michele Moody-Adams

talks given by EPL professors as part of the "Conversations in Ethics" series

special events in which speakers from within and outside Cornell address ethics-related topics

Cybertower - Video by Michele Moody Adams

EPL faculty members were active participants in campus discussions following the events of September 11, 2001, and in those commemorating the one-year anniversary of September 11 in 2002. To read the text of prepared remarks by EPL faculty at various forums, click on the links below.

"Reconciling Righteousness and Humility," EPL Director/Professor Michele Moody-Adams, September 16, 2001, Sage Chapel, Cornell University

"Not Contributing to Terrorism," Professor Henry Shue, September 17, 2001

"Reflections on 9/11: One Year Later," EPL Director / Professor Michele Moody-Adams, September 11, 2002

"The Uses of Adversity, " Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Education / EPL Director / Professor Michele Moody-Adams, October 30, 2005