Members of the university community are invited to an Ethics Table event, titled “A Moral and Ethical Vision for Case Western Reserve University—A Report from Nine Years of the Beamer-Schneider Professorship in Ethics.”
The event will be held today (Dec. 7) from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206.
Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, the Elmer G. Beamer-Hubert H. Schneider Professor in Ethics, will lead the presentation, which is for people interested in the ethics and moral values of the university.
The Elmer G. Beamer-Hubert H. Schneider Professor in Ethics position was created to focus on a cross-university undergraduate ethical and moral learning environment.
Main themes of the discussion will include:
- The importance of joining academic and student life in the goals of moral and ethical development;
- The usefulness of mission accountability;
- The concept of “deep pragmatism;”
- The importance of fostering interpersonal relational abilities;
- The continuing importance of academic integrity and of social justice/civic education;
- The successes of diversity;
- The apparent success and continuing importance of “spiral” learning for moral development;
- The importance of emphasizing ethics as a practice in autonomy, not indoctrination;
- The need for more spaces and times for reflection on campus; and
- The importance of moral and ethical program development on campus being led by and with students.
