ABOUT
Moral Attitudes and Decision-Making at the Kenan Institute for Ethics explores why people think and do what they do through the lenses of psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and sociology. Through national and Duke-wide survey projects, as well as in a new, vertically-integrated lab, students and faculty work together to better understand aspects of human motivation and human behavior, and to disseminate these findings broadly.
HEADLINES
- Announcing the essay winners of the 2013 Kenan Moral Purpose Award
- Kenan Lecturer Michael Ignatieff on gun control, the Boston bombings, and Duke’s connection to international human rights
- 2013 Kenan Moral Purpose Award deadline: April 26
- Applications for the Stephen and Janet Bear Postgraduate Fellowship in Ethics due Apr. 15
- Iranian Coursera students write thanks to Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
EVENTS
- Kenan Distinguished Lecture: Michael Ignatieff, Apr. 18
Canadian scholar, author and former politician Michael Ignatieff, begins at 5:30 pm.
- “Finding Consciousness” Workshop, Jan. 23-25
An interdisciplinary workshop examining new methods to detect consciousness in patients with severe brain injury.

