The Kenan Instructorship in Ethics is awarded annually to an advanced graduate or professional school student proposing to design and teach an undergraduate course with a substantial ethical focus in his or her area of expertise.

Past courses and corresponding departments include:

“The Poetics and Ethics of Revenge: Themes of Retributive Justice in Literature,” Classical Studies.

“Imagining Immigration: The Ethics and Politics of the Border,” Political Science.

“Romancing the Law: Human Rights, Anti-colonialism, and Late 20th Century Narratives of Global Justice,” English.

“The Ethics and Practice of Altruism,” Philosophy.

“Pluralism, Relativism and Social Reform,” Philosophy.

“Freedom and Moral Responsibility,” Philosophy.

“Democratic Possibilities in a Globalized World,” Political Science.

“Sympathy, Empathy and Morality,” Philosophy.

“The Amoralist’s Challenge,” Philosophy.

“Multiculturalism and Public Policy,” Political Science.

“The Content of our Character: Civic Leadership and Participation,” Public Policy Studies.

“Art and Ethics: U.S. Culture in Context,” Literature.