The Faculty Council provides strategic counsel, assistance and leadership to the Institute, with a particular emphasis of those activities at Duke University. The Faculty Council is chaired by a Duke faculty member and meets twice a semester.

Philip Costanzo, Chair
Professor of Psychology – Social & Health Sciences

Allen Buchanan
Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy

Peter Burian
Professor of Classical Studies

Robert Cook-Deegan
Director, Center for Genome Ethics, Law, and Policy
Research Professor of Public Policy

Gregson Davis, ex officio
Dean of Humanities
Professor of Classical Studies

Peter Euben
Kenan Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Ethics
Research Professor of Political Science

Ruth Grant
Professor of Political Science

Toril Moi
James B. Duke Professor of Literature and Romance Studies (French)

Wayne Norman
Visiting Professor of Philosophy

Noah Pickus, ex officio
Director, Kenan Institute for Ethics
Associate Research Professor of Public Policy Studies

Suzanne Shanahan
Associate Director, Kenan Institute for Ethics
Professor of Sociology

Sim Sitkin
Associate Professor of Business (Management)

Robert J. Thompson, Jr., ex officio
Dean of Trinity College and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences

Sam Wells
Dean of Duke Chapel
Research Professor of Christian Ethics