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Students take drones – and ethics – to new heights

Saint Anselm College hosted sixteen high school students for an on-campus program where they learned how to build, program, and fly drones, along with taking part in ethical discussions about how modern technology affects our daily lives.

Students work on a drone

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Ethics Week

The Center for Ethics hosted its first Ethics Week on campus this year (April 4-8, 2022). The week consisted of four events: a Zoom discussion about willful blindness, a viewing and discussion of the movie Gattaca, a public discussion on whether war can ever be just at XO Bistro in Manchester, and an Ethics Circle discussion on campus about whether forgiveness can ever be wrong.

Community Discussion at a bistro in Manchester

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Faculty-Student Dinner Discussion: Student Reflection

The latest Ethics in Our World event was a faculty-student dinner discussion with Dr. Ann Holbrook of the English Department. The question of the evening was, “Why are men going to college in fewer numbers than women and then doing worse when they get there?” 

Dinner and Discussion in the President's Dining Room

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Can Literature Improve or Corrupt Character? Discussion Recap

The most recent Ethics in Our World public discussion was led by Dr. Meg Cronin of the English Department at Saint Anselm College. The conversation centered around character, whether it is something that can be changed, and literature’s role (or lack thereof) in that process.

Community Discussion at a bistro in Manchester