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Monday, July 14th, 2008 by cbd

This looks interesting not only for Katie’s work, but in general: The Center for the Study of Ethics: Ethics Across the Curriculum.

…these folks used some grants to establish ethics-intensive courses which both explicitly include and generally support the idea of ethical issues as sparks for critical thinking. There’s even a sample student essay on this page; the analysis isn’t the students’ own ethical issue, and I think it’s a little too heavy on “reading proof,” citing the sources and criteria rather than explaining the specifics of the ethical problem. No matter, it’s still interesting.

One possible downside: no site updates since 2005…