Featured Ethics Faculty
2024
Ward, T. (2024). After Stoicism: Last Words of the Last Roman Philosopher. After Stoicism – Word on Fire, to be released on October, 21st.
Written for a general audience and published by Word on Fire Academic, it offers a sympathetic expression of Boethius’ worldview as found in his masterpiece, The Consolation of Philosophy. As the title suggests, After Stoicism emphasizes both Boethius’ debt to, and critique of, his Stoic sources.
Whelan, Matthew Philipp, 2024, "Theological Foundations for Agriculture According to Laudato Si", Laudato Si’ Research Institute, Campion Hall, University of Oxford, Oxford, July 2024
This new report by Dr Matthew Whelan (Baylor University) explores how Laudato Si’ builds upon the theological foundations laid out in the Catholic social teaching tradition. It also considers how agroecology offers us a practical model for this approach. - Laudato Si'
June, 2024 - Marlene S. Neill received the Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication Top Ethics in PR Pedagogy Award from the Journal of Public Relations Education. This award is a distinguished honor given annually to one exemplary paper in the field of ethics in public relations pedagogy.
See details in the Ethics in Leadership awards and grants tab.
May 22, 2024: Beyond the Dark Clouds Lecture Series, "Augmenting Our Minds? Neurotechnologies and the Common Good", lecturer Dr. Neil Messer
This is the fifth lecture in the 'Beyond the Dark Clouds' lecture series - "Augmenting Our Minds? Neurotechnologies and the Common Good", which was broadcast online. For more information go to Leeds Trinity University. To listen to the series, go to Spotify, to hear Dr. Messer's lecture click here.
April 25, 2024: Pablo Rivas, Ph.D. Outstanding Scholarship Award, Baylor University
ECS Faculty Awards recognize the best all-around professors based on teaching capabilities, research achievement, effective committee service, time spent with students and civic and church involvement.
See details here.
April 16, 2024: Victor J. Hinojosa, Ph.D., associate professor of political science in the Honors Program, Honors College, is awarded Baylor University Honors Outstanding Faculty for 2023-2024.