2018 Events
Time: 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Location: High Museum of Art, Hill Auditorium
In partnership with the High Museum of Art, we will host a Creativity Conversation to discuss in detail the role of public art and its relationship to civil and human rights, particularly representation, accessibility, and gentrification and housing.
Off the Wall is a city-wide initiative led by WonderRoot and the Atlanta Super Bowl Host Committee from June 2018 through February 2019. With murals, media, and community conversations, Off the Wall will share Atlanta’s social justice journey and elevate key stories in our city’s pursuit of civil rights, human rights, and a more equitable future for all Atlantans.
Time: 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Location: Ethics Center, Room 162
Why is the concept of vulnerability important in bioethics?
This presentation challenges the pragmatic approach on vulnerability to address a relational and universal conception of it.
We will discuss some of the implications derived from this reflection within clinical ethics, such as rethinking autonomy, professionalism, and "asymmetrical responsibility" in health care.
Location: Ethics Center table in the Emory University tent
Center faculty Jonathan Crane and Arri Eisen, along with Advisory Board member Eve Hoffman, will join other authors for presentations and book signings during the festival.
The Center for Ethics will have a table under the Emory tent at the corner of Clairemont and West Ponce, in front of the Old Dekalb County Courthouse. We will have books for sale and, for the first time, we will display and sell signed fine-art prints and posters of Frankenstein’s Creation, a new vision of Mary Shelley’s 200-year-old masterpiece by Advisory Board member and Schwartz Center Artist-in-Residence Ross Rossin.
Time: 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Location: High Museum of Art, Greene Family Education Center
Join visitors of all ages at the High Museum of Art for Art Talks Back, a lively in-gallery discussion that focuses on current issues and topics chosen by the museum's Teen Team.
Ethics & the Arts Program Director Carlton Mackey assists the teen hosts in guiding and enriching the conversation.
Art Talks Back takes place on the second Friday of each month during Teen FriHIGHday and meets in the Greene Family Education Center.
Time: 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
Location: Ethics Center, Room 102
Don't miss our opening event of the semester! Dr. Michael Jiang, CEO of Nerv and and Emory Neuroscience graduate program alumnus, will discuss accessible cognitive enhancers. Jiang will tell the story of why and how he developed a cognitive enhancer for 'healthy' individuals. He will also talk about current and future ethical tensions in the development of commercially available enhancers.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: EthicsCenter, Room 102
The Ethics & the Arts program and Alliance Theatre invite you to join the cast for a scene presentation and discussion of Nick's Flamingo Grill. Inspired by the true story of the first integrated nightclub in Atlanta, Nick’s Flamingo Grill is a story of hope and brotherly love.
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: Ethics Center, Room 150
Are you an Emory student interested in receiving a certificate in ethics? Earn an experiential-learning Certificate in Ethics with a concentration in bioethics, medicine, and humanities while travelling through Italy this summer. The program visits 44 cities, towns, and cultural sites.
Time: 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Location: Ethics Center, Room 162
Topic: "No Home, No Help: The Effect of Stigma against Homelessness in the Inpatient Setting"
Speaker: Cristina Vellozzi-Averhoff, BAS
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Atlanta Botanical Gardens
Join Ethics Center Director Paul Root Wolpe for an ethics talkback before the presentation of Alliance Theatre's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. Attendees should purchase tickets for the October 7th performance.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: EthicsCenter
The Ethics & the Arts program is hosting an opening reception for its newest exhibit on display now. The reception will feature a presentation and discussion by artist Jamaal Barber.
Tell ‘Em We Don’t Die features works created by Jamaal Barber and was curated by Ethics & the Arts Director Carlton Mackey. It explores Black identity through the lens of resistance and resilience. The title of the show as well as the topics it explores, ranging from the erasure of Black humanity via racial profiling to the proclamation of Black beauty, speak to the constant tension Black people and other communities experience while forging identity simultaneously out of struggle and self-love.
This exhibit is compiled primarily of work from the following collections: Bright Black, a series of woodcut prints that illustrate and celebrate various themes of the black experience in America; and Identity Series, woodcut portraits showing the struggle of keeping Black identity in America.
This exhibit is part of the Ethics & the Arts exhibit series at the Ethics Center. It will be on display until December 14, 2018.
Time: 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Location: High Museum of Art, Greene Family Education Center
Join visitors of all ages at the High Museum of Art for Art Talks Back, a lively in-gallery discussion that focuses on current issues and topics chosen by the museum's Teen Team.
Ethics & the Arts Program Director Carlton Mackey assists the teen hosts in guiding and enriching the conversation.
Art Talks Back takes place on the second Friday of each month during Teen FriHIGHday and meets in the Greene Family Education Center.
Time: 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Location: Ethics Center, Room 102
Join us for our next installment of Neurotechnologies and Emerging Ethical Dilemmas with Dr. Ashok Goel, Georgia Tech professor of computer and cognitive science, for a talk titled "AI Agents among Us: Changing Anthropology of Virtual Classrooms." In this event, Goel will discuss reasons to use AI to build intelligent assistants, where the field is headed, and highlight some of the ethical challenges of this work.
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: Ethics Center, Room 150
Are you an Emory student interested in receiving a certificate in ethics? Earn an experiential-learning Certificate in Ethics with a concentration in bioethics, medicine, and humanities while travelling through Italy this summer. The program visits 44 cities, towns, and cultural sites.
Time: 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Location: Ethics Center, Room 162
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Rita Anne Rollins Building, Room 252
Power Lines is a short documentary about the expansion of Plant Vogtle, a nuclear power plant located in Waynesboro, Georgia. With a timeline already five years behind schedule and a current price tag of more than $13 billion over original estimates, the addition of two nuclear reactors has proven to be a black hole for both citizens of Waynesboro and the state as a whole.
This film educates Georgians about a widely unknown issue so that—as they pay their power bills each month or turn on their lights each day—they understand which lines of power dictate important aspects of their day-to-day lives. Anchored in the idea that knowledge is power, we believe that understanding this important issue is the first step to effecting sustainable change.
Time: 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Location: Glenn Memorial Auditorium
Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy, will be joined by Anthony Ray Hinton, a former client recently exonerated, to have a conversation about justice, mercy, and the American justice system.
Tickets are free to Emory students, faculty, staff, and their guests. Community members may purchase tickets for $20. Emory IDs will be checked for all of those with an Emory ticket.
Time: 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Location: High Museum of Art, Greene Family Education Center
Join visitors of all ages at the High Museum of Art for Art Talks Back, a lively in-gallery discussion that focuses on current issues and topics chosen by the museum's Teen Team.
Ethics & the Arts Program Director Carlton Mackey assists the teen hosts in guiding and enriching the conversation.
Art Talks Back takes place on the second Friday of each month during Teen FriHIGHday and meets in the Greene Family Education Center.
Time: 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Location: Ethics Center, Room 162
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: Ethics Center, Room 150
Are you an Emory student interested in receiving a certificate in ethics? Earn an experiential-learning Certificate in Ethics with a concentration in bioethics, medicine, and humanities while travelling through Italy this summer. The program visits 44 cities, towns, and cultural sites.
Time: 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
Location: Ethics Center, Room 162
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Location: Alliance Theatre
Join Ethics Center Faculty Fellow Jennifer Sarrett for an ethics talkback before the presentation of Alliance Theatre's Knead. Attendees should purchase tickets for the December 2nd performance.
Time: 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
Location: Ethics Center, Room 162
Join Dr. Munmun Choudhury, from Georgia Tech’s School of Interactive Computing to discuss predicting mental illness of you and yours via social media. In this event, Choudhury will discuss how social media can be used to predict mental illness. We will discuss ethical tensions in balancing therapeutic opportunities and unwanted surveillance.
Time: 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Location: Online
Join the director and program coordinator of the MA in Bioethics program online to learn about the program and how a degree in bioethics can enhance your career.
Time: 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Location: High Museum of Art, Greene Family Education Center
Join visitors of all ages at the High Museum of Art for Art Talks Back, a lively in-gallery discussion that focuses on current issues and topics chosen by the museum's Teen Team.
Ethics & the Arts Program Director Carlton Mackey assists the teen hosts in guiding and enriching the conversation.
Art Talks Back takes place on the second Friday of each month during Teen FriHIGHday and meets in the Greene Family Education Center.
Time: 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Location: Ethics Center, Room 162