Ethics Institute
The interdisciplinary Ethics Institute is dedicated to bringing ethical analysis and evaluation to bear on pressing social and environmental issues, as well as to promoting ethical reflection on decisions and challenges in contemporary life.
The Ethics Institute at Northeastern University conducts original research in the areas of applied ethics, religious ethics, ethical theory, social and political philosophy, and formal methods in ethics and epistemology. On this website you will find information about Institute programs and events, current research foci and projects, ethics education at Northeastern, and Institute researchers.
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![The Role of Public Theology in Crisis]()
The Role of Public Theology in Crisis
03.30.2026 -
![One million new satellites could soon transform night into day on Earth]()
One million new satellites could soon transform night into day on Earth
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![The Church Is Baptizing More Adults Than It Has in Decades]()
The Church Is Baptizing More Adults Than It Has in Decades
03.30.2026 -
![What an abandoned monkey and his IKEA orangutan tell us about primates – of the sapiens species]()
What an abandoned monkey and his IKEA orangutan tell us about primates – of the sapiens species
03.16.2026 -
![Race to deploy AI data centres in space raises safety concerns]()
Race to deploy AI data centres in space raises safety concerns
03.16.2026 -
![Disruption, empathy and transcendence: Why so many religions fast]()
Disruption, empathy and transcendence: Why so many religions fast
03.16.2026 -
![Two Substantial AI-Related Grants for Northeastern University Philosophers]()
Two Substantial AI-Related Grants for Northeastern University Philosophers
12.12.2025
