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  • Quick Facts https://www.plu.edu/philosophy/home/quick-facts/

    -authored with Greg Hibbard PLU ’15) Philosophy in the Contemporary World 2016 Greg Johnson: The Situated Self and Utopian Thinking. Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy (Summer 2002) On the Importance of Reversibility in Deliberative Democracy. Social Philosophy Today (Fall 2004) Pauline Shanks Kaurin: The Warrior, Military Ethics and Contemporary Warfare: Achilles Goes Asymmetric (Routledge 2014) Paul Menzel: Strong Medicine: The Ethical Rationing of Health Care. (Oxford University Press) How

  • Minor Requirements https://www.plu.edu/innovation-studies/minor-requirements/

    Games – CX (4), offered Spring 2026 Surveys the social and cultural impact of video games in society, including how historical figures and events have been represented in popular games. Combines the study of visual media theories and the creative process with social and political issues in gaming, including ethical behavior, violence, gender, ethnicity, religion, and environmental concerns. COMA 248 — Innovation, Ethics, and Society (4), offered Fall 2024 HIST 248 – Innovation, Ethics, and Society

  • NSF REU at University of Southern Mississippi https://www.plu.edu/chemistry/news/2019/02/13/nsf-reu-at-university-of-southern-mississippi/

    span the complex, interdisciplinary facets of materials sustainability, including polymer synthesis from renewable sources, materials with enhanced properties and lifetime, materials to improve utilization of natural resources, reduced energy polymer processes, and biodegradable materials, while gaining the tools to assess the environmental impact of new material development.  In addition to their research project, REU participants will participate in short courses in polymer fundamentals, ethics

  • Native American and Indigenous Studies Course Selection https://www.plu.edu/nais/native-american-and-indigenous-studies-course-selection/

    NAIS Courses Spring 2023NAIS 112NAIS 244NAIS 250NAIS 363NURS 404RELI 236RELI 397SOLU 101NAIS 112InterconnectionsA weekly meeting with program students and faculty to discuss progress, challenges, and the intersection of Indigenous approaches and the university experience. Students are encouraged to attend for no credit in subsequent semesters. Graded A/Pass/Fail. (1)NAIS 244Environmental Justice and Indigeous PeoplesThis course examines the struggle against environmental destruction as

  • Staff https://www.plu.edu/religion/staff/

    Kevin J. O'Brien Professor of Christian and Environmental Ethics Full Profile he/him 253-535-7239 obrien@plu.edu

  • 2020 Capstones https://www.plu.edu/philosophy/2020-capstones/

    authentic substance that is necessary for living a fulfilling life. Rather, it introduces more problems than it solves. 3:40-4:00pm - ``The Evil, Misanthropic Genius: Diving into a Thought Experiment and Emerging with Hope`` Peter Olschner In my paper I examine the implications of The Evil, Misanthropic Genius, a thought experiment I developed about the ethics surrounding the annihilation of the human species for a greater good: environmental protection and the preservation of hundreds billions of non

  • Reviving Confucianism https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2010/11/10/reviving-confucianism/

    unfriendly competitors,” said Gregory Youtz, professor of music and a Chinese Studies faculty member. There’s a desire to be a good neighbor, he said.  Bell will speak about “Reviving Tradition in China: Towards a Progressive and Humane Confucian Ethics.” Bell will speak at PLU from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 18 in the Scandinavian Cultural Center in the UC. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sBB6hT3hU0&feature=player_embedded The program is part of the Chinese Studies Program’s lecture series. The last

  • PLU Senior Elana Tracy on her (three!) study away experiences, learning during COVID, and plans for https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2021/05/04/elana-tracy/

    and is a double major in environmental studies and global studies with a concentration in development and social justice. She’s served as an ambassador for the PLU Office of Admission. She was a standout pupil in Associate Professor of Philosophy Sergia Hay’s recent courses on environmental studies and environmental ethics. “She’s brilliant, committed to equity, curious about big problems and their potential solutions, and she has a good sense of humor,” Hay said. “She has really embraced her PLU

  • University of Washington Molecular Engineering Materials Center (UW MEM-C) https://www.plu.edu/chemistry/news/2024/02/07/university-of-washington-molecular-engineering-materials-center-uw-mem-c/

    research covering research ethics, writing a research abstract, and making a scientific poster. They also participate in a weekly materials science special interest group in which they read scientific journals or tour other labs. Application submission deadline is Feb 15th See the MEMC REU Flyer 2023_110823rev and UW MEM-C website (https://uwmemc.org/undergraduates/reu/) for details and the link to the application. Read Previous ACS Puget Sound Section – College scholarships – due March 1 Read Next

  • Next of kin https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2008/07/07/next-of-kin/

    July 7, 2008 Next of kin: the ethics of eating, capturing, and experimenting on great apes One of the pressing problems of our times is the future of the great apes. All of the great apes – chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans – are endangered. Their habitat is quickly shrinking, but more urgent, their numbers are fast approaching an unsustainable low. Currently, the main threat is the bush-meat trade (which also involves the logging of African forests). It is now thought that the