| Welcome! Calender of Events 2012 Conference Crisis of American Democracy Mission An institution of excellence in research, teaching, and service, the Center for Applied Ethics seeks to be recognized as the premier applied ethics center in the State of Indiana. Its teaching mission will be to provide administrative support for the creation of several certificate programs in applied ethics, including a Certificate in Human Rights and a Certificate in Medical Ethics. It is working to support the Philosophy Department’s new Minor in Professional and Applied Ethics. It will also provide study abroad opportunities as well as experiential learning through organizing practicums in the region. Its research mission includes organizing conferences on areas within applied ethics including human rights issues of our time and to publish papers, write books, and edit special issues of journals addressing issues of applied ethics. Its service mission is to invite speakers of local import and national recognition to offer public lectures and populate panels on issues of academic and public interest, and to interact with and serve on various committees and other governing bodies in the region.
Professor Clark Butler Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Campus Director of the IPFW Human Rights Institute 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd. Neff Hall 130J Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805-1499 Telephone: 260-481-6364 Email: butler@ipfw.edu  |