Western Michigan University's Center for the Study of Ethics in Society has a publication series highlighting some of the best talks in its lecture series.
Papers from 2018
Why Don’t We Have a Peace Memorial? The Vietnam War and the Distorted Memory of Dissent, Christian G. Appy
Papers from 2016
The Wooden Doctrine: Basketball, Moral Character, and the Successful Life, Janelle DeWitt
The Germans and Their Nazi Past: To What Extent Have They Accepted Responsibility?, Martin Hille
CRISPR Humans: Ethics at the Edge of Science, Insoo Hyun
Papers from 2015
Vulnerability, Preventability, and Responsibility: Exploring some Normative Implications of the Human Condition, Daniel E. Wueste
Papers from 2014
Anorexia/Bulimia, Transcendence, and the Potential Impact of Romanticized/Sexualized Death Imagery, Heather D. Schild
Papers from 2012
Knowledge, Wisdom, and Service: The Meaning and Teaching of Professionalism in Medicine, Matthew K. Wynia
Papers from 2011
Reflections on the Role of the Ethics Center at WMU, Shirley Bach
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society: Celebrating 25 Years, Center for the Study of Ethics in Society
Reflections on the Role of the Ethics Center at WMU, James A. Jaksa
Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of the WMU Center for the Study of Ethics in Society, Ronald Kramer
The Center for the Study of Ethics in Society at Twenty-Five, Michael S. Pritchard
Communication and the Pragmatic Condition, Gregory J. Shepherd
Papers from 2008
The Moral Justification for Journalism, Sandra L. Borden
Professions "Of All Professions, Begging is the Best" A Paper by Michael Davis. Response by Joseph Ellin. Professor Davis' Reply, Center for the Study of Ethics in Society
"Of All Professions Begging is the Best" - Some Problems in the Study of Professions, Michael Davis
Reply to Joseph Ellin's Of All Professions, Prostitution is the Oldest (Except Possibly for Teaching), Michael Davis
Of All Professions, Prostitution is the Oldest (Except Possibly for Teaching), Joseph Ellin
Papers from 2006
The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences & the BTR-A Partnership with Purpose, Michael B. Atkins and Kurt Hayden
Universities and Corporations: A Selection of Papers Presented at tire Western Michigan University Emeriti Council Forum, Center of the Study of Ethics in Society
Recent Developments in International Education at WMU, Ronald Davis
The Commodification of International Education, Howard Dooley
Introduction: The Entrepreneurial University, Joseph Ellin
Media Ethics: The Powerful and the Powerless, Elaine E. Englehardt
Cultural Contradictions and Ethical Dilemmas in the Corporate-Styled University, Eric Gould
The Entrepreneurial University: Rewards & Risks, Samuel M. Hines Jr.
Epilogue: Universities and Corporations, Robert Kauffman
Applying a Business Model to the University, John Neill
Papers from 2005
School Desegregation 50 Years after Brown: Misconceptions, Lessons Learned, and Hopes for the Future, Gary Orfield
Papers from 2003
Political Correctness Today, Joseph Ellin
The Ethics of Apology and the Role of an Ombuds from the Perspective of a Lawyer, Sharan Lee Levine and Paula A. Aylward
Papers from 2002
Academic Freedom in Times of Turmoil, Petr Kolar
Toward an Ethical School, Stephan Millett
Teaching Research Ethics: An Institutional Change Model, Michael Pritchard
Changing the Culture of Science: Teaching Research Ethics to Graduate Students and Post-doctoral Fellows, Brian Schrag
Research Ethics, WMU Center for the Study of Ethics in Society
Papers from 2001
The Ethics of Making the Body Beautiful: Lessons from Cosmetic Surgery for a Future of Cosmetic Genetics, Sara Goering
Morality and God, John Hare
When Hope Unblooms: Chance and Moral Luck in the Fiction of Thomas Hardy, Jil Larson
Papers from 2000
Walking the Walk --- The Reality of Ethics in the University Presidency, Elson Floyd
Ethics in Academia, Diether Haenicke
The Quality of Mercy, the Public Trust, and Ethical Issues in Higher Education, Elise Bickford Jorgens
How Children and Adolescents Relate to Nature, Patricia Nevers
The Ethics Center at Fifteen Years, Michael Pritchard
Ethics in Academia, 2000, WMU Center of the Study of Ethics in Society
Papers from 1999
If Deliberative Democracy is the Solution, What is the Problem?, Emily Hauptmann
Gun Control, Hugh LaFollette
Papers from 1998
Introduction, Joseph Ellin
Affirmative Action: A Contradiction of Theory and Practice, Kimberly Hellmers
Affirming the Affirmative Action Intention, Barbra Jotzke
The Forgotten Factor: The Economic Principles of Affirmative Action, Patrick Kinuthia
Political Correctness Revisited, Jan Narveson
Affirmative Action: Diverse Goals, Diverse Policies, Eric Wampler
University Policy, Affirmative Action, and the Principles of Justice, Eric Wampler
Affirmative Action: A Vision For Today, WMU Center for the Study of Ethics in Society
Papers from 1997
Privacy and Information Technology, Judith Wagner DeCew
The Morality of Intimate Faculty-Student Relationships, Nicholas Dixon
Papers from 1996
Our Publication Series, Joseph Ellin
The Place of Ethics Centers in Higher Education, Douglas Ferraro
Moral Theory and Moral Life, Michael Pritchard
The First Ten Years, Michael Pritchard
A Thracian Charm and Socratic Teaching: The Politics of Education, Arlene W. Saxonhouse
Civility in America, Brian Schrag
Ethics at the End of the Century: A Mosaic form Genesis to Genetics, David H. Smith
The Ethics Center: Tenth Anniversary, WMU Center for the Study of Ethics in Society
Papers from 1995
Michigan's Deadlocked Commission on Death and Dying: A Lesson in Politics and Legalism, Joseph Ellin
Two Papers on Environmentalism II: Resources and Environmental Policy, Jan Narveson
Two Papers on Environmentalism - I: Environmental Ethics and Value in the World, John Post
Race, Family, and Obligation, Rodney C. Roberts
Papers from 1994
Human Rights in the Social Sciences, Erika Loerner FriedI
Papers from 1993
Why Does Utilitarianism Seem Plausible?, John Dilworth
The Place of Ethics Centers in Higher Education, Douglas Ferraro
Can We Share Ethical Views with Other Religions?, Robert Hannaford
Reasonable Children, Michael Pritchard
Helping to Harm? The Ethical Dilemmas of Managing Politically Sensitive Data, Sylvie C. Tourigny
Papers from 1992
Arguing for Economic Equality, John Baker
National Health Insurance Proposals: An Ethical Perspective, Alan O. Kogan
The Imperative to Restore Nature: Some Philosophical Questions, Lisa Newton
Lying: A Failure of Autonomy and Self-Respect, Jane Zembaty
Papers from 1991
Virtue and the Health Professions, Janet Pisaneschi
Owning and Controlling Technical Information, Vivian Weil
Papers from 1990
Women's Dilemma: Is It Reasonable to Be Rational?, Harriet Baber
Ethical Reasoning and Analysis: The Elements, Martin Benjamin
Television Technology and Moral Literacy, Clifford G. Christians
Higher-Order Discrimination, Adrian M. S. Piper
Papers from 1989
Codes of Ethics in Business, Michael Davis
Surrogate Parenting and Fundamental Rights, Paul J. Denenfeld
Should I (Legally) Be My Brother's Keeper?, Gilbert Geis
Morality versus Slogans, Bernard Gert
Do Professors Need Professional Ethics as Much as Doctors and Lawyers?, James W. Nickel
Surrogate Parenting: The Michigan Legislation, Lucille Taylor and Paul Denenfeld
Surrogate Parenting Legislation In Michigan: Background and Review, Lucille S. Taylor