Inamori Center News & Events
Thursday, September 18th, 2008, at 5 p.m. in the Wolstein Auditorium
Dr. Robert Richards from the University of Chicago will give a talk on “Darwinian Moral Theory”
Friday, September 19th, 2008, at noon in the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence
Dr. Robert Richards will participate in a Center for Policy Studies Friday Lunch Discussion on “Evolution and Politics”
Friday, October 17th, 2008, 12:30 PM in the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence
Dr. Gary Marchant, Lincoln Professor of Ethics in Law and Emerging Technology at Arizona State University, will give a talk on “Brainscans and the Murder Gene: Do Genetics and Other Biological Factors Limit Our Capacity To Be Moral?”
News & Events Archive
April 8, 2008
Leading geneticist Francis Collins named first recipient of the Inamori Ethics Prize at Case Western Reserve University
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., a physician-geneticist and leader of the Human Genome Project, has been named recipient of the inaugural Inamori Ethics Prize from the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University.
March 12, 2008
Inamori Center shares in Kyoto celebration, prepares for ethics prize gala
The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University will help celebrate the North American Kyoto Laureate Symposium today through March 14 in San Diego.
February 11, 2008
Inamori Center to host prize, Darwin events, initiates discourse on whether ethical behavior has evolved
Case Western Reserve University's Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence will be awarding the first ever Inamori Ethics Prize in September 2008.
November 27, 2007
Inamori Center to host forum on ethics of eugenics
The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University, in conjunction with the Center for Genetic Research Ethics and Law, will explore that question and many others during "Eugenics 2007: Is the Customer Always Right?," a discussion of the ethical issues arising from genetic manipulation.
May 7, 2007
Case Western Reserve University dedicates new ethics center; Eastwood named new director
Interim President Gregory Eastwood offers sound leadership, expertise in medical ethics to the Inamori Center for Ethics and Excellence
April 10, 2006
Case to present leaders in the fields of health, law and business with honorary degrees
Recipients include Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Kazuo Inamori, founder of Kyocera Corp.; Richard Goldstone, former justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa; and Paul Farmer, a founding director of Partners In Health.
June 27, 2005
Case students explore real-life ethical issues
A generous gift from The 1525 Foundation will enable Case Western Reserve University to provide undergraduate students with a grounding in practical ethics through new courses, research projects and discussions about ways to cope with ethical choices that arise in daily life.
April 11, 2005
Inamori Foundation to establish International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case
A $10-million gift to Case Western Reserve University from Inamori Foundation—founded by Kazuo Inamori, international business leader and the founder of Kyocera Corp. and the telecommunications giant KDDI—will enable Case to establish the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence.