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New Video: Games, Public Policy, and the Pandemic

April 20, 2020

*** Video of the conversation is available HERE. *** Games, Public Policy, and the Pandemic A strikingly large number of Americans are now subject to shelter-in-place orders. Many will turn…

PPETP

March 18, 2021

…have moved online, and to establish a prominent public forum for timely and informed philosophical conversations about life in the shadow of the coronavirus. The PPE Program would like to…

Internships/Fellowships

September 30, 2013

…the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals.” The Center for Public Justice “The Center for Public Justice is…

Reading Groups

August 16, 2013

…especially true amongst people in the younger generations. Indeed, according to one study, a majority of 18- to 29-year-old Americans do not even support capitalism. In the face of such…

Five New PPE Faculty in 2021!

September 16, 2021

…from Queen’s University in Canada. Erik’s primary research interests are in normative ethics and practical normativity, including the ethics of interpersonal trade-offs, the ethics of risk-impositions, promissory obligations, the nature…

Congratulations, Professor Jen Morton!

November 1, 2020

…the 2021 Frederic W. Ness Book Award for the year’s book that best contributes to the understanding and improvement of liberal education. More information here: https://www.aacu.org/press/press-releases/aacu-announces-winner-2021-frederic-w-ness-book-award Book here: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691179230/moving-up-without-losing-your-way Book…

A New Student Podcast: Pit Perspectives

September 20, 2022

…relevant social issues facing college students at UNC and across the country. Pit Perspectives started with an observation- at a school as large as UNC, students tend to form small…

Congratulations, Phi Beta Kappa Inductees!

April 14, 2022

…chapters and alumni associations across the country raise and distribute more than $1 million in awards, scholarships and prizes benefiting high schools and college students. More information here: https://www.unc.edu/posts/2022/04/12/unc-chapel-hill-inducts-236-into-elite-honorary-society/  …

Congratulations, Phi Beta Kappa Inductees!

October 29, 2021

…chapters and alumni associations across the country raise and distribute more than $1 million in awards, scholarships and prizes benefiting high schools and college students. More information here: https://www.unc.edu/posts/2021/10/29/unc-chapel-hill-inducts-223-students-into-phi-beta-kappa/  …