Ethical Inquiry at Carleton (EthIC) seeks to support and encourage discussions of ethical issues within Carleton classrooms and throughout the larger Carleton community.

Through curricular and extracurricular activities, EthIC strives to increase the opportunities for Carleton students to discuss their values and to continue developing their own philosophies of life. EthIC was developed in recognition of the importance such pursuits have to the character of Carleton. Through campus-wide events and conversations, support for course and pedagogical methods development by the faculty, and a variety of student activities, EthIC works to foster ethical reflection across the curriculum and throughout the life of the Carleton community.

The Winter Break EthIC/LTC Faculty Workshop scheduled for Nov. 29, 30 and Dec. 1 from 8:30-12:00 has been postponed!

EthIC will continue the conversation around class and work that began with our common reading. EthIC is also involved in looking at the issues raised by the Gulf Coast hurricanes. Fall events include: Thursday, September 22, 7:00 PM, Sayles-Hill 251, Kris Jacobs, Executive Director of the Jobs Now Coalition, "Getting By: The State of Work in Minnesota", cosponsored by the Career Center

Tuesday, September 27, 7:00 PM, Sayles Hill 251, Allison Boisvert, Senior Director with Catholic Charities, "Generational Poverty and Class", cosponsored by the Career Center

Thursday, September 29, 6:30 PM, Boliou 104, faculty panel, "After the Storm: Making Sense of Hurricane Katrina," cosponsored with ENTS

Tuesday, October 11, 12:00, Athenaeum , Dr. Anne Patrick, William H. Laird Professor of Religion and the Liberal Arts at Carleton and Dr. Carol Tauer, visiting professor in the University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics, "Bioethics and Emerging Medical Technologies: A Report from Europe" (cosponsored by the Carleton Religion Department)

Friday, October 21, 10:50 Chapel Convocation, Dr. Karen Lebacqz, "Boundaries, Borders and Other Quagmires of Justice"

Monday, October 24, 7:00 PM, Leighton 304, Kim Bobo, Executive Director of Interfaith Worker Justice, "Workers' Rights and Workplace Wrongs: Is Work Working?"