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Last November, the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE), based at the Prindle Institute, hosted a Read This

The Prindle Post is our online resource for daily ethics-in-the-news articles. We’re happy to announce that we’ve produced another Read This

We’re always adding new discussion guides to our collection of Teaching Children Philosophy lesson plans. This year, we were excited to receive submissions from a class of undergraduate students at Northeastern University, a children’s librarian in California, and our own ..

The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University is delighted to welcome Associate Professor of Philosophy Jeffrey Dunn as its new Phyllis W. Nicholas executive director. Jeff has taught philosophy at DePauw since 2010 and has acted a..

In December 2021, the Prindle Institute’s former director Andrew Cullison left to serve as the inaugural director for the newly-formed ethics center at the University of Cincinnati. The national search for the new director will begin in the spring 2022 with the hope of h..

The Prindle Post is our online resource for daily ethics-in-the-news articles. We’re happy to announce that we’ve produced another workbook that incorporates ..

The Prindle Post is our online resource for daily ethics-in-the-news articles. We’re happy to announce that we’ve produced another workbook that incorporates ..

Registration is now open for the first ever virtual Indiana High School Ethics Bowl competition on February 6 and 7, 2021. Teams fr..

The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University is thrilled to announce the launch of teachingchildrenphilosophy.org, the new digital home for Thomas Wartenberg’s amazing collection of children’s literature modules.

Each book module allows educators of y..

Another print version of The Prindle Post is out now. This time, editor of..

Our mission at the Prindle Institute for Ethics is to foster ethics education, dialogue, and research. We spend our days discussing questions that expand our understanding of morality, our own values, and the values of the communities we live in..

Beloved Hillman intern Luka Ignac was awarded the 2020 Ferid Murad Medal from DePauw University in May 2020. Ignac was awarded this medal for his many intellectual achievements while a student at DePauw: “As a first-year student, Luka Ignac initiated DePauw’s Model Uni..

All Prindle Institute events previously scheduled for the spring semester and the summer have been cancelled in order to limit employee exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19 and encourage social distancing.

Here are the parts of the official message from DePauw Uni..

[Please note that this event has been cancelled due to concerns about the COVID-19 virus.]

From March 2-19 at the Prindle Institute, the public is invited to view “Let Me Be Myself,” an Anne Frank Stichting (Foundation) Exhibition. Read This

The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University is thrilled to announce that we’ve partnered with Thomas Wartenberg to keep the important work of Teaching Children Philosophy accessible online. The Prindle Insti..

When US News and World Report created its 2020 Best Colleges Rankings, it noted the Prindle Institute for Ethics as one of the factors that make DePauw Universi..

The Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University is partnering with Harvard, Stanford and the University of South Florida on an effort to examine how ethics is taught in colleges and universities across the U.S.

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Author and education consultant Maggie Schein is joining the Prindle Institute for Ethics as its newest writer in residence. Her two-year residency, which begins July 1, will be supported by a $100,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation...

The Prindle Institute made a strong showing at the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) annual conference, playing a role in a variety of conference activities and providing students with opportunities to rub shoulders with e..

Tucker Sechrest has joined the Prindle Institute as a visiting editorial fellow. Most recently a contract editor of The Prindle Post – a post he will co..

When Andrew Cullison set up a Prindle Institute for Ethics booth at the 2018 National High School Model UN conference, he found himself being asked the same question over and over: “What’s ethics?” As bright as the high school students att..

On February 21, renowned scholar Dr. Thomas E. Wartenberg is coming to Greencastle to assist approximately 22 Putnam County K-5 educators with exploring techniques for teaching philosophy and ethics to children.

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