IDEA: The Ethics Centre

Description

IDEA (Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied) is a centre based at the Univerity of Leeds.  

We are a group of trained philosophers and ethicists with interests across a wide range of applied philosophy and ethical issues (e.g. just war, AI, environment and sustainability, ethics of love and sex, leadership ethics and so on).

We:

• teach applied philosophy and ethics to students in many other disciplines (e.g. business, engineering, medicine and dentistry), as well as run our own MA progammes and supervise PhD students;
• carry out research on a range of topic and questions;
• host conferences and workshops;
• engage the general public in various ethical issues.

We also have a Consultancy and Training arm where we engage with professionals from various sectors to train, write professional codes, offer consultancy advice, etc.  Such examples include work with public health officials on how to engage the general public in issues of public health ethics; working with actuaries in developing professional codes; advising banking and financial regulators on ethical issues facing their profession; developing ethical training for many professionals in public, private and third sector organisations. 

Offers funding

Yes, this infrastructure provides funding in the following categories:

Founding year

2005

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University affiliation(s)

University of Leeds
Leeds

Partner Infrastructures

British Philosophical Association (BPA)

The BPA was established in 2003, and its aim is to promote and foster the teaching and study of, and research in Philosophy in the United Kingdom, within higher education and also within the wider com… read more about British Philosophical Association (BPA)

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British Society for Ethical Theory (BSET)

The British Society for Ethical Theory is an academic society dedicated to philosophical research in ethics. Its annual conference is the leading forum for ethical theory in the UK philosophy calendar… read more about British Society for Ethical Theory (BSET)