Louise M. Olmsted Fellowship in Ethics

Job description

Description The Department of Philosophy at Lafayette College invites applications for its Louise M. Olmsted Fellow in Ethics. The position is made possible by the Louise M. Olmsted Endowment Fund for Ethics and the Office of the Provost. The Olmsted Endowment Fund for Ethics aims to encourage students to critically address increasingly complex ethical issues and to reflect on the many ways in which our ethical judgments contribute to forming and expressing our values as people and citizens. Reporting to the Head of the Philosophy Department, the Olmsted Fellow will (a) teach three courses per year in the area of ethics broadly construed; (b) promote and organize ethics-related events for student and faculty audiences across campus (lectures, panel discussions, reading groups, etc.); (c) maintain an active research program and periodically share their results with the campus community; and (d) work closely with the student-run Philosophy Club and help facilitate its programming. In coordination with the Philosophy Department, the Fellow will take advantage of and promote intersections with disciplines, programs, and campus initiatives so as to contribute to the College’s diverse an...