Fifty years of leadership
in ethics for a complex world.

The Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University helped to invent the field of bioethics, beginning a tradition of creative leadership in practical ethics that continues into the twenty-first century.

KIE Announces New Francis J. McNamara, Jr. Chair

The Kennedy Institute of Ethics (KIE) is pleased to announce that Maggie Little, BPhil, PhD, Professor of Philosophy, Senior Research Scholar at the KIE, and Director of the Ethics Lab, has been named recipient of the Francis J. McNamara, Jr. Chair.

Call for Applications: Theoretical Medicine in Bioethics Managing Editor

The Kennedy Institute of Ethics seeks a Managing Editor for Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, a prestigious international forum for interdisciplinary studies in the ethics of health care and in the philosophy and methodology of medical practice and biomedical research.

August 25, 2021

Call for Applications: McDonald-Agape Fellowship in Bioethics at Georgetown University

Through a generous grant from the McDonald-Agape Foundation, The Kennedy Institute of Ethics is pleased to announce this call for applications for the 2022-2024 McDonald-Agape Postdoctoral Fellowship in Bioethics.

July 1, 2021

KIE Director Appointed to the AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs

KIE Director Dr. Daniel Sulmasy is Appointed to the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the American Medical Association.

June 29, 2021

Anti-racism and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics

The Kennedy Institute’s faculty members have undertaken initiatives on a number of fronts to incorporate issues of racial justice and anti-racism into their teaching, research, and service, particularly through the efforts of Ethics Lab, under the direction of Maggie Little. The following is a partial list of these efforts.