Villanova University: Student Ethics Symposium

The Student Ethics Symposium is one of the events held during Parent's Weekend.

Subcommittee for the Ethics Symposium:
Mark Doorley (Chair)
Selin Gursozlu
Brett Wilmot

Awards Presented:

Brendan Cummings, “The Newest Addition to America’s

Service Economy”

Robert F. Duffy, "Obedience to God: Affliction, Faith, and the Desire to

Do Good in Kierkegaard and Weil”

Casey Forman, "An Examination of Freedom in the Discussion

of Casual Sex”

Doug Bernard
"Ethical Torture and Its Temporary, Fleeting Nature"

Doug Bernard
"Hereafter: The Partial Relinquishment of Autonomy in Hope of a Shared End with God in Heaven"

Brendan Cummings
"The Newest Addition to America's Service Economy"

Garret Bauman
"Christian Justification for the Just War Tradition"

Mary Kate George
"Paternalism: A Problematic Approach for Government as Seen through Aristotle and Brave New World"

Robert Duffy
"Obedience to God: Affliction, Faith, and the Desire to do Good in Kierkegaard and Weil"

Justin Moodie
"The Ethics of Crime, Punishment, and the Rehabilitation Option"

Casey Forman
"An Examination of Freedom in the Discussion of Casual Sex"

Kevin Ryan
"Just Retribution or Premeditated Murder: The Death Penalty and Morality"

Caroline Petriello
"Augustine's Moral Theory Applied to Casual Sex"

Brendan Cummings, Edith Stein Research Award Winner

Casey Forman, Winner of the Socrates Award in Ethics

Participants and Faculty

Ethics Program