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Students debate on ethics, environment in VFIC’s 2024 Ethics Bowl

Posted on February 12, 2024 (February 12, 2024) by nmunson

Four students from Marymount University participated in the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges’ (VFIC) 24th annual statewide collegiate Ethics Bowl during the final weekend of January, deliberating on “Ethics and the Environment” on the campus of Hollins University in Roanoke, Va. The Marymount team – featuring seniors Natalia Ivanauskas and Agnes-Laure Signou and juniors […]

‘Rights of Nature’ book, co-edited by Marymount professor, is geared for international launch

Posted on June 29, 2021 by nmunson

Dr. Daniel Corrigan, co-editor of "Rights of Nature: A Re-examination"

What if fundamental aspects of our natural environment – trees, rivers, ecosystems – had similar legal protections and rights to those that human beings possess? That question has been on the mind of Dr. Daniel Corrigan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Marymount University, over the past few years. The idea of “rights of nature,” […]