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Marymount receives gift to establish Center for Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility

Posted on May 6, 2022 (May 16, 2022) by Nicholas Munson

As Marymount University prepares to launch its second of three interdisciplinary research centers on campus, a generous gift has moved it closer to reality. A recent gift of $250,000 from the Soloviev Foundation will support the new Center for Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility, which will serve as a central hub for inter-professional research, […]

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

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Nicholas Munson

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,” […]