“We should have great gratitude to those who have contributed even a little of the truth, for they have shared with us the fruits of their thought . . . If they had not lived, these true principles would not have been assembled for us, even with intense research throughout our time.” —al-Kindī
New 'Historical Traditions of Ethics' Research Cluster Announced for 2025-2028
Building on Notre Dame's areas of research excellence in ethics and the history of philosophy, the research cluster will stimulate international and domestic research collaborations on how major historical thinkers have tackled the most important ethical problems, and how their intellectual contributions have been developed in traditions of inquiry across time.