Institute for Ethical Leadership and Social Responsibility ETHOS STAFF Editorial Director Alan A. Preti, PhD DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION Susan DiGironimo
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WRITERS Katherine Baker Adam Lusk, PhD Michelle Moravec, PhD Michelle Angela Ortiz Alan A. Preti, PhD PHOTOGRAPHY John Michael Szczepaniak-Gillece
What is the Common Good?
PRINTING Garrison Printing Company © 2018 Rosemont College Ethos is published by the Institute for Ethical Leadership and Social Responsibility and the Office of College Relations. Communications regarding the contents of Ethos should be directed to the Institute for Ethical Leadership and Social Responsibility, 1400 Montgomery Ave., Rosemont, PA 19010 or ielsr@rosemont. edu. To support the Institute or to learn more, please visit www.rosemont.edu/ institute.
Alan A. Preti, PhD
Ethics and Moral Decision-Making
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INTERNAL ADVISORY BOARD Steven Alessandri, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Troy Chiddick, MBA Dean of Students, Undergraduate College Jeanne Marie Hatch, SHCJ, MA Vice President of Mission and Ministry Jennifer Jackson, PhD Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies
Political Engagement at Rosemont College Adam Lusk, PhD
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Adam Lusk, PhD Assistant Professor of Political Science Michelle Moravec, PhD Associate Professor of History EXTERNAL ADVISORY BOARD Joseph S. Camardo, MD Maureen Caulfield, MD Peter Clark, SJ, PhD Juliet Goodfriend Harry R. Halloran, Jr. Tom Handler Irene Horstmann Hannan
Lifting Our Voices Michelle Angela Ortiz, ’02
The Margaret M. Healy Fund Institute Fellows Michelle Moravec Katherine Baker
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