Jenkins Center for Virtue Ethics
The University of Notre Dame has established the Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., Center for Virtue Ethics, a signature element of the Notre Dame Ethics Initiative emerging from the University’s strategic framework.
The Jenkins Center for Virtue Ethics, which is a cornerstone element of the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good, will support preeminent scholars whose research advances human flourishing in both moral and spiritual contexts, facilitate the development of undergraduate courses exploring topics such as justice and the common good, and deepen the ethical formation of Notre Dame students and faculty. The center will also play a transformative role in public discussion, drawing citizens into meaningful dialogue informed by virtue ethics—one of the most powerful and enduring contributions of the Catholic philosophical tradition.
The initial funding for this new center was made possible through the generosity of several members of the University’s Board of Trustees, along with other benefactors, and named in honor of University President Emeritus Father Jenkins.