2023 Prize Winners

First Prize Winner

Olivia Tafs
Unsolved: How Investigative True Crime Soothes and Provokes Our Consciences
Fordham College Rose Hill '24

Second Prize Winner

Penny Joseph
OCD, Humanism, and “Cancel Culture”
Fordham College Lincoln Center '25

Third Prize Winner

Michael Sluck
Climate Vegetarianism: Diet Ethics in the Context of a Changing Planet
Fordham College Rose Hill '24

Honorable Mentions

Anna Rubio Rodriguez
Uninformed Consent: Pelvic Examinations under Anesthesia
Fordham College Lincoln Center '24

Anna Nowalk
Nonviolent Creativity 
Fordham College Lincoln Center '23

Sophia Cano
Religion: The Opium that Soothes the Ache of Ethical Dilemma: Ursula K. LeGuin, Jesus Christ, the Buddha, Karl Marx, and Phoebe Buffay
Fordham College Rose Hill '25

Cary Wang
The Frequent Wilderness: On Ethics of Ecotourism
Fordham College Lincoln Center '23