Kenneth Winston

Lecturer in Ethics
Faculty Chair , Singapore Program
Harvard Kennedy School
Office Address
Littauer-238
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 19
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-4196
Fax: 617-496-2850
Email: kenneth_winston@Harvard.Edu
Assistant
Marsha Frazier (617-496-9669)
Kenneth Winston

Profile

Kenneth Winston, Lecturer in Ethics, teaches practical and professional ethics. He created the Kennedy Schools course in professional ethics for mid-career students, which has been offered since 1986. Winston is also faculty chair of the Kennedy Schools Singapore Program, which supports faculty exchanges with the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. In recent years, he has helped to build HKSs capacity in comparative and international ethics, developing new cases and teaching in overseas venues, especially in Asia. Winston has written extensively on case teaching, professional ethics, and legal theory. He holds degrees in philosophy from Harvard College and Columbia University, and has been a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies, a senior research fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and a John Dewey Senior Fellow. He lives in the Dorchester section of Boston with his wife, Mary Jo Bane, and enjoys hiking, birding, and cooking.

Courses

Fall

Media Expertise

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Book Chapters
    • Winston, Kenneth. "Chinese Legalism." Encyclopedia of Political Theory. Ed. Mark Bevir. Sage, 2009.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Winston, Kenneth. "Moral Competence in Public Life." Australia and New Zealand School of Government Occasional Papers 4, March 2009.