The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity

The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity is pleased to congratulate The Elie Wiesel Prize In Ethics Essay Contest 2006 Winners.

Please note that all essays are the property of The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity and may not be published elsewhere without written permission from the Foundation. All views and opinions expressed in the winning essays are those of the individual writers. The Foundation does not necessarily share these views.

To view previous year's winners, click here.

First Prize, $5000:
Tracy Ke
Memory, Loss and Revitalizing Democracy: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
Duke University

Second Prize, $2500:
Amia Srinivasan
The Sun Once Shown on Auschwitz: Ethics and the Threat of the Aesthetic
Yale University

Third Prize, $1500:
Tristan Fischl
Speaking for Themselves: Aphasia and the Poetry of Witness
Western Connecticut State University

Honorable Mentions, $500 prize:
Christopher Allison
The Ethical Role of History: Towards a Proper Understanding of the Role of History in Human Life
Olivet Nazarene University

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Siri Davenport
A Crash with Humanity: Prejudice Rooted in Identity, Fueled by Fear
University of Louisville


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