Book Workshop (in person) – Daniel Muñoz (UNC Chapel Hill)

Workshop on Daniel Muñoz’s forthcoming book What We Owe to Ourselves Date: 15 May 2024 Location: Edgecliffe 104 Registration required: email Theron Pummer ([email protected])   Provisional Schedule  945am: Coffee/tea 10am: Jordan MacKenzie (Virginia Tech) 11am: Thomas Schmidt (Humboldt University) 12pm: Quinn White (Harvard University) 1pm: Lunch 2pm: Kerah Gordon-Solmon (Queen’s University) 3pm: Joseph Bowen (University of Leeds) 4pm: Coffee/tea 415pm: … Read more

CEPPA Talk (in person) – Thom Brooks (Durham)

Title: Justice and the Problem of Alienation Abstract: I will focus on why alienation is a problem for many of our major theories of justice (discussing political liberalism, capabilities approach and republicanism) and what might be done about it. Location: Edgecliffe G03

CEPPA Talk (in person) – Elad Uzan (Oxford)

Title: Compromises and Lesser-Evil Compromises in Ending Wars. Abstract: Contemporary conflicts often lack a clear end-state, posing challenges to the traditional notion of victory in just wars. This ambiguity calls for a revaluation of war’s objectives, suggesting that wars should end without a clear victory. In this paper, I will explore various moral and non-moral … Read more

CEPPA Talk (online) – Sergio Tenenbaum (Toronto)

Title: Practical Reason and the Satisfaction of Desire Location: Teams (online only) Abstract: I have a desire for dulce de leche ice-cream (or that I myself eat ice-cream) but there’s no ice-cream nearby. A heavenly angel takes pity on me and decides she will help me out. She conjures the ice-cream and quickly shoves it … Read more

CEPPA Talk (online) – Renee Jorgensen (Michigan)

Title: Encroachment and epistemic negligence Abstract: In this talk, I argue that the moral duty of non-negligence is a fruitful way to understand and motivate the claim that moral reasons can ‘encroach’ on epistemic norms. More forcefully: we should readily affirm that on the epistemic norms governing agents like us—that is, who have limited cognitive … Read more