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This semester's events
Full list of events for academic year 2017-18, semester 2.
John Stuart Mill Cup: 6th June 2018
A tournament in which teams of high school students match wits with each other discussing ethical issues of public concern.
Knox Lecture: 21st May 2018
Prof Melissa Lane to deliver the 2018 Knox Lecture. Title: 'Plato on the Purpose of Rule'.
Adam Etinson in Conversation with Legal and Moral Philosophers
About Human Rights, and Other Things, Too.
St Andrews CEPPA Graduate Conference - Call for Papers
Call for papers for the CEPPA Graduate Conference. The deadline for submissions is the 9th of November 2017.
Effective giving: how the world’s wealthy could help millions more people for free
Theron Pummer argues that billionaires who pledge fortunes to charity must not just give big, but give effectively.
2017 Knox Lecture
A video recording of Prof Peter Singer's Knox Lecture. Singer spoke to an audience of over 300 people, and the lecture raised over £1600 in donations for effective charities.
Conference on The Ethics of Giving
Video recordings of talks given at The Ethics of Giving Conference (23 May to 25 May in School III, University of St Andrews).
Philosophical Quarterly Essay Prize
The Philosophical Quarterly welcomes essays of 8,000 words or fewer addressing the philosophy of effective altruism.
Past CEPPA Talks
The 2017-18 schedule is now available.
PEA Soup Discussion of "Whether and Where to Give"
An online discussion of Theron Pummer's "Whether and Where to Give" (in Philosophy & Public Affairs, 2016) with a critical précis by Johann Frick.