Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs
mdlcm1 Welcome to the new academic year! The Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs (CEPPA) is a research centre that promotes exploration into important ethical issues arising in public life. Its field of interest comprises ethics, social and political philosophy, and the philosophical dimensions of public affairs. CEPPA houses research projects, outreach projects, seminars, conferences, academic visits, fellowships, publishing, … Read more
Jens Timmermann’s new book ‘Kant and the Supposed Right to Lie’ is out! Congratulations to him. Read it or buy it here. Alternatively, get a snapshot of the book in this short piece.
The following are a series of illustrations drawn by Ben Nightingale during the Climate Justice Workshop in St Andrews on the 6th and 7th of May 2025. You can download a PDF with all of the illustrations here. Graeme MacGilchrist (St Andrews): Principles and Uncertainties in Climate Modelling and Climate Change Projections. Julie Jebeile (Bern): … Read more
We are delighted to announce our first Philosophy of Climate Science (PhiCliSci) workshop, hosted by CEPPA, which will be held in St Andrews on 6 and 7 May. This workshop brings together philosophers and climate scientists who are eager to work and think together on questions central to the climate crisis. (For more information about our collaborative PhiCliSci project, see here.). … Read more
Join us next week for our Annual Knox Lecture. This year, it will be delivered by David Enoch from the University of Oxford and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Here is all you need to know. Title: Shameless Liberalism: A Vision Abstract: Despite everything, liberalism remains the one true political philosophy. Liberal principles – something … Read more
CEPPA Seminar S2 2025 / Climate Ethics/PhiCliSci (all Seminars from 4-5.30pm on Thursday afternoon, Edgecliffe G03) Week 2 (6 Feb) – Philip Ebert (University of Stirling) Philosophical Challenges in Risk Communication of Rare and Severe Events Week 3 (13 Feb) – Simon Lee (Earth & Environmental Sciences) and Viviane Fairbank (Philosophy) Philosophy of Climate Science: … Read more
From now on CEPPA won’t be active on Twitter/X any more. Still, you can find us on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/ceppa.bsky.social, and of course, on FB. Give us a follow there to stay in touch.
Congratulations to CEPPA’s Katharine Jenkins whose book ‘Feminist Philosophy a Very Short Introduction’ has just been published with OUP! Read all about it here.
CEPPA Seminar S1 2024 / Climate Ethics/PhiCliSci (all Seminars from 4-5.30pm on Thursday afternoon, Edgecliffe G03) Week 1 (19 Sep) – Koshka Duff (Nottingham) ‘Strip-searching as Abjectification: Racism and Sexual Violence in British Policing’ Online but live-streamed from Edgecliffe G03 Week 2 (26 Sep) Derek Ball (St Andrews) & Caroline Touburg (Umeå University) Climate Ethics: … Read more
How can the disparity between global climate impact and uneven responsibilities be squared with the ideal of climate justice? How do epistemic infrastructures (such as: IPCC, and global agenda and goal setting mechanisms) interact with communities on the global and local levels? How are climate policies and priorities inflected by questions of distance (across space … Read more