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Knox Lecture 2020 – John Haldane (Baylor/University of St Andrews)
CEPPA is pleased to present the 2020 Sir Malcolm Knox Memorial Lecture: John Haldane FRSA, FRSE J. Newton Rayzor Sr Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Baylor University Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of St. Andrews Senior Fellow, CEPPA Visiting Professor, Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham “Philosophy and Public Affairs in Historical … Read more
Right Workshop: Rights and Harms – Postponed to Spring 2021
2nd Annual Rights Workshop: Rights and Harm 4th-5th June 2020, University of St Andrews. Organisers: Joseph Bowen (University of St Andrews and University of Stirling), Samuel Dishaw (Harvard University), and Daniel Muñoz (Monash University). In May 2019, the first annual Rights Workshop was held at MIT, featuring papers by Frances Kamm, Julia Driver, Julia Markovits, and Renee Jorgensen Bolinger. … Read more
Creating A Responsible Charter for Public Debate
Democratic politics has always been a place of discussion, disagreement and debate. However, recent politics – especially in the age of social media – seems to be increasingly polarised. This raises the question of whether there are better and worse ways to debate controversial topics with each other – not just in public settings such as parliaments and the media, but also … Read more
Past CEPPA Talks
2019 – 2020, Semester 2 Talks: Wednesday 5th February, 2019 – Gordon Graham (Princeton) from 11am – 12:30pm in Edgecliffe G03 – Democracy, Authority, and God Wednesday 19th February, 2020 – Cécile Fabre (Oxford) from 11am – 12:30pm in Edgecliffe G03 – Military Intervention in Inter-State Conflicts 2019 – 2020, Semester 1 Talks: Thursday 12th September, 2019 … Read more
Reading Groups
Moral Philosophy Reading Group Description: This group reads and discusses an article per week, chosen by a different member each time. Day/time: Tuesday 4pm-5:30pm. Location: Arche Seminar Room Organizer: Mara van der Lugt ([email protected]). Cover to Cover Reading Group Description: CEPPA’s Cover to Cover Reading Group reads a well known book in moral and political … Read more
Blame and Responsibility
The project: Our core objective is to bring together researchers in epistemology, ethics and metaphysics to shed light on key questions concerning blame including the following. What is it to blame someone and under what conditions are we entitled to do so? Are groups, such as companies or governments, blameworthy? To what extent can groups … Read more