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Moral Philosophy Reading Group

Moral Philosophy Reading Group
Edgecliffe G03 The Scores, St Salvator's Quad

This week the Moral Philosophy Reading Group will be discussing Kai Spiekermann's paper 'Irreversible Loss'. Abstract: This chapter offers three reasons for trying to avoid some irreversible losses. First, there is a prudential reason for avoiding irreversible loss in order to keep options open in the future in the face of uncertainty. Second, humans have ... Read more

CEPPA Talk (in-person & online) – Derek Ball (St Andrews) & Caroline Touburg (Umeå University)

Edgecliffe 104

Title: Philosophical Foundations of Green-House Gas Accounting Abstract: International agreements such as the Kyoto protocol and the Paris agreement require countries to measure and track their greenhouse gas emissions.  Companies (as well as universities and other organisations) are required by governmental regulations or their own net-zero goals to do the same.  Greenhouse gas accounting is ... Read more