Reading Group

This semester we are reading Finneron-Burns "What We Owe to Future People: A Contractualist Account of Intergenerational Ethics". Organiser: Ida Miczke (izm1)

Reading: Wittgenstein - Lecture on Ethics (p.42-51 in this edition.) Location: Edgecliffe 104

Reading: Ida Miczke will lead us in a discussion of Jessica Fischer’s recent paper, “Consequentialism and the Separateness of Persons”. Location: Edgecliffe 104

Reading: Jason Kawall’s “Moral Realism and Arbitrariness”. Location: Edgecliffe 104

Reading: Aliza Ashraf will lead us in discussing Eugene Marshall’s paper, “Spinoza on the Problem of Akrasia”. Location: Edgecliffe 104

Reading: Rae Langton’s paper, "Objective and Unconditioned Value” Location: Edgecliffe 104

Reading: For next week's MPRG session, Jenny Mace will lead us in discussing the paper, "Locating Animals in Political Philosophy”, by Kymlicka and Donaldson Location: Edgecliffe 104

Reading: Anscombe's 'Modern Moral Philosophy' Location: Edgecliffe 104

MPRG with Giuli Cavaliere: Chapter Title: 'Rescue, Aid, and the Challenge from Adoption' Chapter Abstract: This paper examines and responds to two versions of what I refer to as the challenge from adoption. According to the first, those who wish to have children are morally required to adopt existing children in need rather than procreate. According ... Read more