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  • The Possibility of Respect book workshop with Remy Debes (University of Memphis)

    Edgecliffe 104

    On Thursday 19 March, under the auspices of CEPPA, there will be an ‘author meets critics’ event on The Possibility of Respect: Human Dignity and the Ethics of Difference by Remy Debes (Memphis). The book was published by OUP late last year, and is available via the Library here. Here’s an abstract of the book’s argument: This book ... Read more

  • Film and Philosophy at CEPPA – Office Space (1999) with Ben Sachs-Cobbe

    Edgecliffe G03 The Scores, St Salvator's Quad

    We are proud to present the Eleventh Session of Film and Philosophy at CEPPA (aka the CEPPA Film Club). Dear all, Next Thursday (March 26th) you are all invited to the Eleventh Session of Film and Philosophy at CEPPA (aka the CEPPA Film Club). With this event, we start a special series highlighting the research ... Read more

  • CEPPA Talk (in-person) – Kal Kalewold (Leeds)

    Edgecliffe G03 The Scores, St Salvator's Quad

    Title: Going First: Integration with Compensation as a Duty of Justice. Abstract: Racial segregation remains deeply entrenched in many societies such as the United States. (Liberal) integrationists argue that we have a duty to integrate because integration is necessary for racial justice (Anderson 2010). (Egalitarian) pluralists reject a duty to integrate (Shelby 2014, 2016). They hold ... Read more

  • Moral Philosophy Reading Group (MPRG)

    Moral Philosophy Reading Group (MPRG)
    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

  • CEPPA Talk (in-person) – Matthew Vermaire (St Andrews)

    Edgecliffe G03 The Scores, St Salvator's Quad

    Title: Conflated Questions in the Ethics of Belief Abstract: It’s common to suppose that epistemology can be understood in close structural parallel with ethics: as ethics is about what to do, epistemology is about what to believe. In this paper I draw attention to an important limit of such parallelisms: in reasoning to belief, agents are ... Read more

  • CEPPA Climate Ethics Talk (online and in-person) – Jiewuh Song (Seoul National University)

    Edgecliffe G03 The Scores, St Salvator's Quad

    Title: The Right to a Healthy Environment and the Case of Climate Change Abstract: Once regarded as a marginal proposal in international human rights, the right to a healthy environment has gained surprisingly widespread acceptance in domestic law across the world.  Recently, the right has become an important part of global climate advocacy, often anchoring legal ... Read more