Title: The Permissibility of Lesser Evil Abstract: Flood: Flood water is headed toward a cave where five innocent people are trapped and will be killed if the water reaches them. The water can be diverted into a mineshaft, but innocent Betty is trapped in the mineshaft and will be killed if the water is redirected. ... Read more
Title: 'Are We Entitled to Be Believed?' Abstract: Discussions in a variety of contexts (including at least epistemic injustice, moral encroachment, epistemic obligations of friendship) sometimes assume that speakers have a right or moral entitlement to be believed when they assert or testify that p: that they are wronged if their audience fails to believe them. It is controversial ... Read more
This will be a one-hour discussion of Scanlon's Knox Lecture, which can be viewed here: https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/2021-knox-lecture-tim-scanlon-harvard-university/
https://millcup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/
Moral Philosophy Reading Group Description: This group reads and discusses an article per week, chosen by a different member each time. Day/time: Wednesdays 3pm to 4pm on Teams. Organizer: Theron Pummer (tgp4).
A workshop on the philosophy of work and time-allocation 16-18 September , 2021 The Future of Work and Income Research Network ([email protected]) Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs Department of Philosophy, University of St Andrews Workshop to be held entirely online Thursday 16th September 10.30am Welcome and introdution to the Future of Work ... Read more
TITLE: ‘Interactional Wrongs and Vices’ ABSTRACT: This paper explores a domain of action that we often regard as a minor moral matter, the domain of ordinary interactions. Yet, ordinary interactions are morally significant for two reasons: they are the primary vehicle through which 1) we show respect and disrespect for each other, and 2) we ... Read more
https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wild-animal-ethics-conference-24-25-september-2020/
Moral Philosophy Reading Group Description: This group reads and discusses an article per week, chosen by a different member each time. Day/time: Wednesdays 3pm to 4pm on Teams. Organizer: Theron Pummer (tgp4).
Title: Big Data and the Risk of Misguided Responsibilization Abstract: The arrival of “big data” promises new degrees of precision in understanding human behavior. Could it also make it possible to draw a finer line between individual choices and circumstances that operate in the background? In a culture in which individual responsibility continues to ... Read more