Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs
Title: Moral Blackmail Abstract: Suppose I want you to do something. How can I make you do it? Depending on me, you, our context, and the nature of the thing I want you to do, I have various options: rational or emotional persuasion; manipulation; coercion; physical compulsion; maybe more. Different mechanisms will be more or ... Read more
Reading: Nick Zangwill’s 2021 paper, "Our Moral Duty to Eat Meat”. Location: Edgecliffe 104
We are proud to present the Eigth Session of Film and Philosophy at CEPPA (aka the CEPPA Film Club). This time we will gather from 16:30 onwards to watch and discuss Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (see trailer here). Here is a list of suggested readings and videos. To Read: On Feminist and Queer ... Read more
Reading: Thomas Hurka - The Well Rounded Life Location: Edgecliffe 104
Title: Against Excellence as the Norm of Ambition Abstract: This paper investigates norms of ambition, which set the level of achievement one ought to aspire to. I critically examine the widely accepted norm of excellence, which encourages one to seek excellence in one’s pursuits. I argue that while this norm is accepted by default, we ... Read more
This semester we are reading Finneron-Burns "What We Owe to Future People: A Contractualist Account of Intergenerational Ethics". Organiser: Ida Miczke (izm1)
Reading: Peter Singer - Famine, Affluence, and Morality Location: Edgecliffe G03
Title: How nonexistence is worse for us Abstract: I defend the view that, when a person’s life is worth living, her existence is not merely good for her. It is also better for her than her never existing. I defend this view against the objection that it absurdly implies that nonexistence is bad for the ... Read more
Reading: Nick Zangwill’s 2021 paper, "Our Moral Duty to Eat Meat”. Location: Edgecliffe 104
This semester we are reading Finneron-Burns "What We Owe to Future People: A Contractualist Account of Intergenerational Ethics". Organiser: Ida Miczke (izm1)