Moral Philosophy Reading Group

Description: This group reads and discusses an article per week, chosen by a different member each time. Day/time: Wednesdays 1pm-2pm. Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams. Organizer: Theron Pummer (tgp4).

CEPPA Talk (online only) – Shelly Kagan (Yale)

Location: Teams (online only) Title: "Death, Deprivation, and Rational Regret" Abstract:  Is death a bad thing? According to the deprivation account, death is bad because the dead don't get the various goods that they would have if only they were still alive. But it's not normally a misfortune when a merely possible good doesn't come ... Read more

Moral Philosophy Reading Group

Description: This group reads and discusses an article per week, chosen by a different member each time. Day/time: Wednesdays 1pm-2pm. Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams. Organizer: Theron Pummer (tgp4).

CEPPA Talk (online only) – Heather Battaly (University of Connecticut)

Location: Teams (online only) Title: Can Fanaticism be a Liberatory Virtue? Abstract: Quassim Cassam (2022a) and Paul Katsafanas (2019) have argued that fanaticism and extremism are normatively negative concepts—characterized by, e.g., perverted ideals, vicious closed-mindedness, and unwarranted intolerance. I suggest an alternative approach that: (i) explains what makes fanaticism and extremism vicious in the very many cases ... Read more

Cover to Cover Reading Group (The Rejected Body)

For S1 of 2022-23, we are reading Wendell’s The Rejected Body. Day/time: Wednesdays 10-11am (starting the 5th of October). Location: Teams. Organizer: Lara Jost (laj7).

Moral Philosophy Reading Group

Description: This group reads and discusses an article per week, chosen by a different member each time. Day/time: Wednesdays 1pm-2pm. Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams. Organizer: Theron Pummer (tgp4).

Cover to Cover Reading Group (The Rejected Body)

For S1 of 2022-23, we are reading Wendell’s The Rejected Body. Day/time: Wednesdays 10-11am (starting the 5th of October). Location: Teams. Organizer: Lara Jost (laj7).

Moral Philosophy Reading Group

Description: This group reads and discusses an article per week, chosen by a different member each time. Day/time: Wednesdays 1pm-2pm. Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams. Organizer: Theron Pummer (tgp4).

CEPPA Talk (online only) – David Boonin (University of Colorado Boulder)

Location: Teams (online only) Title: Two Puzzles About the Ethics of Divestment Abstract: Suppose you own stock in Acme Corp. and you learn that it consistently acts in seriously immoral ways. What should you do? A common answer maintains that owning stock in Acme Corp. makes you complicit in its immoral behavior and that you ... Read more

Cover to Cover Reading Group (The Rejected Body)

For S1 of 2022-23, we are reading Wendell’s The Rejected Body. Day/time: Wednesdays 10-11am (starting the 5th of October). Location: Teams. Organizer: Lara Jost (laj7).