Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs
We are proud to present the Third Session of Film and Philosophy at CEPPA (aka the CEPPA Film Club). This time we will gather from 16:30 onwards to watch and WALL·E (see trailer here). The discussion will be lead by Emma Holmes and Miguel de la Cal Moreno. The movie will start SHARP at 17:30. ... Read more
Ziming Xia will lead the MPRG to discuss 'Localized Restricted Aggregation' by Victor Tadros. All welcome! Article available here: https://academic.oup.com/book/32206/chapter-abstract/268368585?redirectedFrom=fulltext Location: Edgecliffe G03
Title: Global Health Equity through Decolonizing Health Research Ethics in Africa: Leveraging Kwame Nkrumah’s Analysis of Neocolonialism. Abstract:Background: The foundational contention of this paper is that, arguably, the ultimate ethical goal of conducting health research among humans is to provide them with better health opportunities. Because of growing perceptions that ongoing international collaborative health research ... Read more
You are warmly invited to the book launch for Bradley Hillier-Smith’s brand-new book The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees (abstract below). The author will be interviewed by Kieran Oberman (LSE), after which we will all be in the opportunity to ask questions and celebrate the new book with some well-deserved drinks. All welcome! Bradley Hillier-Smith: The Ethics of ... Read more
This week we will discuss James Sias, ‘Ethical Intuitionism and the Emotions: Toward an Empirically Adequate Moral Sense Theory’, available here. Location: Edgecliffe G03
Title: Emotion-Based Environmental Ethics: The Radical Implications of Taking Wonder Seriously Abstract: In environmental ethics, we find many competing theories of environmental value, but little discussion of the epistemological grounds for believing one theory rather than another. Building on the framework of moral empiricism (which I’ve developed elsewhere), I propose an “Emotion-Based” methodology for environmental ethics. The ... Read more
On 27 November 2024 we are convening a colloquium at the University of St Andrews featuring Dr Emily Postan (Chancellor’s Fellow in Bioethics, University of Edinburgh) and Prof. David Comerford (Economics, University of Stirling). Key words: bioethics, medical ethics, behavioural economics, behavioural psychology, community wisdom, quality of life, right not to know, longevity. There is a revolution in the early diagnosis ... Read more
This week we will discuss Cora Diamond's classic paper 'The Difficulty of Reality'. Location: Edgecliffe G03
Title: The Idea of Ancestry in African Philosophy Abstract: This paper concerns itself with the rationality of belief in ancestral existence. Although belief in ancestral existence remains widespread globally, I shall focus on a-thinned out version of African forms of this belief. ‘Thinned-out’ in that I am not interested in this or that substantive version of ... Read more
We are proud to present the Fourth Session of Film and Philosophy at CEPPA (aka the CEPPA Film Club). This time we will gather from 16:30 onwards to watch and Stories We Tell (see trailer here). The movie will start SHARP at 17:15. Recommended reading and watching material Articles: Bill Nichols - Performative documentaries (in Blurred boundaries : questions ... Read more