St Andrews Graduate Conference in Ancient Philosophy
Parliament Hall South Street, St Andrews, FifeLocation: Parliament Hall and online Rregistration and more info: https://sagcap20466992.wordpress.com/
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Moral Philosophy Reading Group
Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams This week we will be reading Judith Lichtenberg 's paper 'Negative Duties, Positive Duties, and the “New Harms"'. Contact: [email protected]
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CEPPA TALK (in person) – Carl Mildenberger (Universität Zürich)
Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: The Quest for Additionality Abstract: Many people aim to make the world a better place by spending their money in certain ways. The school of “effective altruism” teaches that, if one donates one’s money wisely, one can have a positive impact. Currently, many people want to make us believe that if one ... Read more
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Moral Philosophy Reading Group
Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact: [email protected]
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CEPPA Talk (online) – Paulina Sliwa (Vienna) & Tom McClelland (Cambridge)
Microsoft TeamsTitle: On seeing women as objects: objectification and affordance perception Location: Teams (online only), the talk will be streamed from Edgecliffe G03 Abstract: Objectification is a central topic in feminist philosophy theorising. But what is it for someone to objectify another person? A common theme is that objectification involves treating and viewing the other person ... Read more
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Moral Philosophy Reading Group
Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams This week we'll be discussing 'Physician-Assisted Suicide: Two Moral Arguments' by Judith Jarvis Thomson. Contact: [email protected]
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CEPPA Talk (In person) – Joel Joseph (St Andrews)
Title: Eliminative Harming without Intentions Location: Edgecliffe G03 Abstract: Consider the following pair of cases Roughshod. You are driving to the hospital for an emergency life-saving operation. If you do not make it in time, you will die. However, Victim is lying in the only road that will get you there in time. Although Victim ... Read more
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Moral Philosophy Reading Group
Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact: [email protected]
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Moral Philosophy Reading Group
This week we will discuss Joseph Heath's chapter 'Positive Social Time Preference', from his book Philosophical Foundations of Climate Policy Change. The chapter's a bit long, but readers can comfortably skip sections 6.2-6.5 and the equations. Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact: [email protected]
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CEPPA Talk (in person) – Alexander Douglas (St. Andrews)
Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: Positive interest rates block green transitions, and there is no compelling reason not to fix the interest rate at zero Commentator: Carl Mildenberger (Zurich)