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SUMMARY:Moral Philosophy Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Description: This group reads and discusses an article per week\, chosen by a different member each time.\nDay/time: Wednesdays 1pm-2pm.\nLocation: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams.\nOrganizer: Theron Pummer (tgp4).
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/moral-philosophy-reading-group-5/2022-11-16/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221117T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221117T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
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SUMMARY:CEPPA Talk (online) – Zoë Johnson King (Harvard)
DESCRIPTION:Title: Working on Yourself\n\nAbstract: This is a thesis-antitheses-synthesis kind of talk. We begin with a question: How should one react to one’s own moral achievements and moral failures\, and to the moral achievements and moral failures of other people? One answer that might seem initially compelling is that we should be harsher on ourselves than we are on others: we should be modest about our own moral achievements while celebrating others’ moral achievements\, and we should show more leniency in response to others’ moral failures than in response to our own. As compelling as this answer might seem\, a smorgasbord of recent trends in popular moral thought push back against it in various ways\, and it paints an odd picture of how good people are supposed to talk to each other. That’s the thesis and its antitheses. The synthesis is the central idea of this talk: the idea of working on yourself. I’ll say what working on yourself is and why it matters morally\, and I’ll also introduce the idea of a deliberate self-improvement\, which is my name for what you bring about when you try to work on yourself and succeed. With these two notions in hand\, I’ll argue that the initially-compelling answer and its intuitive counterphenomena can all be accommodated by an account that emphasizes the importance of not only working on yourself\, but also encouraging and facilitating others’ work on themselves\, all while recognizing the enormous diversity of impediments to their doing either of these that particular individuals might encounter. We’ll see that some apparent self/other asymmetries have solid metaphysical or moral underpinnings\, while others dissolve. I’ll then discuss some cool upshots and one remaining deeper puzzle; in brief\, the puzzle concerns whether we should prioritize working on ourselves over supporting others’ work on themselves and\, if so\, what could explain this division of labor.\nCo-hosted with ECT.
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-talk-online-zoe-johnson-king/
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Nick Kuespert":MAILTO:nk94@st-andrews.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221123T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221123T110000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
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SUMMARY:Cover to Cover Reading Group (The Rejected Body)
DESCRIPTION:For S1 of 2022-23\, we are reading Wendell’s The Rejected Body. \nDay/time: Wednesdays 10-11am (starting the 5th of October).\nLocation: Teams.\nOrganizer: Lara Jost (laj7).
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/cover-to-cover-reading-group-the-rejected-body/2022-11-23/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221123T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221123T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20220919T152953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220919T152953Z
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SUMMARY:Moral Philosophy Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Description: This group reads and discusses an article per week\, chosen by a different member each time.\nDay/time: Wednesdays 1pm-2pm.\nLocation: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams.\nOrganizer: Theron Pummer (tgp4).
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/moral-philosophy-reading-group-5/2022-11-23/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221130T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221130T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20220919T152953Z
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SUMMARY:Moral Philosophy Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Description: This group reads and discusses an article per week\, chosen by a different member each time.\nDay/time: Wednesdays 1pm-2pm.\nLocation: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams.\nOrganizer: Theron Pummer (tgp4).
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/moral-philosophy-reading-group-5/2022-11-30/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221201T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221201T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20221021T090719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221122T112109Z
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SUMMARY:CEPPA Talk (in person) - Jules Holroyd (Sheffield)
DESCRIPTION:Location: Edgecliffe G03 \nTitle: Proleptic Praise \nAbstract: What is praise? I argue that we can make progress by examining what praise does. Functionalist views of praise are emerging\, but I here argue that by foregrounding cases in which expressions of praise are rejected by their direct target\, we see that praise has a wider\, and largely neglected\, social function. First I introduce cases in which praise is rejected. Then\, I identify a series of desiderata for an analysis of praise by bringing these cases into contact with existing views about what praise is and does. Finally I develop a functionalist account and show how it can meet these desiderata. In outline\, my claim is that one key function of praise is to exert social pressure by bestowing esteem. I tease out some mechanisms via which praise exerts social pressure\, and is particularly difficult to challenge. This analysis is responsive to\, and places at the foreground of our analysis\, the possibility that praise can be used for bad and oppressive ends. \nCo-hosted with ECT.
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-talk-in-person-jules-holroyd-sheffield/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe G03\, The Scores\, St Salvator's Quad\, KY16 9AL
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Viviane Fairbank":MAILTO:vf45@st-andrews.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221207T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221207T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220919T152953Z
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SUMMARY:Moral Philosophy Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Description: This group reads and discusses an article per week\, chosen by a different member each time.\nDay/time: Wednesdays 1pm-2pm.\nLocation: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams.\nOrganizer: Theron Pummer (tgp4).
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/moral-philosophy-reading-group-5/2022-12-07/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221215T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221215T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20221207T201729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221213T060843Z
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SUMMARY:CEPPA Talk (online only) – Tyler Cowen (George Mason University)
DESCRIPTION:Location: Teams (online only) \nTitle: The Philosophy of Effective Altruism \nAbstract: What are the strengths and weaknesses of Effective Altruism as both a moral philosophy and practical guide to action? Is it best thought of as an optimizing approach? How important is existential risk\, especially relative to maximizing economic growth? How does the new form of Effective Altruism differ from standard utilitarianism?
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-talk-online-only-tyler-cowen-george-mason-university/
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Luca Stroppa":MAILTO:ls330@st-andrews.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230119T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230119T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20221114T204445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230109T112159Z
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SUMMARY:CEPPA Talk (in person) - Tom Simpson (Oxford)
DESCRIPTION:Location: Edgecliffe G03 \nTitle: ‘Should political discrimination be unlawful?’
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-talk-tom-simpson-oxford/
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230126T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230126T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20221207T203247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230112T163428Z
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SUMMARY:CEPPA Talk (online only) – Lea Ypi (LSE)
DESCRIPTION:Location: Teams (online only) \nTitle: Kant the Racist? \nAbstract: This paper examines Kant’s thoughts on race considering his analysis of teleology. It explains how Kant analysed the development of human races in connection to his account of the development of “germs” and “dispositions” in the human species. It further explains how that theory changed with the introduction of Kant’s analysis of reflective judgment. The paper argues that the important shifts in Kant’s analysis of teleology after the third Critique had crucial implications for Kant’s assessment of the development of human races and limit the scope of the charges of racism his theories have recently received.
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-talk-online-only-lea-ypi-lse/
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Johannes Nickl":MAILTO:jmn20@st-andrews.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230202T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230202T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20221207T203751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230126T170728Z
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SUMMARY:CEPPA Talk (in person) – Christoph Schuringa (Northeastern University London)
DESCRIPTION:Location: Edgecliffe G03 \nTitle: Karl Marx and the Actualization of Philosophy \nAbstract: Marx’s Eleventh Thesis on Feuerbach famously states that ‘The philosophers have thus far merely interpreted the world; the point is to change it.’ In this talk\, I begin to clear away some obstacles that stand in the way of an appreciation of the sense in which Marx thinks philosophy is to be practical. What emerges is an improved understanding of the Eleventh Thesis\, which can then be aligned with Marx’s call for the ‘actualization of philosophy’. Philosophy will turn out to have been\, all along\, praxis; contemplation will show up as privative with respect to philosophy actualized.
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-talk-in-person-christoph-schuringa-northeastern-university-london/
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230309T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230309T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20220704T090838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230301T123757Z
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SUMMARY:CEPPA Talk (in person) – Sigrún Svavarsdóttir (Tufts)
DESCRIPTION:Location: Edgecliffe G03 \nTitle: “On Seeking Objective Grounds for Moral Evaluation” \nAbstract: The paper argues that to do justice to questions of objectivity that arise within and about moral discourse\, we must take into account that this discourse is embedded within a somewhat conventionally regimented practice that comprises attempts to guide attitude and action by way of justifying\, criticizing\, validating\, or excusing them. The appropriate condition of objectivity rules out a specific narrow kind of response-dependence that would run counter to this kind of guiding role for moral verdicts. The relevant condition is identified (the discourse- and practice-independence condition or\, for short\, the DP-independence condition).
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-talk-in-person-sigrun-svavarsdottir-tufts/
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230323T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230323T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20221207T204535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230313T150600Z
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SUMMARY:CEPPA Talk (online only) – Edwin Etieyibo (University of the Witwatersrand)
DESCRIPTION:Location: Teams (online only) \nTitle: Disharmony as a Political Vice \nAbstract: In this presentation\, I examine two important concepts\, those of harmony and disharmony by drawing on some thoughts including in three areas of African philosophical ideas and understanding. While I take harmony as virtuous or at least valuable or desirable\, I take disharmony as vicious or at least dis-valuable or not desirable. I discuss the desirability of harmony and non-desirability of disharmony and the African Union as exemplification of political practice in Africa in advancing the view that disharmony is a vice\, in general and a political vice\, in particular\, insofar as it undermines the proper practice of politics in Africa.
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-talk-online-only-edwin-etieyibo-university-of-the-witwatersrand/
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Joe Millum":MAILTO:jrm39@st-andrews.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230406T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230406T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20221207T205231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T120413Z
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SUMMARY:CEPPA Talk (online only) – Catherine Elgin (Harvard)
DESCRIPTION:Location: Teams (online only) \nTitle: Epistemic Dynamics \nAbstract: Epistemic agents are finite and fallible.  Our range is limited and some of what we accept is\, no doubt\, flawed.  To achieve our epistemic and practical objectives\, we devise methods and practices that foster correction\, refinement\, and expansion of our current epistemic commitments. Traditional epistemology maintains that epistemic acceptability requires non-fortuitously justified true belief\, where non-fortuitousness insures that the justification and the truth maker align. If so\, reflective equilibrium is at best indicative of acceptability.  I argue otherwise.   Reflective equilibrium is constitutive of epistemic acceptability.  Because a network of cognitive commitments in reflective equilibrium is as reasonable as any available alternative in the epistemic circumstances\, it is worthy of acceptance.  That does not make it perfect or permanently acceptable.  Such a network is susceptible of and probably in need of improvement.  But it is the best we can currently do and provides a suitable platform for improvement.  I argue that such a network should be designed to foster\, not merely to allow for\, further gains.  It should support epistemic leveraging.  That requires that it enable critical reflection about its own ends and means\, enabling epistemic agents to recognize opportunities for and obstacles to improvement. \nCo-hosted with ECT.
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-talk-online-only-elgin/
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Viviane Fairbank":MAILTO:vf45@st-andrews.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230412T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230412T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20221017T104741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230412T072304Z
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SUMMARY:Special MPRG: Mattia Cecchinato
DESCRIPTION:Location: Edgecliffe G03 \nTitle: “The Mind that Matters: Degrees of Sentience and Moral Status”. \nAbstract: It is often argued that the capacity for conscious experience is necessary for a creature to morally matter for its own sake and thus have moral status. Entities that lack the capacity for consciousness\, such as chairs\, philosophical zombies\, or anencephalic infants\, seem to lack all subjectivity and welfare concerns—nothing can be good or bad for them. But is the morally relevant property the general fact of being (phenomenally) conscious as such\, or is it a particular kind of consciousness that matters? According to a long and widespread philosophical tradition\, Narrow Sentientism\, the ground of moral status is the capacity for affective consciousness (i.e. emotions\, pleasure\, and pain). David Chalmers (2022)\, however\, has recently challenged this view by arguing for Broad Sentientism\, according to which the capacity for phenomenal consciousness alone suffices for moral status\, even in cases where the capacity for affect is absent. \nIn this talk\, I examine both views in light of recent evolutionary and philosophical arguments concerning the possibility of degrees of consciousness (Tye 2021; Lee 2022). I propose that the most compelling understandings of Narrow and Broad Sentientism are scalar versions of each. But I also argue that if (i) we can distinguish between affective and phenomenal consciousness\, and if (ii) both are gradable\, then trade-offs reveal the inadequacy of Scalar-Broad Sentientism. A highly conscious creature with a low degree of affect would not score well in terms of moral status. The view of moral status that better tracks our intuitions across a range of cases\, I argue\, is a version of Scalar-Narrow Sentientism. It is a function of the degree of affect weighted by the size of the phenomenal repertoire possessed by the relevant conscious creature. Finally\, I investigate the practical implications of this novel view for our treatment of non-human animals\, our fellows humans\, and artificial sentience.
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/special-mprg-mattia-cecchinato/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230413T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230413T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20221207T205510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230406T051645Z
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SUMMARY:CEPPA Talk (in person) – Daniel Muñoz (UNC Chapel Hill)
DESCRIPTION:Location: Edgecliffe G03 \nTitle: Values as Vectors \nAbstract: Often\, two things seem tied in value\, though slightly improving one would not break the tie. How can we model such ‘insensitivity to sweetening’? A leading answer is that overall values\, rather than being like precise numbers\, must be imprecise\, giving rise to a special nontransitive value relation\, which Chang calls parity. But parity is notoriously hard to pin down\, and imprecise values are neither necessary nor sufficient for modeling sweetening. I propose instead to model overall values as many-dimensional vectors. The result is a fresh and flexible framework for the stranger side of ethics—as well as an elegant definition of parity as a tie between things of nonfungible value.
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-talk-munoz/
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230419T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230419T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20230419T181902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230419T181902Z
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SUMMARY:5th Annual CEPPA Graduate Conference (St Andrews) – 30-31 May\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:5th Annual CEPPA Graduate Conference  \n30-31 May\, 2023\, at the University of St Andrews  \n\nThe Centre for Ethics\, Philosophy\, and Public Affairs (CEPPA) is proud to host the 5th Annual CEPPA Graduate Conference at the University of St Andrews (UCO: School V). The event will be held in-person with the option for spectators to join online. Registration will open once the schedule has been finalised (hopefully\, by the end of April). A book of abstracts\, too\, will be made available on this page.  \n\nKeynote speakers:   \n\nDr Lucy McDonald (Research Fellow in Philosophy at St. John’s College\, University of Cambridge)\nDr Barry Maguire (Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at University of Edinburgh)\n\nThis page will be updated with a list of confirmed postgraduate speakers shortly. Please direct any inquiries to ceppaconference@st-andrews.ac.uk. \nBest wishes from the organisers\, \nPatrick J. Winther-Larsen and Katherine Crone\nPhD Students at the University of St Andrews & Stirling (SASP)
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/5th-annual-ceppa-graduate-conference-st-andrews-30-31-may-2023/
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230419T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230419T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20230412T161357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230412T161357Z
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SUMMARY:Special MPRG - Bart Streumer (Groningen)
DESCRIPTION:Location: Edgecliffe G03 \nTitle: QUASI-REALISM FOR REALISTS \nAbstract: Reductive realists think that normative properties are identical to descriptive properties. But they are often charged with being relativists: it is often argued that their view implies that when two people make conflicting normative judgements\, these judgements can both be true. I will argue that reductive realists can answer this charge by copying the quasi-realist moves that many expressivists make. \nIn §1 I will outline the two main versions of realism\, reductive realism and robust realism\, and I will explain why reductive realists are often charged with being relativists. In §2 I will outline the quasi-realist moves that many expressivists make. In §3 I will argue that if these moves work\, reductive realists can copy them in order to answer the charge that they are relativists. In §4 I will discuss the assumptions behind these moves. In §5 I will discuss robust realists’ doubts about these moves. In §6 I will show that if my arguments are sound\, expressivism is closer to relativism than is often assumed.
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/special-mprg-bart-streumer-groningen/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230420T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230420T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20221207T205805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230407T084853Z
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SUMMARY:CEPPA Talk (in person) – Bart Streumer (University of Groningen)
DESCRIPTION:Location: Edgecliffe G03 \nTitle: “Superspreading the Word”.\n\nAbstract: Quasi-realists are expressivists who say much of what realists say. To avoid making their view indistinguishable from realism\, however\, they usually stop short of saying everything realists say. Many realists therefore think that something important is missing from quasi-realism. I will argue that quasi-realists can undermine this thought by defending a version of quasi-realism that I will call super-quasi-realism. This version seems indistinguishable from realism\, but I will argue that this is a mistaken impression that arises because we cannot believe super-quasi-realism.
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-talk-in-person-bart-streumer-university-of-groningen/
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Talk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230427T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230427T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20221207T210146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230420T200550Z
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SUMMARY:CEPPA Talk (in person) – Jordan MacKenzie (Virginia Tech)
DESCRIPTION:Location: Edgecliffe G03 \nTitle: Humorlessness and Moral Recognition \nAbstract: We’re often quick to point fingers at people who fail to find humor in themselves. And our accusations have a moral tinge: we decry people for being sanctimonious buzzkills\, and command them to  ‘get over themselves’. But are these moralized reactions justified? And what\, if anything\, justifies them? In this paper I argue that humourlessness often is a moral failing. This is because humorlessness often involves a disrespectful failure or refusal to engage with other peoples’ perspectives. I’ll then explore what implication this account has for accusations of humorlessness in oppressive social contexts\, and I’ll argue that one of the harms of oppression is that it makes having a sense of humor towards oneself morally risky.
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-talk-in-person-jordan-mackenzie/
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Ben Sachs":MAILTO:bas7@st-andrews.ac.uk
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230504T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230504T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20221209T070749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230325T134455Z
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SUMMARY:CEPPA Talk (in person) – Eric Martin (Baylor)
DESCRIPTION:Location: Edgecliffe G03 \nTitle: Scientism and Humanities Education \nAbstract: In this talk I discuss a pedagogical implication of scientism. Because scientism elevates science and derogates what is deemed non-scientific\, the arts and humanities become\, on such a view\, less valuable parts of university curricula. I survey some of the current data on declining study of the humanities and explain how scientism may contribute to a trend disparaging the arts and humanities\, suggesting some problems with this view.
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-talk-in-person-eric-martin-baylor/
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230511T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230511T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20221207T210436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230504T103852Z
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SUMMARY:CEPPA Talk (in person) – Guy Fletcher (Edinburgh)
DESCRIPTION:Location: Edgecliffe G03 \nTitle: All’s Well that Ends Well? \nAbstract: Distinguish how well someone’s life is going at a particular point — their momentary well-being — from how well their life went as a whole\, their lifetime well-being. How are these related? \nThe simplest answer is that lifetime well-being is just aggregate momentary well-being. Theories that deny this are forms of holism about lifetime well-being. Recent discussions of holism\, inspired by David Velleman\, have focused mainly on one particular species of it\, the so-called “shape of a life” hypothesis. This is the claim that having an “uphill” distribution of momentary well-being contributes to lifetime well-being and does so over and above the instrumental effects that such a distribution might have upon momentary well-being. In this paper I discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the shape of a life hypothesis before introducing an alternative view\, one which avoids those weaknesses\, and argue for its independent plausibility.
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-talk-in-person-guy-fletcher-edinburgh/
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Luca Stroppa":MAILTO:ls330@st-andrews.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230523T171500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230523T184500
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20220704T091810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230509T150133Z
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SUMMARY:Knox Lecture 2023 – Sally Haslanger (MIT)
DESCRIPTION:Location: School III in-person and Teams online (for online attendees\, headphones should be worn to prevent a feedback loop from occurring) \nTitle: Social Reproduction and the Politics of Care \nAbstract: For decades\, socialist feminists have insisted that an adequate approach to any economy\, and especially to capitalism\, must involve attention to social reproduction\, i.e.\, to “the activities and attitudes\, behaviors and emotions\, and responsibilities and relationships directly involved in maintaining life\, on a daily basis and intergenerationally” (Brenner and Laslett 1991). Debates over social reproduction typically begin with a critique of Marxism\, arguing that wage labor crucially depends on the production of the laborer\, which is done mainly by women\, but mostly ignored by Marx. One approach to social reproduction is to locate it within patriarchy\, which is thought to be one of several interacting systems (others include capitalism and White supremacy). In this talk\, I will argue it is better to understand our current social formation as a single (patriarchal\, capitalist\, White supremacist) system\, and will discuss why this matters for developing a political agenda around care work. \nTeams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Y2MwZTg1YWUtNWI2ZC00MDViLTg4YTMtYzJmNjc1NWQzOGM0%40thread.v2/0?context=%7B%22Tid%22%3A%22f85626cb-0da8-49d3-aa58-64ef678ef01a%22%2C%22Oid%22%3A%2251bd815f-5519-4c20-81c7-4701c95594b5%22%2C%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3Atrue%2C%22role%22%3A%22a%22%7D&btype=a&role=a \nFor online attendees\, headphones should be worn to prevent a feedback loop from occurring.
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/knox-lecture-2023-sally-haslanger-mit/
CATEGORIES:Knox Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/2022/07/Knox-Lecture-Poster.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230525T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230525T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20230514T091217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230514T091217Z
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SUMMARY:Ethics Cup finals
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ethics-cup-finals/
LOCATION:United College\, St. Andrews\, KY16 9AL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230530
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230601
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20230419T182859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230518T152630Z
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SUMMARY:5th Annual CEPPA Graduate Conference (St Andrews) – 30-31 May\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:5th Annual CEPPA Graduate Conference  \n30-31 May\, 2023\, at the University of St Andrews  \nThe Centre for Ethics\, Philosophy\, and Public Affairs (CEPPA) is proud to host the 5th Annual CEPPA Graduate Conference at the University of St Andrews (UCO: School V). The event will be held in-person with the option for spectators to join online. Interested parties can email us at ceppaconference@st-andrews.ac.uk to register. \nBOOK OF ABSTRACTS \nCONFERENCE POSTER \nKeynote speakers:   \n\nDr Lucy McDonald (Research Fellow in Philosophy at St. John’s College\, University of Cambridge)\nDr Barry Maguire (Senior Lecturer in Philosophy\, University of Edinburgh)\n\nPostgraduate speakers: \n\nLeora Sung (UCL)\, “Should I Save or Give?”\nPaloma Morales (LSE)\, “What Do Bedtime Stories Have to Do with It? Social Norms and Family Relationships”\nNate Oppel (University of Toronto)\, “Rebuke\, Blame\, and Internalism”\nPyro Suarez (University of Bristol & Southampton)\, “Virtuous Moral Deliberation: Moral Knowledge through Oppression”\nRutger van Oeveren (UT Austin)\, “Higher-Order Judgement Aggregation: An Impossibility Result”\nDavid Molyneux (University of Leeds)\, “Causal and Moral Responsibility for Doings and Allowings”\n\nThis page will be updated again shortly. Please direct any inquiries to ceppaconference@st-andrews.ac.uk. \nBest wishes from the organiser\, \nPatrick J. Winther-Larsen\nPhD Student at the University of St Andrews & Stirling (SASP) \n  \nFor financial support\, we are grateful to:
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/5th-annual-ceppa-graduate-conference-st-andrews-30-31-may-2023-2/
LOCATION:School V
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Conference
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/2016/04/CEPPA.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230605T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230606T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20220802T171347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230726T112026Z
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SUMMARY:CEPPA Fest
DESCRIPTION:Registration Required: contact tgp4@st-andrews.ac.uk to register\nLocation: Edgecliffe 104 (5 The Scores\, St Andrews KY16 9AL) \nMonday 5 June\n\n10:00am – 11:15am — Julia Driver (UT Austin/St Andrews) “Undermining Promises”\nCoffee/tea break\n11:30am – 12:45pm — Jeff McMahan (Oxford) “The Counterfactual Problem in Gene Editing”\n12:45pm – 1:30pm — lunch\n1:30pm – 2:45pm — Joe Horton (UCL) “Practical Reason and Permissible Preference”\nCoffee/tea break\n3:00pm – 4:15pm — Rahul Kumar (Queen’s) “Morality and the Value of Mutual Recognition”\n6pm — Conference Dinner (for speakers and special guests only)\n\nTuesday 6 June\n\n11:15am — Coffee/tea\n11:30am – 12:45pm — Kerah Gordon-Solmon (Queen’s) “The Costs of Rescue”\n12:45pm – 1:30pm — lunch\n1:30pm – 2:45pm — Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Duke) “Mental Illnesses as Failures of Attention”
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-fest/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe 104
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Conference,CEPPA Workshop
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=application/pdf:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/2022/08/CEPPA-Fest-poster-1.pdf
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230606
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230609
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20220802T172420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230602T084722Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Ethics Panel (at Energy Ethics 2023)
DESCRIPTION:Panel on Climate Ethics at the Energy Ethics 2023 Conference.
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/climate-ethics-conference/
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Conference
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/2022/08/Climate-ethics-panel-poster.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230705T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230705T143000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20230602T084044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230609T123417Z
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SUMMARY:Special MPRG (in person) - Mark Oppenheimer (Johannesburg Bar)
DESCRIPTION:Location: Edgecliffe 104 \nTitle: Should hate speech be against the law? \nAbstract: Hate speech has become increasingly prevalent\, fuelled by social media\, political polarization\, and the rise of extremist groups. It can have a profoundly negative impact on individuals and communities\, causing harm\, inciting violence\, and perpetuating discrimination. However\, hate speech is notoriously difficult to define and regulate. We will discuss real life court cases involving offensive flags\, demands for an end to gay marriage\, and songs calling for the slaughter of ethnic minorities. Along the way we will uncover the value of freedom of expression and determine whether it should ever be limited. \n 
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/special-mprg-in-person-mark-oppenheimer-johannesburg-bar/
LOCATION:Edgecliffe 104
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230914T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230914T153000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20230907T100146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230913T162505Z
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SUMMARY:Moral Philosophy Reading Group
DESCRIPTION:Joel Joseph will be leading a discussion on Thomas Hurka’s forthcoming paper ‘Moral Demands and Permissions’. \nLocation: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams \nContact: ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/moral-philosophy-reading-group-6/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230914T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230914T173000
DTSTAMP:20260405T020553
CREATED:20230602T084940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230907T152733Z
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SUMMARY:CEPPA Talk (online) - Frances Kamm (Rutgers)
DESCRIPTION:Location: Teams (online only) \nTitle: Superogation \nAbstract: This paper considers the relation between supererogation and duties (also here referred to as obligations) from a nonconsequentialist point of view. It first considers whether supererogation may sometimes take precedence over positive and negative duties and how this relates to personal costs (including efforts) required to perform one’s duty. It then considers how acquiescence to having large costs imposed on one (even permissibly) can be supererogatory. Finally\, it considers how what are usually duties can become supererogatory and how what is usually supererogatory can become dutiful. The relation between these topics and the trolley problem and the so-called “all or nothing problem” are examined.
URL:https://ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-talk-online-frances-kamm-rutgers/
LOCATION:Microsoft Teams
CATEGORIES:CEPPA Talk
ORGANIZER;CN="Joel Joseph":MAILTO:jj73@st-andrews.ac.uk
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