Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs
Title: Going First: Integration with Compensation as a Duty of Justice. Abstract: Racial segregation remains deeply entrenched in many societies such as the United States. (Liberal) integrationists argue that we have a duty to integrate because integration is necessary for racial justice (Anderson 2010). (Egalitarian) pluralists reject a duty to integrate (Shelby 2014, 2016). They hold ... Read more
MPRG with Giuli Cavaliere: Chapter Title: 'Rescue, Aid, and the Challenge from Adoption' Chapter Abstract: This paper examines and responds to two versions of what I refer to as the challenge from adoption. According to the first, those who wish to have children are morally required to adopt existing children in need rather than procreate. According ... Read more
Title: Conflated Questions in the Ethics of Belief Abstract: It’s common to suppose that epistemology can be understood in close structural parallel with ethics: as ethics is about what to do, epistemology is about what to believe. In this paper I draw attention to an important limit of such parallelisms: in reasoning to belief, agents are ... Read more
Reading: Marta Bax will lead us in discussing the paper, 'Perfectionism and the Repugnant Conclusion’, by Simon Beard Location: Edgecliffe 104
Title: The Right to a Healthy Environment and the Case of Climate Change Abstract: Once regarded as a marginal proposal in international human rights, the right to a healthy environment has gained surprisingly widespread acceptance in domestic law across the world. Recently, the right has become an important part of global climate advocacy, often anchoring legal ... Read more
12 teams from high schools across Britain converge on St. Andrews for a 1-day competition to determine who takes home the cup!
Reading:tbc Location: Edgecliffe 104
We are proud to present the Twelfth 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 Twister (see trailer here) with our Simon Lee, who will talk to us about his experiences as a storm chaser. We will provide a ... Read more
Reading:tbc Location: Edgecliffe 104
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