Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs
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: Ida Miczke will lead us in discussion of Douglas Portmore’s (2007) paper, ‘Consequentializing Moral Theories’. Location: Edgecliffe 104
We are proud to present the Twelfth Session of Film and Philosophy at CEPPA (aka the CEPPA Film Club). On this occasion we have a special guest from the department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Simon Lee, who will be discussing Twister (1996) with us. Simon Lee is, among other things, a storm chaser, so he'll be ... Read more
We are delighted to invite you to a special joint CEPPA/Arché Seminar to introduce the new Professorial Fellow Jennifer Saul, who will give a talk about her recent research, entitled 'When Norm Violations Come Out of the Shadows'.
Reading:tbc Location: Edgecliffe 104
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Location: tbc BEAR IN MIND THE TIME IS ONLY INDICATIVE. A DEFINITIVE TIME WILL BE CONFIRMED CLOSER TO THE DATE