this week will have a Work in Progress session discussing Bradley Hillier-Smith's draft paper, 'The Egalitarian Case for Open Borders: Moral Arbitrariness'. Abstract: This paper argues that recent debates on egalitarian objections to immigration restrictions overlook a crucial, powerful normative principle that underpins objections to inequalities: any inequalities between morally equal persons - whether in goods, resources, welfare but also ... Read more
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Title: Encroachment and epistemic negligence Abstract: In this talk, I argue that the moral duty of non-negligence is a fruitful way to understand and motivate the claim that moral reasons can ‘encroach’ on epistemic norms. More forcefully: we should readily affirm that on the epistemic norms governing agents like us—that is, who have limited cognitive ... Read more |
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Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact: [email protected] We will meet in a hybrid format (online and in Edgecliffe G03) to discuss Eric Marcus's article 'Wanting and willing' Eric Marcus, 'Wanting and Willing', abstract: How homogenous are the sources of human motivation? Textbook Humeans hold that every human action is motivated by desire, thus any heterogeneity derives ... Read more
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Title: Practical Reason and the Satisfaction of Desire Location: Teams (online only) Abstract: I have a desire for dulce de leche ice-cream (or that I myself eat ice-cream) but there’s no ice-cream nearby. A heavenly angel takes pity on me and decides she will help me out. She conjures the ice-cream and quickly shoves it ... Read more |
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This week we will be reading C. Thi Nguyen's 'Value Capture?'. Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact: [email protected]
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Title: Compromises and Lesser-Evil Compromises in Ending Wars. Abstract: Contemporary conflicts often lack a clear end-state, posing challenges to the traditional notion of victory in just wars. This ambiguity calls for a revaluation of war’s objectives, suggesting that wars should end without a clear victory. In this paper, I will explore various moral and non-moral ... Read more |
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This talk is part of our series on Climate Ethics Title: Is despair about climate breakdown rational? Abstract: Both within the wider climate and environmentalist movement as well as in academic circles, it has become a common assumption that, in order to maintain and sustain actions against the climate crisis, we need to avoid despair. ... Read more |
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