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This Semester's Events
Full list of CEPPA talks for academic year, 2018 - 2019
Wednesday 26 September, 2018- Cheshire Calhoun (Arizona) - 4.30 – 6pm in Edgecliffe 104
Wednesday 3rd October 2018 - Mette High (Social Anthropology, St Andrews) 11am-12.30pm…
2nd CEPPA Graduate Conference in Moral and Political Philosophy
Call for papers. Key dates: submissions due 15 November 2018; notifications of acceptance before 25 December 2018; conference from 8-10 February 2019.
Effective giving: how the world’s wealthy could help millions more people for free
Theron Pummer argues that billionaires who pledge fortunes to charity must not just give big, but give effectively.
2017 Knox Lecture
A video recording of Prof Peter Singer's Knox Lecture. Singer spoke to an audience of over 300 people, and the lecture raised over £1600 in donations for effective charities.
Conference on The Ethics of Giving
Video recordings of talks given at The Ethics of Giving Conference (23 May to 25 May in School III, University of St Andrews).
Philosophical Quarterly Essay Prize
The Philosophical Quarterly welcomes essays of 8,000 words or fewer addressing the philosophy of effective altruism.
Past CEPPA Talks
The 2017-18 schedule is now available.
Population Ethics and Indeterminacy
How should we compare a decrease in average quality of life with a gain in population size? Can invoking indeterminacy help solve the difficult theoretical problems in population ethics?