This week we will be discussing the first chapter from Jonathan Birch “The Edge of Sentience” called ‘A walk along the edge’. Jonathan will be there as well. Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact: [email protected]
CEPPA Talks (4-5.30pm on Thursday afternoon) Week 1 (18 Jan) – online and streamed from Edgecliffe G03 Selim Berker (Harvard) ‘Is there Anti-Fittingness?’ Week 2 (25 Jan) – Edgecliffe G03 Thom Brooks (Durham) ‘Justice and the Problem of Alienation’ Week 3 (1 Feb) – Edgecliffe G03 Jonathan Birch (LSE) ‘Debating proportionality at the … Read more
This week we will be discussing Selim Berker, ‘The Deontic, the Evaluative, and the Fitting”. ahead of their CEPPA talk right after this reading group. Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact: [email protected]
This week we will be reading Sarah Fine’s paper ‘Migration‘ from The Oxford Handbook of Distributive Justice. Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact: [email protected]
This talk is part of our series on Climate Ethics. Title: Ethical births, ethical deaths: Climate anxiety in Britain through the life course Abstract: This paper is based on anthropological research conducted with climate activists on the topic of climate anxiety in Britain. Drawing on themes of kinship and its relationship to mental health and … Read more
Title: The Formality of the Humean Authoritative Ought Abstract: There are different things we ought to do. There is what we ought to do insofar as we are seeking to advance our long-term interests. There is what we ought to do insofar as we are trying to do our job well. There is what we … Read more
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
This talk is part of our series on Climate Ethics Title: The Ranked Range View Location: Edgecliffe G03 Abstract: The bad effects of climate change will affect, and be affected by, the number of people who will exist, and their quality of life. Thus, when evaluating our climate policies and actions, we need to know … Read more
Title: Welfare and Felt Duration Abtract: How should we understand the duration of a pleasant or unpleasant sensation, insofar as its duration modulates how good or bad the experience is overall? Given that we seem able to distinguish between subjective and objective duration and that how well or badly someone’s life goes is naturally thought … Read more
