Past Visiting Fellows

The Visiting Fellowship programme is currently on hold pending the development of CEPPA’s research projects and Professorial Fellows programme. The Centre hopes to make appointments in the latter, as well as several postdoctoral fellowship appointments in connection with its various research projects. In previous years, some 110 fellows (from 18 countries) were appointed to the Visiting Fellowship programme. (US: 42; … Read more

CEPPA Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committee decides on CEPPA’s spending, funding, and priorities. It consists of the following members of CEPPA: Mara van der Lugt (Director), Jade Fletcher, Joseph Millum, Theron Pummer, Ben Sachs-Cobbe, and Justin Snedegar.

Members of CEPPA

Mara van der Lugt (Director) Mara van der Lugt is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of St Andrews, working mainly on the history of philosophy (17th C – current day) but also on issues in contemporary philosophy and ethics; she is the author of Dark Matters: Pessimism and the Problem of Suffering (Princeton 2021) which … Read more

About CEPPA

The Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs (CEPPA) maintains a programme of research projects, seminars, academic visits, fellowships, conferences, and occasional publishing, and also provides a forum for public discussion both within and outwith the University. Its field of interest comprises ethics, social, and political philosophy as well as the ethical and philosophical dimensions of public affairs. … Read more

Mission

The Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs promotes exploration into important ethical issues arising in public life. Its field of interest comprises ethics, social and political philosophy, and the philosophical dimensions of public affairs. The Centre will house research projects, seminars, conferences, academic visits, fellowships, publishing, and public discussion on topics within its field … Read more

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?