Environment Bill: UK government offers five principles for protecting nature – here’s why they won’t work
Ben Sachs in The Conversation: the UK government offers five principles for protecting nature, and why they won’t work.
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Green Thinking Podcast
Be sure to catch Alex Douglas’s Green Thinking podcast episode on the future of work in a post-Covid-19 world and environmental implications!
2021 John Stuart Mill Cup – 16th June
A tournament in which teams of high school students match wits with each other discussing ethical issues of public concern. Visit the Mill Cup website for full information.
Leverhulme Award on the Moral Responsibility of Groups
Jessica Brown has been awarded £113,714 to investigate the moral responsibility of groups such as companies and governments!
AHRC Networking grant for “The Future of Work and Income”
Alexander Douglas and Ben Sachs have been awarded an AHRC Networking grant worth approximately £24,000 for their project “The Future of Work and Income”!
Moral Philosophy Reading Group
We read and discuss one article per week (Wednesdays 3pm-4pm). Beginning 27 Jan 2021.
Public Distrust and COVID-19 Vaccines: Conspiracy Thinking or Reasonable Doubt?
Katherine Hawley’s recent post at The Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace blog.
Cover to Cover Reading Group
In autumn 2021, we’re reading Stangl’s *Neither Heroes nor Saints*, and in spring 2022, we’ll be reading Quong’s *The Morality of Defensive Force*.
2020 Haldane Essay Prize Winner
Congratulations to Kyle Van Oosterum for winning the first annual competition for the Haldane Essay Prize!