Review of The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
Theron Pummer’s review of Toby Ord’s new book The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity.
Exoplanet Ethics
Uncivil society: how the political has become personal in our everyday lives
Ben Sachs recently published this article in The Conversation in connection with his work on Exoplanet Ethics and The John Stuart Mill Cup.
8th January 2019: Trust and Sensation in the Public Communication of Exoplanet Science
Trust and Sensation in the Public Communication of Exoplanet Science Hosted by the St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science and the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs. Funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Date: Tuesday 8th January 2018 Venue: room 104, Edgecliffe (Philosophy department), The Scores Description: There is, unsurprisingly, huge public … Read more
12th October 2018. Workshop: Extra-terrestrial life and purpose in the universe
Extra-terrestrial life and purpose in the Universe This interdisciplinary workshop brings together theologians, philosophers of religion, and moral philosophers to explore the potential impact of the discovery of extra-terrestrial life on our contemporary views about the existence or nature of God, the badness of human extinction, and the scale of our cosmic importance. Speakers have been … Read more
6 October 2018. Workshop: Environmental Ethics and Value in the Age of Exoplanets
To be held at the University of St. Andrews.
