Theron Pummer interviewed by the APA
Theron Pummer interviewed at the APA Blog! The main focus of the interview is his new book, but other topics include his personal life and future work.
Research Projects
Reading Group on McPherson’s The Virtues of Limits
For S2 (2022-23) of the Cover to Cover Reading Group, we are reading McPherson’s book The Virtues of Limits.
When can you refuse to rescue?
A teaser for Theron Pummer’s book The Rules of Rescue (forthcoming with Oxford University Press).
“Is Democracy Doomed?”: Jason Brennan and Hélène Landemore with Alexander Douglas
On 26th April, Alex Douglas will be moderating a live debate between Jason Brennan and Hélène Landemore titled “Is Democracy Doomed?”.
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!
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.
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.
An open letter to JK Rowling’s blog post on Sex and Gender
Sophie-Grace Chappell recently published this piece on Crooked Timber.
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.
The moral mathematics of letting people die
Theron Pummer recently published this piece on the OUPblog in connection with the release of the edited volume *Effective Altruism: Philosophical Issues*.