Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title:聽All鈥檚 Well that Ends Well? Abstract: Distinguish how well someone鈥檚 life is going at a particular point — their聽momentary聽well-being — from how well their life went as a whole, their聽lifetime聽well-being. How are these related? The simplest answer is that lifetime well-being is just聽aggregate聽momentary well-being. Theories that deny this are forms of聽holism聽about lifetime…
Location: Edgecliffe 104 Title: Should hate speech be against the law? Abstract: Hate speech has become increasingly prevalent, fuelled by social media, political polarization, and the rise of extremist groups. It can have a profoundly negative impact on individuals and communities, causing harm, inciting violence, and perpetuating discrimination. However, hate speech is notoriously difficult to…
Location: Teams (online only) Title: Superogation Abstract: This paper considers the relation between supererogation and duties (also here referred to as聽obligations) from a nonconsequentialist point of view. It first considers whether supererogation may聽sometimes take precedence over positive and negative duties and how this relates to personal costs聽(including efforts) required to perform one鈥檚 duty. It then…
Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: Climate Change as a Philosophical Problem Commentator: Qu芒n Nguyen (Edinburgh) Abstract: The paper this talk belongs to speaks to two main points. One is that the onrushing climate catastrophe renders the modern liberal value of personal autonomy unintelligible as a concept to live by. Originally, that was the only point I…
Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: Two Moralities of Recognition Abstract:聽TBA
Location:聽Edgecliffe G03 Title: The Quest for Additionality Abstract: Many people aim to make the world a better place by spending their money in certain ways. The school of 鈥渆ffective altruism鈥� teaches that, if one donates one鈥檚 money wisely, one can have a positive impact. Currently, many people want to make us believe that if one…
Title: On seeing women as objects: objectification and affordance perception Location: Teams (online only), the talk will be streamed from Edgecliffe G03 Abstract: Objectification is a central topic in feminist philosophy theorising. But what is it for someone to objectify another person? A common theme is that objectification involves treating and viewing the other person…
Title: Eliminative Harming without Intentions Location: Edgecliffe G03 Abstract: Consider the following pair of cases聽 Roughshod. You are driving to the hospital for an emergency life-saving operation. If you do not make it in time, you will die. However, Victim is lying in the only road that will get you there in time. Although Victim…
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Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: Positive interest rates block green transitions, and there is no compelling reason not to fix the interest rate at zero Commentator: Carl Mildenberger (Zurich)
Title: Chance Prioritarianism Location: Teams (online only), and streamed from Edgecliffe G03 Abstract: I will defend what we could call survival chance prioritarianism, according to which the moral value of improving someone鈥檚 chance of surviving (some period) is greater the more likely the person was to die before the improvement. I motivate this view by…
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