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  • Moral Philosophy Reading Group

    Edgecliffe G03

    This week we will meet to discuss Koshka Duff’s article ‘Just Police Violence: Liberal ideology and the critique of violence from Walter Benjamin to Black Lives Matter’,聽available here. Location: Edgecliffe G03

  • Moral Philosophy Reading Group

    Edgecliffe G03

    This week the Moral Philosophy Reading Group will be discussing Kai Spiekermann’s paper ‘Irreversible Loss’. Abstract: This chapter offers three reasons for trying to avoid some irreversible losses. First, there is a prudential reason for avoiding irreversible loss in order to keep options open in the future in the face of uncertainty. Second, humans have…

  • Moral Philosophy Reading Group

    Edgecliffe G03

    This week we are discussing Pamela Hieronymi’s 鈥極f Metaethics and Motivation: The Appeal of Contractualism鈥�. Here is the abstract: In his 1982 article, T. M. Scanlon noted that, despite the widespread attention to Rawls鈥� A Theory of Justice, the appeal of contractualism as a moral theory had been under-appreciated. It seems to me that, nearly…

  • Moral Philosophy Reading Group

    Edgecliffe G03

    The brand-new PhiCliSci reading group聽will discuss Reto Knutti’s article聽鈥楥limate Model Confirmation: From Philosophy to Predicting Climate in the Real World鈥�,聽available here. This will be in Edgecliffe G03, and online. Optional Further Readings for PhiCliSci Reading Group: Hawkins, E., and R. Sutton. 2009. 鈥楾he Potential to Narrow Uncertainty in Regional Climate Predictions鈥�.聽Bulletin of the American Meteorological…