• FPST Seminar: Anne Eaton (UIC) – Online

    Edgecliffe G03

    Title: Beyond Speech: Pictures and Oppression Abstract: Philosophical work on oppressive forms of expression strongly tends to give verbal and written linguistic expression pride of place. When it comes to pictures, there is a tendency to either treat them as if they were language 鈥 one sees this in feminist work on pornography 鈥 or…

  • Bradley Hillier-Smith鈥檚 ‘The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees’ Book Launch

    Edgecliffe 104

    You are warmly invited to the book launch for聽Bradley Hillier-Smith鈥檚 brand-new book聽The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees聽(abstract below).聽The author will be interviewed by Kieran Oberman (LSE), after which we will all be in the opportunity to ask questions and celebrate the new book with some well-deserved drinks. All welcome! Bradley Hillier-Smith: The Ethics of…

  • Epistemology Seminar:

    Online Meeting via Teams

    Ethan Lai will lead a discussion on ‘What are epistemic standards’ by Laura Frances Callahan and Michael G. Titelbaum. This is the abstract for the paper: Abstract: Over the past two decades, a new concept has gained prominence in epistemology: 鈥渆pistemic standards鈥. We catalog the functional roles of epistemic standards, including their role in explaining…

  • Moral Philosophy Reading Group

    Edgecliffe G03

    This week we will discuss James Sias, 鈥楨thical Intuitionism and the Emotions: Toward an Empirically Adequate Moral Sense Theory鈥,聽available here. Location: Edgecliffe G03

  • CEPPA Talk (in-person & online) 鈥 James Hutton (Delft)

    Edgecliffe 104

    Title:聽Emotion-Based聽Environmental Ethics: The Radical Implications of Taking Wonder Seriously Abstract: In environmental ethics, we find many competing theories of environmental value, but little discussion of the epistemological grounds for believing one theory rather than another. Building on the framework of moral empiricism (which I鈥檝e developed elsewhere), I propose an 鈥淓motion-Based鈥 methodology for environmental ethics. The…