The Ethics Cup – The Finals
The finals of 2022 The Ethics Cup, featuring the 12 top-performing teams from across the U.K.
The finals of 2022 The Ethics Cup, featuring the 12 top-performing teams from across the U.K.
Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: Hume’s Account of Virtue and Its Place in the History of Ethics Abstract: Hume’s account of virtue is notoriously puzzling. On the one hand, he claims that…
Location:Â School 6 Title: Counterfactual Decision Theory Abstract: I defend counterfactual decision theory, which says that you should evaluate an act in terms of which outcomes would likely obtain, were you…
Wednesday, 15 June 2022 Edgecliffe, Room 104, University of 58³Ô¹Ï 9:30-10:00: Welcome coffee Morning session: Chair: James Harris (University of 58³Ô¹Ï) 10:00-10:45: David Harmon (University of 58³Ô¹Ï)…
Our epistemic lives are marked by discoveries, changes of mind, epiphanies (if we are lucky), and ‘turning points’ – some of them potentially radical in nature. We may call these…
EPISTEMIC BREAKTHROUGHS: A WORKSHOP University of 58³Ô¹Ï Join us for a philosophical workshop on the topic of “epistemic breakthroughs,” held at the University of 58³Ô¹Ï, in partnership with…
For details: https://www.scottishaestheticsforum.com/upcoming-events
An in-person symposium in St. Andrews on themes from the recently-published, Contractarianism, Role Obligations, and Political Morality, by Ben Sachs. Location: Edgecliffe, G03 Schedule (all times PM) 1:30-1:55: Ben Sachs-Cobbe,…
Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: The Morality of Gossip Abstract: Gossip is pervasive and wide-ranging. It lubricates and wrecks social relationships. Many people openly confess to loving it yet acknowledge that…
One-day book workshop on Elizabeth Ashford’s Hunger’s Witting Executioners: Structural Violations of the Right to Subsistence Pre-read: workshop participants will be expected to read the book manuscript distributed in advance.…
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