Moral Philosophy Reading Group
This week we will be discussing Michael Otsuka and Alex Voorhoeve’s article,’Equality Versus Priority’ Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact:Â ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
This week we will be discussing Michael Otsuka and Alex Voorhoeve’s article,’Equality Versus Priority’ Location: Edgecliffe G03 and Teams Contact:Â ceppadirector@st-andrews.ac.uk
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…
We use the plenary seminar time slot on occasions when we have a meeting of wider interest to the whole Arché community.
This week will be a work-in-progress session, discussing a draft paper by our very own Bradley Hillier-Smith, on ‘Rights, Duties and Inviolability’. Here is the abstract: Rights entail corresponding negative…
Title: Risk, Ambiguity, and Ethical Decision-Making Abstract: I argue that it can be rational to defer to an authority about what to believe or what to do even when doing…
Abstract: I argue that it can be rational to defer to an authority about what to believe or what to do even when doing so goes against one’s own reasoning. Indeed,…
Title: The grounding problem in language and reality Abstract: Philosophy of language has long struggled with the symbol-grounding problem of meaning. If symbols are only defined relationally, that is, in…
Title: Activist Slogans and ‘Reframing the Debate’ Abstract: This talk will examine the role of slogans in social justice movements and how we should understand their meaning. Social justice movements…
Title:Â Carnap on Metaphysics, Before and After 1932: The Importance of Tolerance Abstract: Late in 1932, Carnap accepts the Principle of Tolerance. This makes a fundamental difference to his philosophy, although…
We use the plenary seminar time slot on occasions when we have a meeting of wider interest to the whole Arché community.
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