Moral Philosophy Reading Group (MPRG)
Reading: Jason Kawalls Moral Realism and Arbitrariness. Location: Edgecliffe 104
Reading: Jason Kawalls Moral Realism and Arbitrariness. Location: Edgecliffe 104
This semester we are reading Finneron-Burns “What We Owe to Future People: A Contractualist Account of Intergenerational Ethics”. Organiser: Ida Miczke (izm1)
Yoshinari Hattori – Why We Must Believe in Free Will and Moral Responsibility: Reconsidering Their Foundations Abstract: This presentation argues that the practice of blaming wrongdoersespecially directing resentment or indignation towards themis rationally indispensable for us. Pereboom contends that directing resentment or indignation at others is a form of harming them and is unjustified. As…
Reading:tbc Location: Edgecliffe 104
Reading: Aliza Ashraf will lead us in discussing Eugene Marshalls paper, Spinoza on the Problem of Akrasia. Location: Edgecliffe 104
This semester we are reading Finneron-Burns “What We Owe to Future People: A Contractualist Account of Intergenerational Ethics”. Organiser: Ida Miczke (izm1)
Omar Ruiz Rivera – Moral Skill Abstract: This talk is about moral skillthe capacity for morally excellent behaviour. In particular, I engage with Shepherds (2022) view that moral skill is limited in scope, and precarious (p. 713). To defend this view, Shepherd relies on a distinction between global and local moral skill. The former involves…
This semester we are reading Finneron-Burns “What We Owe to Future People: A Contractualist Account of Intergenerational Ethics”. Organiser: Ida Miczke (izm1)
Reading:tbc Location: Edgecliffe 104
Reading: Rae Langtons paper, “Objective and Unconditioned Value Location: Edgecliffe 104
This semester we are reading Finneron-Burns “What We Owe to Future People: A Contractualist Account of Intergenerational Ethics”. Organiser: Ida Miczke (izm1)
Title:Relational Value: Problems and Prospects Abstract: The concept of relational value is widely used in the environmental ethics and policy literatures. In this talk, I will critically assess this use, considering what relational value might add to our existing value categories and what problems it might produce for our thinking about the value of the…
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