Ben Sachs

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  • JS Mill Cup

    https://millcup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/    

  • The Ethics Cup – The Finals

    United College St. Andrews, United Kingdom

    The finals of 2022 The Ethics Cup, featuring the 12 top-performing teams from across the U.K.

  • Contractarianism, Role Obligations, and Political Morality

    Edgecliffe G03 The Scores, St Salvator's Quad

    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, Philosophy, University of St. Andrews, “Welcome and Summary” (Chs. 1-3) 1:55-2:35: Michael Moore, Law, University of Illinois, Finding the Purposes of Staplers and States (Ch.…

  • CEPPA Talk (online only) Nancy Fraser (The New School)

    Location:Teams (online only) Title: Three Faces of Capitalist Labor: Uncovering the Hidden Ties among Gender, Race, and Class Abstract: Dissatisfied with identity-based politics, many activists and intellectuals are now seeking larger paradigms that can unify disparate struggles. Aiming to advance that project, I propose that labor forms the hidden link between gender, race, and class.…

  • CEPPA Talk (online only) Jason Brennan (Georgetown)

    Location: Teams (online only) Title: Laissez-Faire Democracy? Reasons to Regulate Votes Abstract: Most economists and political philosophers accept a simple argument for empowering governments to regulate citizens and private firms economic activity: Markets, they say, suffer from various market failures. In many such cases, governments can correct or prevent these market failures through various interventions…

  • CEPPA Talk (in person) Jordan MacKenzie (Virginia Tech)

    Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: Humorlessness and Moral Recognition Abstract: Were often quick to point fingers at people who fail to find humor in themselves. And our accusations have a moral tinge: we decry people for being sanctimonious buzzkills, and command them to get over themselves. But are these moralized reactions justified? And what, if anything,…