| The Vagueness of Demandingness Objections |
A St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, recorded at St Cross College, Oxford in February 2024. |
Marcel van Ackeren |
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| 2023 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics: Knowledge and Achievement as Public Policy Goals (3 of 3) |
A recording of the third and final of Professor Hurka's rescheduled lectures, series title Knowledge and Achievement: Their Value, Nature, and Public Policy Role |
Thomas Hurka |
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| 2023 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics: Degrees of Value in Knowledge and Achievement (2 of 3) |
A recording of the second of Professor Hurka's rescheduled lectures, series title "Knowledge and Achievement: Their Value, Nature, and Public Policy Role" |
Thomas Hurka |
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| 2023 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics: Knowledge and Achievement as Organic Goods (1 of 3) |
A recording of the first of Professor Hurka's rescheduled lectures, series title "Knowledge and Achievement: Their Value, Nature, and Public Policy Role" |
Thomas Hurka |
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| Morality and Personality |
Professor Predrag uses a comparison of money and morality to explore the mutual relationship between morality and personality. |
Predrag Cicovacki |
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| Is AI bad for democracy? Analyzing AI’s impact on epistemic agency |
Professor Mark Coeckelbergh considers whether AI poses a risk for democracy n this St Cross Special Ethics Seminar |
Mark Coeckelbergh |
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| Shallow Cognizing for Self-Control over Emotion & Desire |
In the first St Cross Special Ethics Seminar of 2023, Dr Larry Lengbeyer explores 'shallow cognizing' as a form of self-control |
Lawrence Lengbeyer |
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| Why is trust in the government so vital during a pandemic? (Jamie Webb) |
During the pandemic, there were social gatherings in Number 10. This seriously undermined trust in government. But what exactly is trust? And why is trust so vital during a pandemic? Jamie Webb explains. |
Jamie Webb, David Edmonds |
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| Pandemics and inequality (Beth Kamunge-Kpodo and John Coggan) |
The pandemic had disproportionate impacts when measured by ethnicity, gender and geography. Beth Kamunge-Kpodo and John Coggan are both legal scholars, and both are interested in inequality. |
Beth Kamunge-Kpodo, John Coggan, David Edmonds |
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| Assessing public attitudes to both the pandemic and the government's response (Sarah Cunningham Burley) |
At the start of the covid pandemic there was little time for officials to consult the public. Sarah Cunningham Burley oversaw some public dialogues to assess public attitudes to the pandemic, and to the government’s response. |
Sarah Cunningham Burley, David Edmonds |
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| The use and misuse of health statistics and pandemic data (Melanie Smallman and James Wilson) |
During the height of the Covid pandemic we became accustomed to watching, listening to and reading about experts in health statistics. J. Wilson and M.Smallman have been researching the use, and sometimes misuse of pandemic data. |
Melanie Smallman, James Wilson, David Edmonds |
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| Who gets the vaccine first? (Jonny Pugh) |
Vaccines to combat Covid were developed in record time. Policy-makers then faced a tricky question. It was impossible to vaccinate everyone immediately: so who to inoculate first? Jonny Pugh says there were complex trade-offs. |
Jonny Pugh, David Edmonds |
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| Introducing the Pandemic Ethics Accelerator Programme (Ilina Singh) |
The Pandemic Ethics Accelerator programme was led by Ilina Singh, an Oxford Professor of Neuroscience and Society. In this interview she explains what the programme was, what it was designed to achieve and whether it succeeded. |
Ilina Singh, David Edmonds |
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| The Moral Machine Experiment |
In this St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, Dr Edmond Awad discusses his project, the Moral Machine, an internet-based game exploring the ethical dilemmas faced by driverless cars. |
Edmond Awad |
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| When does (or did) the Covid-19 pandemic end? |
Katrien Devolder interviews Erica Charters, Professor of the Global History of Medicine at the University of Oxford |
Erica Charters, Katrien Devolder |
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| How to understand, and interact with, AI |
Professor Peter Railton presents his take on how to understand, and interact with, AI |
Peter Railton, Katrien Devolder |
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| Hope in Healthcare |
In this St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, Professor Stephen Clarke the role of hope in patients undergoing major healthcare procedures, and how it relates to decision-making in situations of risk and uncertainty. |
Stephen Clarke |
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| 2022 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics: Ethics and Artificial Intelligence (3 of 3) |
In last of the three 2022 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics, Professor Peter Railton explores how we might "programme ethics into AI" |
Peter Railton |
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| 2022 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics: Ethics and Artificial Intelligence (2 of 3) |
In the second 2022 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics, Professor Peter Railton explores how we might "programme ethics into AI" |
Peter Railton |
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| 2022 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics: Ethics and Artificial Intelligence (1 of 3) |
In the first of three 2022 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics, Professor Peter Railton explores how we might "programme ethics into AI" |
Peter Railton |
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| Against Legalizing Female 'Circumcision' of Minors |
In this St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, Dr Brian Earp argues that all medically unnecessary genital cutting of non-consenting persons should be opposed on moral and legal grounds. |
Brian D. Earp |
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| Should we give COVID vaccines to young children? |
Katrien Devolder and Dominic Wilkinson explore reasons why some parents are vaccine-hesitant |
Katrien Devolder, Dominic Wilkinson |
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| Defending the selective restriction of liberty during pandemics |
Katrien Devolder and Julian Savulescu discuss the ethics of lockdowns |
Katrien Devolder, Julian Savulescu |
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| Is vaccine nationalism justified? |
Katrien Devolder and Jonathan Pugh discuss vaccine nationalism |
Katrien Devolder, Jonathan Pugh |
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| Vaccine policies and challenge trials: the ethics of relative risk in public health |
In this St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, Dr Sarah Chan outlines some risks arising from the deliberate infection of human participants to infectious agents for research purposes |
Sarah Chan |
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| Do We Need Mental Privacy? The Ethics of Mind Reading Reloaded |
Marcello Ienca discusses moral and legal issues surrounding the decoding – ‘mind reading’ - of brain activity |
Marcello Ienca |
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| Factory farms are breeding grounds for pandemics |
Katrien Devolder and Aaron Gross discuss the link between factory farm and zoonotic diseases. |
Aaron Gross |
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| Waiver or understanding? A dilemma for autonomists about informed consent |
Professor Gopal Sreenivasan delivers a New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar on the topic of Informed Consent. |
Gopal Sreenivasan |
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| Fighting diseases of poverty through research: Deadly dilemmas, moral distress and misplaced responsibilities |
A New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, with Professor Maureen Kelley. |
Maureen Kelley |
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| Should we feed our pets a vegan diet? |
Katrien Devolder and Josh Milburn discuss whether it's ethical - and possible - to feed our pets a vegan diet. |
Josh Milburn, Katrien Devolder |
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| Towards a plasticity of the mind – New-ish ethical conundrums in dementia care, treatment, and research |
A New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar with Dr David M Lyreskog. |
David M Lyreskog |
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| How to prevent future pandemics |
Katrien Devolder and Jeff Sebo on factory farms as breeding grounds for pandemics |
Jeff Sebo, Katrien Devolder |
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| The Neuroscience of a Life Well-Lived |
Professor Morten L. Kringlebach explains how recent advances in neuroimaging offer an insight into hedonia and eudaimonia, and draws out implications for neuropsychiatric disorders. |
Morten L. Kringelbach |
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| Affect, Value and Problems Assessing Decision-Making Capacity |
MT20 New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar with Assoc. Professor Jennifer Hawkins |
Jennifer Hawkins |
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| 2020 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (3/3): The case for an unfunded pay as you go (PAYG) pension |
Professor Michael Otsuka (London School of Economics) delivers the final of three public lectures in the series 'How to pool risks across generations: the case for collective pensions' |
Michael Otsuka |
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| 2020 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (2/3): The case for collective defined contribution (CDC) |
Professor Michael Otsuka (London School of Economics) delivers the second of three public lectures in the series 'How to pool risks across generations: the case for collective pensions' |
Michael Otsuka |
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| 2020 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (1/3): The case for a funded pension with a defined benefit (DB) |
Professor Michael Otsuka (London School of Economics) delivers the first of three public lectures in the series 'How to pool risks across generations: the case for collective pensions' |
Michael Otsuka |
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| Conscience Rights or Conscience Wrongs?: Debating conscientious objection in healthcare |
Alberto Giubilini and David Jones trade views and argue each other's position on conscientious objection in healthcare |
Alberto Giubilini, David Jones |
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| Covid-19: who should be vaccinated first? |
Katrien Devolder interviews Alberto Giubilini. |
Alberto Giubilini, Katrien Devolder |
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| The Risks of Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps |
Katrien Devolder interviews Associate Professor Carissa Véliz. |
Carissa Véliz, Katrien Devolder |
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| Why Parental Status Matters When Allocating Scarce Medical Resources |
Katrien Devolder interviews Moti Gorin. |
Moti Gorin, Katrien Devolder |
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| Fair Access to Covid-19 Treatment in Mexico |
Philosopher César Palacios-González talks about how corruption and racism in Mexico created serious hurdles for developing federal guidelines for deciding who gets to access scarce medical resources. |
César Palacios-González, Katrien Devolder |
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| Choosing Now for Later: Precedent Autonomy and Problem of Surrogate Decision-Making After Severe Brain Injury |
Recording of the New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar on surrogate decision-making after severe brain injury. |
Mackenzie Graham, Doug McConnell |
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| Past the Peak of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Triage of Non-Covid-19 patients |
Katrien Devolder interviews Dominic Wilkinson. |
Dominic Wilkinson, Katrien Devolder |
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| Medically Assisted Dying in Canada: from where we’ve come; to where we’re heading |
In this New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, Professor Arthur Schafer outlines the current contours of the Canadian euthanasia debate. |
Arthur Schafer |
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| Is it Permissible for Healthcare Workers to Stop Working if They Lack PPE? |
Katrien Devolder interviews Udo Schüklenk. |
Udo Schuklenk, Katrien Devolder |
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| How the Coronavirus Pandemic Exacerbates Existing Inequalities |
An interview with Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra. |
Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra, Katrien Devolder |
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| Triage in an Italian ICU During the Coronavirus Pandemic |
An interview with Dr Marco Vergano. |
Marco Vergano, Katrien Devolder |
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| Tackling the Cause of the Coronavirus Pandemic |
An interview with Professor Peter Singer. |
Peter Singer, Katrien Devolder |
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| Why is mental healthcare so ethically confusing? Clinicians and institutions from an anthropological perspective |
In this talk, Neil Armstrong uses ethnographic material of NHS mental healthcare to raise some questions about autonomy, risk and personal and institutional responsibility. |
Neil Armstrong |
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| Is Moral Status Good for You? |
Thomas Douglas, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Conference on Rethinking Moral Status, held in 13th and 14th June 2019. |
Thomas Douglas |
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| The Tenuous Connection between Moral Status and Proper Political-Legal Status |
Benjamin Sachs, University of St Andrews, gives a talk for the Conference on Rethinking Moral Status, held in 13th and 14th June 2019. |
Benjamin Sachs |
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| Moral Status: A Convenient Label |
Udo Schuklenk, Queen's University, gives a talk for the Conference on Rethinking Moral Status, held in 13th and 14th June 2019. |
Udo Schuklenk |
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| The Ever Conscious View and the Contingency of Moral Status |
Elizabeth Harman, Princeton University, gives a talk for the Conference on Rethinking Moral Status, held in 13th and 14th June 2019. |
Elizabeth Harman |
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| The Moral Status of Conscious Subjects |
Joshua Shepherd, Carlton University and the University de Barcelona, gives a talk for the Conference on Rethinking Moral Status, held in 13th and 14th June 2019. |
Joshua Shepherd |
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| The Moral Status of So-called Moral Machines |
John Harris, University of Manchester, gives a talk for the Conference on Rethinking Moral Status, held in 13th and 14th June 2019. |
John Harris |
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| Moral Status and Moral Significance |
Ingmar Persson, University of Gothenburg and University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Conference on Rethinking Moral Status, held in 13th and 14th June 2019. |
Ingmar Persson |
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| Chimeras, Superchimps and Post-persons; Specie Boundaries and Moral Status Enhancements |
Sarah Chan, Univesity of Edinburgh, gives a talk for the Conference on Rethinking Moral Status, held in 13th and 14th June 2019. |
Sarah Chan |
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| Variable Moral Status |
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Duke University, gives a talk for the Conference on Rethinking Moral Status, held in 13th and 14th June 2019. |
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong |
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| Hornless Cattle - is Gene Editing the Best Solution? |
In this talk, Prof. Peter Sandøe argues that, from an ethical viewpoint, gene editing is the best solution to produce hornless cattle. There are, however, regulatory hurdles. |
Peter Sandøe |
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| Blockchain, consent and prosent for medical research |
Respecting patients' autonomy is increasingly important in the digital age, yet researchers have raised concerns over the barriers of access to medical data useful for data-driven medical research. |
Sebastian Porsdam Mann |
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| Genetic Selection and Enhancement |
Professor Julian Savulescu and Dr Katrien Devolder discuss the use of genetic testing to select which children to bring into the world. |
Julian Savulescu, Katrien Devolder |
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| 2019 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (3/3): Improving Political Discourse (2): Communicating moral concern beyond blaming and shaming |
Lies, propaganda, and fake news have hijacked political discourse, distracting the electorate from engaging with the global problems we face. These Uehiro Lectures suggest a pathway for democratic institutions to devise solutions to the problems we face t |
Elizabeth Anderson |
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| 2019 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (2/3): Improving Political Discourse (1): Re-learning how to talk about facts across group identities |
Lies, propaganda, and fake news have hijacked political discourse, distracting the electorate from engaging with the global problems we face. These Uehiro Lectures suggest a pathway for democratic institutions to devise solutions to the problems we face t |
Elizabeth Anderson |
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| 2019 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (1/3): What Has Gone Wrong? Populist politics and the mobilization of fear and resentment |
Lies, propaganda, and fake news have hijacked political discourse, distracting the electorate from engaging with the global problems we face. These Uehiro Lectures suggest a pathway for democratic institutions to devise solutions to the problems we face. |
Elizabeth Anderson |
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| From Eugenics to Human Gene Editing: Engineering Life in China in a Global Context |
In November 2018, a Chinese scientist announced the birth of the world’s first gene-edited babies and sparked outrage across the world. Professor Nie considers how China's complex socio-ethical approach paved the way for this controversial experiment. |
Jing-Bao Nie |
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| Freedom of Political Communication, Propaganda and the Role of Epistemic Institutions in Cyberspace |
Professor Seumas Miller defines fake news, hate speech and propaganda, discusses the relationship between social media and political propaganda. |
Seumas Miller |
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| One Minute in Haditha: Neuroscience, Emotion and Military Ethics |
In this special lecture, Professor Mitt Regan discusses the latest research in moral perception and judgment, and the potential implications of this research for ethics education in general and military ethics training in particular. |
Mitt Regan |
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| Religion, War and Terrorism |
In this New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, Professor Tony Coady argues that religion does not have an inherent tendency towards violence, including particularly war and terrorism. |
Professor Tony Coady |
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| The Ethics of Stress, Resilience, and Moral Injury Among Police and Military Personnel |
Professor Seumas Miller sets out how the use of lethal and coercive forces may erode moral character and cause moral injury. |
Seumas Miller |
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| Is there a Moral Problem with the Gig Economy? |
Is 'gig work' exploitative and injust? In this New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, Daniel Halliday examines the common concerns from an ethical perspective. |
Daniel Halliday |
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| The Salvation Agenda: The Politics of Medical Humanitarianism During Zimbabwe's Cholera Outbreak 2008/09 |
In this New St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, Simukai Chigudu examines the humanitarian politics of responding to the most catastrophic cholera outbreak in African history. |
Simukai Chigudu |
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| Rationing antibiotics in the face of drug resistance: ethical challenges, principles and pathways |
Practical medical ethics symposium: Rationing responsibly in an age of austerity |
Christian Munthe |
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| Allocating organs: the US approach |
Practical medical ethics symposium: Rationing responsibly in an age of austerity. |
Thaddeus Mason Pope |
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| Cost-equivalence: rethinking treatment allocation |
Practical medical ethics symposium: Rationing responsibly in an age of austerity |
Julian Savulescu |
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| Moralising medicine: is it ethical to allocate treatment based on responsibility for illness? |
Practical medical ethics symposium: Rationing responsibly in an age of austerity |
Rebecca Brown |
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| Allocating intensive care beds and balancing ethical values |
Practical medical ethics symposium: Rationing responsibly in an age of austerity |
Dominic Wilkinson |
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| Political Bioethics |
How should members of a liberal democratic political community, open to value pluralism, decide bioethical issues that generate deep disagreement? |
Benjamin Gregg |
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| Global Legal Epidemiology: Developing a Science Around Whether, When and How International Law Can Address Global Challenges |
Professor Steven Hoffman discusses legal mechanisms available for coordinating international responses to transnational problems, their prospects, and their challenges. |
Steven J Hoffman |
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| Fake News and the Politics of Truth |
Fake news spread online is a clear danger to democratic politics. One aspect of that danger is obvious: it spreads misinformation. But other aspects, less often discussed, is that it also spreads confusion and undermines trust. |
Michael Lynch |
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| Minds Without Spines: Toward a More Comprehensive Animal Ethics |
In this OUC-WEH Joint Seminar, Irina Mikhalevich argues that the moral status of invertebrate animals is often overlooked, and sets out why animal ethics should be more inclusive and comprehensive. |
Irina Mikhalevich |
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| Rethinking 'Disease': A Fresh Diagnosis and a New Philosophical Treatment |
In this OUC-WEH Joint Seminar, Russell Powell explores the concept of 'disease' |
Russell Powell |
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| Cost-benefit analysis |
In this special lecture, Professor Matt Adler argues that social welfare function is a better methodology than cost-benefit analysis. |
Professor Matthew Adler |
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| Sleep softly: Ethics, Schubert and the value of dying well |
An inter-disciplinary collaboration on music, mortality and ethics. |
Dominic Wilkinson |
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| 2018 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (3/3): Illness and Attitude |
Lecture 3 of 3.Who we are depends in part on the social world in which we live. In these lectures I look at some consequences for three mental health problems, broadly construed: dementia, addiction, and psychosomatic illness. |
Richard Holton |
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| 2018 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (2/3): Addiction, Desire and the Polluted Environment |
Lecture 2 of 3. Who we are depends in part on the social world in which we live. In these lectures I look at some consequences for three mental health problems, broadly construed: dementia, addiction, and psychosomatic illness. |
Richard Holton |
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| 2018 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (1/3): Dementia and the Social Scaffold of Memory |
Lecture 1 of 3. Who we are depends in part on the social world in which we live. In these lectures I look at some consequences for three mental health problems, broadly construed: dementia, addiction, and psychosomatic illness. |
Richard Holton |
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| The Future of Mobility: How and why will we transport ourselves in the next decades |
Digitisation has entered the mobility arena. The car has evolved from a mechanical device into a “data producing embedded software platform”, and the internet is quickly linking the supply and demand to effectively fulfil our transport needs. |
Carlo van de Weijer |
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| Brain-machine interfaces and the translation of thought into action |
In this St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, Dr Tom Buller reflects on the causal relationship between movement goals and bodily awareness and challenges the idea that BMI-enabled movement and intentional bodily movement are equal actions. |
Tom Buller |
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| Collective inaction and group-based ignorance |
In this St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, Anne Schwenkebecher discusses morally wrongful collective inaction and the problem of group-based ignorance. |
Anne Schwekenbecher |
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| 2017 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (3/3) Obligations to the Needy: Some Empirical Worries and Uncomfortable Philosophical Possibilities |
In this final lecture, Professor Temkin considers possible negative impacts of global efforts to aid the needy, and reviews the main claims and arguments of all three Lectures |
Larry Temkin |
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| 2017 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (2/3) Obligations to the Needy: Singer’s Pond Example versus Supporting International Aid Organizations—Some Disanalogies and Their Normative Significance |
In this second lecture, Professor Temkin considers some disanalogies between saving a drowning child and giving to an aid organization, and discusses the issues of corruption and poor governance. |
Larry Temkin |
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| 2017 Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics (1/3) Obligations to the Needy: Effective Altruism, Pluralism, and Singer’s Pond Example |
In this first lecture, Larry Temkin explores different philosophical approaches to aiding the needy, and how they may fit with Peter Singer's famous Pond Example thought experiment. |
Larry Temkin |
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| Sacred Values and the Sanctity of Life |
OUC-Ethox Seminar. Steve Clarke discusses Ronald Dworkin's account of sacred values in his work 'Life's Dominion' and furthers the argument that the assertion 'life is sacred' is tenable by both liberals and conservatives. |
Steve Clarke |
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| On Moral Experts |
A St Cross Special Ethics Seminar. Professor John-Stewart Gordon focusses on the question of whether moral experts must follow their own expert advice in order to remain experts. |
John-Stewart Gordon |
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| 2015 Uehiro Lectures: Reasons to Worry |
The second of the three 2015 Annual Uehiro Lectures 'Why Worry About Future Generations'. Why should we care about what happens to human beings in the future, after we ourselves are long gone? |
Samuel Scheffler |
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| 2015 Uehiro Lectures: Conservatism, Temporal Bias, and Future Generations |
The last of the three 2015 Annual Uehiro Lectures 'Why Worry About Future Generations'. Why should we care about what happens to human beings in the future, after we ourselves are long gone? |
Samuel Scheffler |
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| 2015 Uehiro Lectures: Temporal Parochialism and Its Discontents |
The first of the three 2015 Annual Uehiro Lectures 'Why Worry About Future Generations'. Why should we care about what happens to human beings in the future, after we ourselves are long gone? |
Samuel Scheffler |
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| 2016 Annual Uehiro Lecture 1: Consequentialism for Cows |
Professor Shelly Kagan delivers the first of three Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics, ‘How to Count Animals, More or Less’ |
Shelly Kagan |
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| 2016 Annual Uehiro Lecture 2: Deontology for Dogs |
Professor Shelly Kagan delivers the second of three Annual Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics, ‘How to Count Animals, More or Less’ |
Shelly Kagan |
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