No talk this week. However, tomorrow we are opening this years Philosophy and Film Club. All info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/film-a...

Welcome back! For our first CEPPA talk of the year, we are welcoming Ben Colburn from the University of Glasgow. His talk is titled 'Moral Blackmail'. You can find the abstract and all info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-... See you on Thursday!

Check out CEPPA Director Mara van der Lugt on the Gray Area Podcast!

Jens Timmermann's new book 'Kant and the Supposed Right to Lie' is out! Congratulations to him. Read it or buy it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...

How much do patients need to understand to give valid consent? Not that much, argues Joseph Millum. Congratulations to him for his newly published commentary in the American Journal of Bioethics! Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New guidance from the World Health Organisation on the ethics of health research priority setting has just been published. St Andrews philosopher Joseph Millum was the lead writer! www.who.int/publications...

Congratulations to Luca Stroppa and Emilia Wilson, who just published an article in 'The Conversation' based on their research on the 'Early Diagnosis: Handling Knowing' project at CEPPA. Read it here: theconversation.com/the-nhs-plan...

Congratulations to our own Bradley Hillier-Smith, whose new paper 'Rights, Duties, and Inviolability' was just published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy. Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Health research funding is scarce. How can it be allocated fairly? Join us at noon on June 23 for the launch of WHO’s new Guidance on the Ethics of Health Research Priority Setting, written by CEPPA's own Joseph Millum: www.who.int/news-room/ev... #healthresearch #ethics #prioritysetting

Congratulations to Patrick Winther-Larsen, who just presented at the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions Conference! You can also find him at the Understanding Value XIII Conference (14-16 July) and the 15th Salzburg Conference of Young Analytic Philosophy (3-5 September).

Next Monday!

‪ Last week, CEPPA's very own Joseph Millum (together with Ben Colburn) wrote about the assisted dying bill for 'The Scotsman'. Find the piece here or email the authors for a copy: www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Postdoc available at McGill. Studies of Translation, Ethics, and Medicine (STREAM) are looking for a postdoc in Bio-Ethics. You can read all about it here: www.translationalethics.com/wp-content/u...

Our own Bradley Hillier-Smith has just published a piece in Aeon. In it, he establishes what an ethical response to refugees would be, how it is possible, and how we can achieve it. Read it here: aeon.co/essays/a-phi...

Join us next month (June 16th) for a celebration of all things CEPPA in our annual CEPPA Fest: a one-day conference featuring talks by our cherished members and some esteemed guests. You can find the schedule and registration link here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...

This week, in our final CEPPA talk of the academic year, Vid Simoniti will be talking to us about 'Merely Imagined Moralities'. You can find the abstract and all info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-.... See you there!

Last week, we were very fortunate to have David Enoch with us as he delivered the 2025 Knox Lecture. Here is a small snapshot of the talk in question. Thank you dearly David!

@ethicscup.bsky.social organiser, our own Ben Sachs, was recently featured on the OCR Exams podcast. There, he discusses thinking like a philosopher, what sets the Ethics Cup apart from other debating tournaments, and current matters of social justice. Listen here: shows.acast.com/62c6e8026608...

This Thursday, Carla Bagnoli will be delivering our weekly CEPPA talk on the topic of 'Hope and the Powers of Shared Agency'. You can find the abstract and all info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...

Happening this week!

Next week! All info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/film-a...

We are delighted to announce our first Philosophy of Climate Science (PhiCliSci) workshop, hosted by CEPPA, which will be held in St Andrews on 6 and 7 May. Registration is free but spaces are limited. Find all the info and the registration form here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/first...

Join us this Thursday for a CEPPA talk by Lucy O'Brien. She will be talking to us about 'Autonomy and control over one’s social self-consciousness'. Find all the info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...

On April 24th, we are very excited for a visit by Professor David Enoch (Oxford University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem). Professor Enoch will be delivering the annual Knox Lecture at CEPPA on the topic of 'Shameless Liberalism'.

This Thursday, we'll be joined by Christine Korsgaard who will give a CEPPA talk entitled ‘The Incomparable Value of the Individual’. You can read the abstract and all details about the event here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...

Join us this Thursday for a CEPPA talk by Katherine Snow! The talk is titled 'Revisiting the Spinoza Controversy in an age of Environmental Crisis'. You can find the abstract and all other info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...

Join us this Thursday for a CEPPA talk with Tom Sinclair, who will be talking to us about 'Hypocrisy as Evasion'. You can find the abstract and all other details here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/wp-admin/pos...

Congratulations to Bradley Hillier-Smith, whose latest paper 'The Egalitarian Case for Open Borders' has just been published in Moral Philosophy and Politics! You can read it here: www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

tomorrow!

A massive congratulations to our Director Mara van der Lugt whose book 'Begetting: What Does it Mean to Create a Child' was one of the finalists in the category 'Philosophy' at the 2025 PROSE Awards. You can find the full list and press release here: publishers.org/news/associa...

Join us this Thursday for a CEPPA talk by Daniela Dover! She will be speaking to us about (at least) two bearded fellows with a talk titled: 'The Democratic Soul in Plato and Whitman'. You can find the abstract and all the info here ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-... See you all there!

Next Wednesday! Join us for the new edition of Film and Philosophy at CEPPA. We will be watching and discussing The Killing of a Sacred Deer. All info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/film-a...

Congratulations to our very own @bradleyhsmith.bsky.social whose new paper 'The Moral Harms of Homelessness' was just published in The Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy! You can read it here: jesp.org/index.php/je...

This week, our own Katharina Bernhard will be giving a CEPPA talk called ‘The New Demarcation Problem and Value Calibration in Scientific Inquiry’. As per usual it will take place Thursday 16:30 in Edgecliffe G03. See you all there!

We are sorry but this week's talk has been cancelled.

This Thursday at CEPPA, our own Petronella Randell will be giving a talk titled 'Resisting the unexperienced'. You can find all the info and the abstract here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...

Join us Thursday for the second session of our Philosophy of Climate Science working group. This session, climate scientist Simon Lee and philosopher Viviane Fairbank will give present on the topic of ‘Climate Modelling and Climate Communication’. All info: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...

For our first CEPPA talk of the year, we are happy to welcome Phillip Ebert who will be giving a talk titled 'Philosophical Challenges in Risk Communication of Rare and Severe Events.' As per usual, we will be meeting on Thursday. All info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...

Join us next Wednesday for the first 2025 edition of Film & Philosophy at CEPPA. In this very special David Lynch session we will be watching and discussing Blue Velvet with the help of Mario Bison. All the info here ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/film-a...

New paper out! When is someone competent to make their own medical decisions? Dr. Joseph Millum and colleagues argue that patients must have the ability to value. This can be impaired by some mental health conditions. You can read all about it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Check out the programme for 'The Philosophy and Politics of Despair' conference happening at University College Dublin on 22 January 2025 and organised by CEPPA's own Quân Nguyen. Use this link to register and get the location and/or the Zoom link for online attendance: forms.gle/nu8QDz6mkqKb...

Check out the programme for the 'The Ethics of Choosing and Refusing Work' conference! Happening February 21st, 2025 at the University of Edinburgh philevents.org/event/show/1...

Congratulations to Joe Millum whose (very season appropriate) "Why you shouldn't lie to your children about Father Christmas, according to philosophers” has just been published on The Conversation. Here's the link: theconversation.com/why-you-shou...

Applications open for the St Andrews & Macquarie Doctoral Scholarship in Philosophy, on Pro-natalist Policies & Ethics of Procreation in the Climate Crisis. 3.5-year, full fees plus stipend Split time at St Andrews & Sidney Deadline TOMORROW Info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

Join us for "Early Diagnosis: Handling Knowing" – a webinar exploring the ethical, psychological, and societal impacts of cutting-edge diagnostics. 🗓️ When: Thursday, Dec 12, 7–8 PM GM Talks by experts from Medicine, Philosophy & Divinity. Details & here: events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/early...

Last week I sat down with Kieran Oberman to discuss my book The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees at @ceppa.bsky.social. You can watch the video interview here : www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKP5...

Continuing the celebrations of Bradley Hillier-Smith's new book, a new CEPPA chat is now available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKP5.... Thanks to Kieran Oberman for interviewing Bradley on his book! The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees can be ordered here: www.bradleyhilliersmith.com

Join us for a special book launch event featuring two timely works by Glasgow philosophers Katherine Jenkins and Ben Colburn! 🗓️ When: Tuesday, Dec 10, 7–9 PM 📍 Where: The Alchemy Experiment, 157 Byres Rd, Glasgow

Join us this Thursday for a new edition of Philosophy and Film. This time we are watching Stories We Tell (dir. @sarahpolley.bsky.social) All details and suggested pre-readings here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/film-a...