Join us for this week's Ethics@Noon-ish! Jiewuh Song unpacks why climate change functions as a structural threat to human rights and what it means for future advocacy. 🗓️ Wednesday, December 3 🕐 12:30-2:30 PM 📍Centre for Ethics, Larkin 200 🍕 Pizza & refreshments provided!

Today's talk has been moved online. You are welcome still join us in-person at the Centre to view the virtual talk! Zoom link: utoronto.zoom.us/j/84811882496

📣 Join us next Thursday, December 4 for Nathan Hauthaler’s talk "Reactive Luck" 📆 Thursday, December 4 🕞 3:30-5:30PM 📍Centre for Ethics, Larkin 200 You can also join us online here: www.youtube.com/live/17S7rT0...

📣 Join us for Dr. Sarah Shoker's talk on “Military-Age Males in Counterinsurgency and Drone Warfare” Can’t wait to see you! 🗓 Wednesday, November 26 🕐 3:00–5:00 PM 📍 Centre for Ethics, Larkin 200 ☕ Refreshments provided! For more information, visit our website (link in bio)!

What is it ‘to value’ something? Join us next Friday, November 21 for Christine Tappolet’s talk "Valuings as Sentiments" 📆 Friday, November 21st 🕛 12:00-2:00PM 📍Centre for Ethics, Larkin 200 🥪 Lunch will be provided! Join us online here: www.youtube.com/live/usgDlOB...

📣 Join us this week for Ishtiaque Ahmed's talk on “Ethics in Translation: AI Across Borders” for our ABC Series. Can’t wait to see you in person and online! @torontosri.bsky.social 🗓 Wednesday, November 12 🕐 3:00–5:00 PM 📍 Centre for Ethics, Larkin 200 ☕ Refreshments provided!

Join us this Thursday as Meena Krishnamurthy discusses her new book: Emotions of Nonviolence: Revisiting Martin Luther King, Jr’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" 📆 Thursday, November 6th 🕓4:00-6:00PM 📍Centre for Ethics, Larkin 200 ↗️ Click here for more information: sites.google.com/view/uoftc4e...

What does it really mean to be equal in friendship? 💭 Ethics@Noon-ish is back! Join us for Yiran Hua's talk "Equal as Friends". 🗓 Wednesday, November 5 🕐 12:30–2:30 PM 📍 Centre for Ethics, Larkin 200 🍕 Pizza & refreshments provided! For more information, visit our website!

Come join us for the talk "Unwitting Yet Praiseworthy Rightdoing: On Posigence, Negligence’s Positive Counterpart" presented by Daniel Telech 📆 Monday, October 27th 🕓4:00-6:00 PM 📍Centre for Ethics, Larkin 200 📺 Join us online here: youtube.com/live/5ao0yE-...

🎥 Join us this Friday for screening of the film IHAMBA, followed by a Q&A with Co-Director David Borish 📆 Friday, October 24th 🕓4:00-5:30PM 📍Centre for Ethics, Larkin 200 ↗️ Click here for more information: sites.google.com/view/uoftc4e...

‼️Join us for Ethics@Noon-ish! This week, we’re excited to welcome Garrath Williams for a talk on “The Transnational Corporation as Neo-Colonial Boomerang.” See you there! 🗓 Wednesday, October 22 🕐 12:30–2:30 PM 📍 Centre for Ethics, Larkin 200 For more information, visit our website.

⏰ 3 PM TOMORROW! Professor Catherine Stinson will give a talk on "Chatbots as Psychotherapist Proxies: Possibilities and Limitations?" for our Algorithm Bias in Canada Series. Join us in person at the Centre for Ethics or Join online (QR code) if you can't make it in person. See you then!

Come join us next week on Monday, September 29, 2025 4:00-6:00 PM for a talk by Kyle Stroh: The Holism of Intersectionality Theory and the Problem of Fragmentation. We look forward to seeing you there! More info: sites.google.com/view/uoftc4e...

Our first Ethics@Noon talk of the year is almost here! Join us September 24, 12-2PM for a talk by Alisabeth Ayars: Moral Worth and the Problem of Psychological Contingency. We hope to see you there! More info: sites.google.com/view/uoftc4e...

Join us next week on Wednesday, September 17, 3-5pm for a talk by Dr. Benjamin Wald: First Nations Data Sovereignty and AI. We hope to see you there! Link to view online: youtube.com/live/fM7Gjo_... More info: sites.google.com/view/uoftc4e...

Join us this Friday, July 25, 1-3PM for a talk by Reza Mosayebi: Gradated Racism: Moving between ‘Ends in Themselves’ and ‘Mere Means.’ We hope to see you there! More info: sites.google.com/view/uoftc4e...

‼️Now Accepting Applications‼️ The Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto is accepting applications for the following opportunities: Doctoral and Undergraduate Fellowships; Algorithm Bias Project Internships. Apply here: sites.google.com/view/uoftc4e...

UPDATE: This event has been rescheduled to May 20. We hope you will join us then!

UPDATE: This event has been postponed. New details to come - stay tuned!

🐣 Happy Easter! Join us Tuesday, Apr 29, 4-6PM for a thought-provoking talk by Marcia Baron: A Subjective Standard of Reasonableness for Self-Defense? This event will be in-person - see you then!

Join us on April 7, 9AM–5:30PM at the Undergraduate Conference held at the Centre for Ethics (Larkin 200) for a jam-packed day of ethical talks by undergrad fellows + a keynote speaker Alice MacLachlan from York U! Click here for more info: ethics.utoronto.ca/events/under...

‼️Now Accepting Applications‼️ The Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Algorithm Bias for the 2025–2026 academic year. 📅 Deadline: April 30, 2025 🔗 Apply here: ethics.utoronto.ca/postdoctoral...

When are we complicit in the wrongful actions of others? From climate change to war, explore ethical topics at the Moral Complicity: Theory and Context Conference on May 9–10, 2025 at the Centre for Ethics! More details here: sites.google.com/view/moral-c...

🌍 What is the Catastrophic Sublime, and how can we think with and beyond Kant in the Anthropocene? 💭 Join us on Monday, March 31, from 4-6 PM for a talk with Nikolas Kompridis at the Centre for Ethics. See you there!

Charting Ethical Paths on a Divided Campus! 📢 Join us on Fri, Apr 11, 5-7PM for a discussion on the ethical challenges universities face in times of division—protests, administrative duties, and neutrality in public pronouncements. Register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1276734149....

How do elementary language arts teachers in Ontario navigate ethical dilemmas, discussions, and decision-making? Join us for Ethics@Noon-ish with Tina Ta on Wednesday, March 26 at 12pm at the Centre for Ethics. See you there!

🧳 What are the demands of immigrant integration, and how is self-respect impacted? Join us next Monday, March 17, from 4-5 PM for a talk with Ashwini Vasanthakumar at the Centre for Ethics. See you there!

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🔹 How can the Two Row Wampum guide us today in building peace and mutual respect? Join us this Friday, March 14, 5-7PM, for Towards a Decolonial Phenomenology of the Lifeworld, a talk by Lisa Guenther. 📍 In-person only | Part of the Race, Ethics, & Power Project

🌟 Exempt or excused? How should we rethink mental disorder in the responsibility context? Join us this coming Wednesday, March 12, at 12 PM for Ethics@Noon-ish with Emily Baron at the Centre for Ethics! See you then!

✨ Does liberalism have room for perfectionist values? Join us next Friday, March 7 from 4-6pm for Louis-Philippe Hodgson's talk on "Contractualism and Anti-Perfectionism". See you then!

‼️Now Accepting Applications‼️ The Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto is accepting applications for one Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2025-2026 academic year. 📅 Application Deadline: April 30, 2025 🔗 More Info & How to Apply: ethics.utoronto.ca/contact/post-doctoral-fellowships/

🌟 How does imagination bridge the gap between perception and action? Join us next Wednesday, Feb 26, 12-2PM for a Distinguished Guest Lecture with Kyla Ebels-Duggan in the Ethics@Noon-ish series: "Between Perception and Action": Iris Murdoch on Imagination. See you then!

📖 Agnes Callard & Paul Bloom in conversation! Join us on Tuesday, Mar 11, 5-7PM for a thought-provoking discussion on Callard’s new book, Open Socrates. This event is in-person, sign up for your ticket via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ca/e/agnes-call...

🔎 Can we move from domination to emancipation? This Wednesday, Feb 12, 12-2PM, Zach Hollander explores insights from Marcuse, King, Jr., and Davis at Ethics@Noon-ish. Join in person at the Centre for Ethics or online: www.youtube.com/live/CK_D6nr...

🧐 What does it mean to be faceless in ethics and politics? This Friday, Feb 7, 4-6 PM, Zahi Zalloua presents "Fanon contra Levinas: On Palestine and the Politics of the Faceless". Attend in-person or online: www.youtube.com/live/1UBF4Hg.... See you then!

💸 TOMORROW at Ethics@Noon-ish! 🕛 Wed, Jan 29, 12-2PM, join Stefan Macleod for "Cash Crisis: Between Market Fundamentals and Political Judgment." Explore the tensions in modern monetary policy and its political implications. See you then!

🐾 How bad is death for non-human animals? David Benatar challenges common views in "The Badness of Death for Animals." 🕓 Join us in person at the Centre for Ethics on Mon, Jan 27, 4-6 PM for this thought-provoking talk. Don’t miss it!

🧠 This Saturday (Jan 18, 3-5 PM), join Jens Timmermann at the Centre for Ethics for Kant's Fact of Pure Reason. Dive into Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason and the "Fact of Reason" in this in-person-only talk. Don’t miss it!

🎉 Happy New Year from C4E! Kick off 2025 with thought-provoking insights at Ethics@Noon-ish! 🕛 Tomorrow (Jan 15, 12 PM), join Tim McKee for "Social Media Narrativity". This in-person-only talk promises fresh perspectives. See you there!

Reminder: The December 15th deadline for 2025-2026 Visiting Faculty Fellowships at the Centre for Ethics is fast approaching – submit your application before the 15th to be considered. Visit our website for full details, including how to apply: ethics.utoronto.ca/contact/visi...

🌎 TODAY! On December 9, 4-6 PM, the C4E welcomes Theresa Lee for “Toward a Livable World,” an excavation of the normative space of livability, re-developed in terms of the body and Confucian self-cultivation. This presentation will be in-person only - don't miss it!