Philosophers have mostly neglected breakups, despite their impact on our lives. Our next workshop aims to catalyse more research into the ethics of breakups.

Our blog is now on Substack - come find us if you’re interested in applied ethics: open.substack.com/pub/ethicsun...

CW: This episode contains frank discussion of death and body disposal. What happens to us after we die? Do we have an ethical duty to choose a greener option? Sarah Carter-Walshaw joins Jim on @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social to discuss the ethics of body disposal. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics-maste...

Coming soon to our blog @robbiemorgan.bsky.social on his new article with Will Hornett ‘Touching Through: the puzzle of mediated contact’

Thinking with Andrew Cooper - the final in this three part series to explore this philosophical marvel, self-coined “field philosopher” will take place at UCL on 3rd July. Be there or be square! philevents.org/event/show/1...

Andrew Cooper, University of Warwick. Family, friends, colleagues and students gathered to celebrate the life and work of the late Andrew Cooper, an outstanding Kant scholar and field philosopher at University of Warwick on 18-19 June. UCL will host the London event on 3rd July.

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Glad to have a chapter in the forthcoming collection Revisiting Revenge. An important that no doubt needs revisiting…

Philosopher Matt Clark joins Jim in the latest episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social , to unpack what trustworthiness means, what kind of control and awareness an organisation would need in order to count as trustworthy, and why values matter in this context. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics-maste...

I spoke to @lukebrunning.bsky.social about my research on deepfakes and online authenticity for the new Ethics Untangled blog by @idea-leeds.bsky.social: ethics-untangled.ghost.io/deepfakes-an... Sign up to the blog above for more interviews and insights from my fantastic colleagues at IDEA.

Is it ever morally acceptable to keep pets? In this episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social, Jim speaks to Angie Pepper and Richard Healey who explore how power, control, and harm shape our relationships with animals. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics-maste...

My latest article in @theconversation.com explores some of the ways using AI may undermine intimacy. AI might promise to make things easier but I suggest there is value in being curious, figuring things out, and failing, especially in intimate life. theconversation.com/as-ai-plays-...

Join us this Thursday 18 June to reflect upon the life and work of our friend. colleague and fellow Kant scholar, Andrew Cooper

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UK Kant Society is proud to have supported the German Idealism workshop bringing together students and faculty from Freiburg, Warwick and Zhejiang Universities for a productive 2 day dynamic exchange on the impact and relevance of German Idealism in contemporary philosophical problems. 14 and 15 May

Call for Abstracts closing on 31 May! We look forward to reading your paper proposals. Check out our website for more details. www.ukks.co.uk/conference.h...

Aerial PARTIAL view of the anti racist, anti fascist crowd in Belfast right now. City Hall to the left for scale. This - this is the real Belfast. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

The major sin of AI writing: it injects the poison of boredom - of the mind-numbing kind - into life. That's unforgivable. This piece explains why: "The tone is bland; individual word choices are baffling; the structure lacks sense; key pieces of the argument are missing; facts are false."

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Look out world, the UK Kant Society is now on Bluesky! Pretty sure that will resolve whatever issues we're currently facing. Anyway, if you're interested in Kant, give us a follow here: @ukkantsociety.bsky.social

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Data centers' impact on energy and water supply is well documented, but a series of new studies have revealed another potential impact.

In the latest episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social, we’re asking whether people can really have genuine emotional reactions to artificial intelligence. Catch this and previous episodes at ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics-maste... or your usual podcast provider.

What’s the main idea in my book Romantic Agency?

It’s International Day of Families and Sophie Goddard is asking: should we reimagine the family? Read here: ethics-untangled.ghost.io

I hope this isn’t true. There are times when it’s more important to put country before party. This is one of them. Burnham’s longstanding commitment to a fairer voting system could transform our democracy & counter the dire threat of a Reform UK government elected on a minority of the vote

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CfP: Special Issue on Imagination, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence Deadline 31st July 2026. More info and submission here: think.taylorandfranc... #philsky #philpsy

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

I just gave this talk. I still have one more paper on Kantian forgiveness in me and revisiting it for this talk has motivated me to finish it #Kant

"Datacenters provide a physical place and focal point where people can show up and directly confront out-of-control and otherwise impossible-to-reach tech billionaires," write @astra.bsky.social and Saul Levin.

Simon Kirchin spoke to Business Talk about his edited collection The Future of Normativity. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0YL...

The newest episode of Ethics untangled came out on Monday and sees Jim speaking with Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril about long Covid and how it is changing how we think about disability, care and community

A message from Mary, a 72-year-old Amazon worker from North Carolina projected onto Jeff Bezos’s $120 million penthouse before tonight’s #MetGala, chaired by Bezos.

Adulthood is just cycling between "If I don't say yes to every opportunity, no new opportunities will ever be offered to me" and "Oh no, I have said yes to too many things" over and over until you die.

Which is the backwards country now, United States?

Though not without their flaws, Universities they have *already* done more to drive economic development and innovation than pretty much any other human institution, and that's in addition to creating informed citizens and otherwise enriching the human experience. The evidence for this is...

#NewArticle The Relevance of Apology to Reparations for Historical Injustice | Christopher Bennett #OpenAccess Read it here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #Philsky #Philosophy @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik

Hmmm. It’s much more common for authors to cite work they disagree with than work they agree with. And sometimes I find myself cited with inaccurate accounts of what I said because the author wants to make their position look more original. But if they understood me they wouldn’t cite me.

Relating to People Living with Dementia as Equals - @matildacarter.bsky.social is hosting a workshop about her recently published book on the 14th of May. It's free to attend. Details and sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

It’s official: the UK is rejoining Erasmus! 👏🇪🇺

We need philosophers because they teach us how to think deeply and clearly about the most fundamental questions: what matters, what’s true, and how we should live. #TalkAboutHumanities

Awesome image from Artemis. Big!

We’re often beguiled by the idea that the mind is a computer, and that consciousness is just a matter of running the right code. | https://bit.ly/3PIjCez But Peter Godfrey-Smith uses recent research into animal minds to argue that only living brains can truly be conscious.

When AI causes harm and responsibility is unclear, can our concept of moral responsibility be preserved — or must it change? Jim speaks with Enrico Galvagni and Fabio Tollon (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social) on @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social Listen here: buff.ly/gMN0ii7