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

Dr Carl Fox from @idea will talking about the (many) philosophical issues raised by the classic film version of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Get to Hyde Park Picture House on Sunday 12th of April at 14:30pm. hpph.co.uk/films/willy-...

This is happening today!

I'm happy to announce this new paper — we compile evidence on the extraordinary harms caused by IMF and World Bank structural adjustment programmes in the global South since the 1980s. gh.bmj.com/content/11/S...

📣MA funding at @leedsprhs.bsky.social!📣 My School has some Masters scholarships for Philosophy students. University of Leeds offers many further opportunities, inc. 500 scholarships to support eligible international students. Please spread the word! #philosophy ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/n...

Our @pausat25.bsky.social on forgiveness and the moral value of remembrance.

50 year anniversary of the last military coup in Argentina. To commemorate below is my article Remembrance beyond Forgiveness arguing that the moral value of remembrance imposes limits the possibility and desirability of forgiveness: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Missed out on our Philosophy Valentines event? Or just want to relive the talks? Now you can! Georgie, Colette, Gerald and Isobel’s talks are now available on Spotify (and Apple Podcasts, Deezer, Amazon Music…) - search Centre for Love, Sex and Relationships💕

In this new @ctp-leeds.bsky.social blog, Dr Andrew Kirton shares why we shouldn’t be too quick to outsource our writing jobs to AI. As he argues, if we use GenAI to think and write we do lose something. Find out what it is in this blog. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/centre-theor...

Tomorrow!

We’re so excited to be putting on another public Valentines event this year with Leeds PhilSoc!💕💕 Promises to be a great evening - get your tickets before they’re gone! universe.com/events/love-pain-filrting-breakups-an-apres-valentines-event-tickets-832QDX

Books galore out of @idea-leeds.bsky.social at the moment, including new work on consent! 👇🏻

Really enjoyable conversation in today's episode with @lisamherzog.bsky.social, on a topic which is important and pressing in all sorts of ways....

There’s 5 year olds who’ve been locked up in a Texas ICE camp for over 8 months. That’s where they sent little Liam Ramos. He’s not being “protected”. He’s incarcerated. He did nothing wrong. His parents did nothing wrong. They were applying for asylum. Release the children.

Why Kant’s 250-Year-Old Ideas Are Exactly What We Need Right Now In his new book Kant: A Revolution in Thinking, Prof. Marcus Willaschek shows how the great philosopher’s ethical insights are more relevant than ever. www.hup.harvard.edu/features/ide... #Kant #today #PhilosophySky #philsky

CFA: fully-funded PhD studentship within the ERC/UKRI Advanced Grant 'Kantian Justice: A Desert-sensitive Responsibility-enhancing Theory' [KantianDESERT] that I lead at the University of Liverpool. Open to candidates from all over the world: sbaiasu.wordpress.com Please share and distribute widely!

Feels like a good time to be releasing this episode featuring Jeffrey Howard of @uclspeechlab.bsky.social. How should social media platforms regulate AI-Generated Content? (Spoiler: it's not by allowing people to use AI to create non-consensual sexualised images.) www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

Check out Josh's excellent piece for the Conversation on the same topic as this week's podcast here: theconversation.com/three-ways-t...

About time

Freedom and fate Choice, blame, and the brain iai.tv/video/freedo... #freedom #will #compatibilism #philosophy #philsky #PhilosophySky

Just heard the words ‘doing evil gives such a sense of being powerful.’ Explains so much.

Ethics Untangled Episode 50 is out today! What can comics such as Heartstopper teach us about ethics? With Simon Meisch www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

Shallow Pond is on Ethics Untangled. Thanks to Jim Baxter and the Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds @princetonupress.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

This is horrific

AI is everywhere – but who’s making sure it’s ethical? Launching Sept '26: The new MSc in AI Ethics and Society. Covers real-world challenges. Interdisciplinary learning. Industry collaboration. Shape the future of AI responsibly. 🔗 bit.ly/4oucNJf #AI #Ethics #PG @universityofleeds.bsky.social

Ethics Untangled guest Christina Nick's paper on whether politicians with dirty hands owe reparations to victims has been published. If you've got access, you can read it here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi.... The ep (no. 15) is here: www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis... Congrats Christina!

New episode this morning with the fantasic Catriona McKinnon, highlighting a point in environmental ethics that has gone under-, or even unappreciated.

Great blog post by IDEA's Matilda Carter on Power, Status and the Dementia Care Relationship. cambridgeblog.org/2025/11/powe...

Dr Robbie Arrell has organised a one-day workshop on Sex, Deception, and Consent held at @idea-leeds.bsky.social on the 3rd of December. Learn more and sign up for free www.eventbrite.ie/e/sex-decept...

Our sense of reality is intimately entwined with our interactions with other people. What happens when those interactions are instead with social AI? See my piece on (so-called) ‘AI-induced psychosis’ in The Conversation theconversation.com/ai-induced-p...

Chatbots are explicitly being designed “to elicit intimacy and emotional engagement in order to increase our trust in and dependency on them” (me in Wired magazine 🤭). This designed intimacy combined with AI sycophancy creates serious risks for delusional thinking www.wired.com/story/ai-psy...

Was great to talk to Jim Baxter of the @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social podcast about my and Georgie Mill's work on cancelling.

New paper in @the-joap.bsky.social together with @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social on political apologies that consign injustice to the past.

I've been trying to get deskilling into AI ethics for probably five years, and this Appiah essay trying to do this is a total mess www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Registration is open for two events happening 3rd & 4th December at Leeds @idea-leeds.bsky.social! Objectification & Sexualisation: philevents.org/event/show/1... Sex, Deception and Consent: www.eventbrite.ie/e/sex-decept... These events mark the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.

Wonderful news and a discount code until the end of November!!

So excited to be starting my research with CLSR! I’ve loved being here for my undergraduate and master’s degrees, and I’m really looking forward to continuing to work alongside such an amazing community🫶🫶

The Future of Practical Ethics conference in Leeds 8-10 September with three panels on the ethics of AI! Come and join us!

My latest article about AI in online dating with @nmckeever3.bsky.social in @theconversation.com theconversation.com/ai-can-be-yo...

The Future of Practical Ethics conference in Leeds 8-10 September with three panels on the ethics of AI! Come and join us!

"Bluesky is dead." Meanwhile, on Bluesky...

#NewArticle Rethinking the Ethics of GenAI in Higher Education: A Critique of Moral Arguments and Policy Implications | Karl de Fine Licht #philsky #philosophy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/UHQUJW...

Ethicists have raised concerns about these systems, and these concerns are worth taking seriously, but Dr Nick Makins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Leeds, thinks they can be answered, & that the use of these systems can be justified, at least in some circumstances.

Have you booked your space on our public lecture with Gavin Esler?

In the latest episode of @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social Jim Baxter speaks to Luke Ulas, University of Sheffield and Josh Hobbs from IDEA about Cosmopolitanism - "the idea that all human beings, regardless of their political affiliation, are (or can and should be) citizens in a single community."

Join us for a 20th anniversary lecture by journalist & author Gavin Esler, examining the crisis of trust in politics & media. He'll discuss themes from his book, Britain Is Better Than This, focusing on "the politics of distraction" & ways to rebuild trust in public life. book here: buff.ly/lGAbhA2

New Issue of Journal of Applied Philosophy with a Special Issue on Commemorating Evildoers edited by me and Oliver Hallich #philsky #philosophy @idea-leeds.bsky.social