Past events
25
Jul
2024
Intraspecific Economics: Interpersonal Utility Comparisons, Evolution, and Culture - Armin Schulz
One relatively recent pivot in the discussion concerning the possibility of interpersonal utility comparisons (IUC)—one of the foundational questions of...
18
Jul
2024
In defence of Pigou-Dalton for chances - Orri Stefánsson
Orri defends a weak version of the Pigou–Dalton principle for chances. The principle says that it is better to increase the survival chance of a person who is...
04
Jul
2024
Pleasure Fundamentalism - Neil Sinhababu
Pleasure fundamentalism is the view that moral value is pleasure and this explains all other moral facts. This talk presents two arguments for pleasure...
03
Jul
2024
Behavioural modernity: Reframing the idea, or Past its Use-By Date?
Join us for a groundbreaking exploration of the concept of behavioural modernity.
Behavioral Modernity is a concept that has been used principally by...
27
Jun
2024
Patching up and tearing apart the Hart-Rawls Principle of Fairness- Richard Arneson
In 1955 HLA Hart asserted a norm that he said was a source of special rights and obligations, not generated by consent, that rendered political obligation...
20
Jun
2024
Aesthetic Appreciation, Aesthetic Judgments, and Love (coauthored with Joel Van Fossen) - Daniel Star
Aesthetic appreciation is a mental process, while aesthetic judgment is a mental state. This paper explores some interesting mistakes that arise in aesthetics...
13
Jun
2024
Liberalism as a Way of Life - Alexandre Lefebvre
This presentation is based on Professor Lefebvre's new book, Liberalism as a Way of Life, and about how liberal values and practices can be the basis for a...
