Three Objections to Utilitarianism - Ben Bramble (ANU)
Seminar
Abstract: I consider three of the most influential objections to utilitarianism, and offer new responses to each of them. These responses fit together in a way that gives rise to a new utilitarian framework. The seminar will be held 100% in person from 2:00-3:30pm in the…
The Nightlight Principle: Normative Internalism, Anti-Luminosity, and the Limits of Normative Theory - Pamela Robinson (ANU)
Seminar
The Nightlight Principle: Normative Internalism, Anti-Luminosity, and the Limits of Normative Theory Abstract: Normative internalists and externalists disagree about things like whether, if you ought to do something, it must be that you’re able to tell that you ought to do it. Normative…
Naturalizing Respect - Philip Pettit (ANU & Princeton)
Seminar
This Friday, March 19th, Philip Pettit (ANU & Princeton) will present on "Naturalizing Respect". Abstract: There is hardly a more significant ideal in human relationships, relevant in both ethics and politics, than that of respect. But what is the sort of treatment that respect requires…
A Pluralist Theory of Perception - Neil Mehta
Seminar
Philosophers of perception usually assume that there is a unitary philosophical account of what it is to perceive, say, a scarlet bell pepper. I reject that monist assumption. Here I begin to defend an alternative pluralist theory of perception, which says that what it is to (consciously) perceive…