"The Centre for Moral, Social and Political Theory" in the School of Philosophy organises a lunchtime seminar every week. The MSPT seminar normally takes place on Mondays from 12:30 to 2:00 in Coombs seminar room D. The current convenor for the MSPT seminar series is Oliver Rawle (oliver.rawle@anu.edu.au). Recent and upcoming papers are listed below.
MSPT Seminars are announced on both the the philsoc mailing list, and the CMSPT mailing list.
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Past Events
Automation, Unemployment, and Taxation - Tom Parr (Essex)
Tom Parr (Essex)
Some believe that we should tax automation in order to slow down the rate at which capital replaces labour. One argument for this conclusion appeals…
The Ethics of Sanctuary in Democratic States - Patti Tamara Lenard (Ottawa)
Patti Tamara Lenard (Ottawa)
I argue that the vast majority of policies adopted under the banner of ‘sanctuary’ are justified in and of themselves. The central objection that…
Against Moral Encroachment - Georgi Gardiner (Oxford)
Georgi Gardiner (Oxford)
Moral encroachment holds that the epistemic justification of a belief can be affected by moral factors. If the belief might wrong a person or group…