"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
MSPT Seminar- Brian Talbot (Colorado, Boulder), Why and how false moral views affect moral obligations
Brian Talbot (Colorado, Boulder)
People often have some degree of credence in false moral claims. It is intuitive that, in some cases, it is morally wrong to act against these…
MSPT seminar - Ryan Muldoon (Buffalo) - Equality of Opportunity, Meritocracy, and Social Cohesion. Pick Two
Ryan Muldon (Buffalo)
There exists a trilemma between these three liberal desiderata. I argue that social cohesion and meritocracy combine to generate a preferential…
MSPT Seminar - David Bakhurst (Queens) - Practice, Sensibiligy and Moral Education
David Bakhurst (Queens)
This paper considers the style of moral philosophy that emerged in the mid-1970s in the writings of John McDowell and David Wiggins and examines its…