"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
David Wiens (UCSD): What Second Best Scenarios Reveal About Ideals of Global Justice
*Note unusal day, time and location* Philosophers often justify their preoccupation with fully just states of affairs by asserting that such ideals…
RJ Leland (ANU): Parental Interests and Procreation
A common thought: even if procreation has some morally problematic features, it is permissible for some adults to procreate (and to procreate a good…
Tamara Browne (ANU): Value judgments in psychiatric classification and a proposal for how they may be addressed
The recent publication of the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) was accompanied by heated debate. I…