Is Self-Wronging Superstitious? - Daniel Muñoz
Seminar
Speaker: Daniel Muñoz Duties to oneself have a distinguished history in moral philosophy. They can also smell a bit fishy. To some extent, the defenders of duties to oneself have cleared the air in recent years by developing solutions to the 'paradox of self-release'. But there…
Deterring non-consensual interactions: A non-welfarist approach, applied to sexual harassment - Toby Handfield
Seminar
Speaker: Toby Handfield Some interactions have the following feature: depending on the preferences of those involved, the interaction may make both parties better off (“consensual”), but it could also sometimes be good for one and bad for the other (“non-consensual”). If a social…
TBC - Susanna Siegel
Seminar
Speaker: Susanna Siegel Abstract TBC. Please note that these seminars are open to the public and in person only.
Surprise! Deliberation does not establish Evidentialism about Reasons for Belief - Eleanor Gordon-Smith
Seminar
Speaker: Eleanor Gordon-Smith In this paper I’m going to show how the moral and practical upshots of believing p could possibly weigh in deliberation about whether p, when at the moment it’s widely thought they can’t. Pragmatists and evidentialists alike have agreed that only…
Jack Smart Lecture 2023
Lecture
What kinds of factors can make a line of inquiry a better or worse one to pursue? This question can be addressed at different scales: the personal ("Did I turn off the stove?), the interpersonal (as in a conversation), and public (as in news stories). Professor Siegel focuses on two…
Philosophy of Journalism Workshop
Workshop
What is journalism? What is it for? What roles does it play in political life, and what roles should it play? Which of these roles are specific to democracy? What should count as news? How should it be determined what’s important for the public in a given place to know about? What challenges and…
Book Launch: The State (Philip Pettit)
Book launch
Join us for a presentation and discussion, followed by canapes and drinks in the RSSS Foyer as we launch The State by Philip Pettit, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the ANU and one of the foremost political philosophers in the world. The future of our species depends on the state. Can…