Anneli Jefferson (Birmingham): “Moral self image and moral decision making”
Our moral decisions and actions are guided by what we take to be morally permissible and impermissible. In this talk I consider another factor which may affect both our judgment of moral permissibility and our moral conduct, our moral self-image. In particular, I ask whether a positive view […]
On 2–3 March this two-day workshop organised jointly with the Department of Philosophy, University College London will bring together philosophers to discuss problems of risk and aggregation in ethical theory.
Hugh Mellor (Cambridge): “Chances and Conditionals”
In a projected book, “Most Counterfactuals Are False”, Alan Hájek infers the truth of its title from the ubiquity of chance. I argue in this talk that he is wrong: the ubiquity of chance does not verify his title: chances do not falsify counterfactuals. Single-case chances are perfectly consistent with determinism, i.e. […]
How should US policy-makers choose a replacement for the Affordable Care Act? Dan Hausman looks at the values and economic complications guiding health care reform.
Mike Otsuka (LSE): “Reciprocity versus Redistribution: The Case of Collective Pensions”
Pensions involve transfers from those who are young, healthy, able-bodied, and productive to those who are elderly, infirm, and out of work. Are these justified as redistributive transfers between distinct individuals – from those who are lucky to others who are unlucky – in order to eliminate […]
Opening in January 2018, the Philosophy Exchange is an innovative new feedback and study space for our undergraduate students.
In the final post in this series, Jonathan Birch considers the development of large-scale human cooperation.
Remco Heesen (Cambridge): “Statistical Biases in Peer Review”
Various biases are known to affect the peer review system, which is used to judge journal articles for their suitability for publication and grant proposals for their suitability for funding. These biases are generally attributed to cognitive biases held by individual peer reviewers. For example, gender bias in peer review […]
We’re pleased to announce that this year’s MSc prizes have been awarded to David Freeborn and Rodrigo Gordillo Cerrutti.
Has the time come for a revival of the “cell state” perspective? In part 4 of this series, Jonathan Birch looks at the evolution of multicellular life.
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