SAP session at the APA Eastern 2017

SAP session at the American Philosophical Association Eastern 113 Annual Meeting 2017 Thursday 9am-12pm G5E Society for Applied Philosophy Topic: The Human Right to Health Chair: Gopal Sreenivasan (Duke University) Speakers: S. Matthew Liao (New York University) Human Rights and Public Health Nir Eyal (Harvard University) The Human Right to...

Animals and Death

Organised by the Animals and Philosophy Exploration Collective ANIMALS AND DEATH We are happy to announce 'Animals and Death', organised by the Animals and Philosophy Exploration Collective at the University of Leeds. Animals and Death is a one day philosophy conference on the topic of the moral problems surrounding animals...

Bias in Context: Psychological and Structural Explanations

What is the relationship between psychological and structural explanations of persistent social injustice? Much empirical and philosophical work focuses on individualistic psychological explanations for ongoing injustice. Such explanations appeal to phenomena such as prejudice, implicit bias, stereotyping, and stereotype threat, in order to understand persisting inequities in a broad range...