The second annual conference of the Centre for the Study of Global Ethics in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham welcomes submissions on any topic related to global ethics, but will prioritize work focusing on the 2016 theme of agency, power, and policy. Specifically, we are interested...
Justice and Risk Workshop
The workshop aims to address these and related questions in the political philosophy of risk, and will be organised around a series of panels on topics including criminal justice, war, ageing, and distributive justice. Nuffield College Oxford, 14-15 July 2016 Risk is both a pervasive feature of political life and a...
The New Philanthropy: Effective Altruism and Beyond
Over the past several years there has been a groundswell of support for the philanthropic movement known as “effective altruism,” originally inspired by the work of philosopher Peter Singer. Organizations grounded in this approach to alleviating poverty have proliferated – among them GiveWell, Giving What We Can, 80,000 Hours and...