The Centre for Ethics and Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉ) meet in Montreal this year (April 20 and 21).

Program

Prof. Dr. Jörn Lamla, Fachgebiet Soziologische Theorie, Universität Kassel
March-August 2015

David Horst, The Martin Buber Society of Fellows, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Areas of Specialization: Philosophy of Mind and Action, Metaethics (esp. theories of normativity and moral psychology). March-April 2015

Chris Tenove, SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Ethics and Munk School of Global Affairs
University of Toronto

William Smith, Department of Government and Public Administration
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Research interest in the area of contemporary political philosophy, with a particular focus on issues related to democratic theory and the ethics of political protest.
April 19-24, 2015

Sat, Mar 7, 2015
Events on Campus
Graduate Associates – Annual Conference

Keynote speaker:
Professor Saba Mahmood, University of Berkeley
Minority Rights and Religious Freedom: Itineraries of Conversion?

6:15 pm – Koffler House, 569 Spadina Avenue

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09:30 AM – 05:00 PM
Room 200, Larkin Building
15 Devonshire Place

What kind of a thing is Land? Hannah Arendt’s Object Relations

4-6 pm
15 Devonshire Place

Ethics at Noon with François Tanguay-Renaud

To Fill or Not to Fill Individual Responsibility Gaps?

Thursday, February 5, 2015
12 noon – 2:00 p.m.

Room 200, Larkin Building
15 Devonshire Place

Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto, and the Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies

Why Law Matters
Alon Harel
Mizock Professor of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Friday 7 November 2014
10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Room 200, Larkin Building
15 Devonshire Place

Equality in Land Use Law

Wednesday, October 29, 2014
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Room 200, Larkin Building
15 Devonshire Place

Paper is available upon request:
ethics@utoronto.ca

Ethics at Noon with Julian Culp

Global Justice and Publicity

Julian Culp is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Ethics. He received his PhD in Philosophy and Economics from Goethe University Frankfurt. His research focuses on issue of global justice and development.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014
12:00 PM – 02:00 PM

Centre for Ethics
Room 200, Larkin Building
15 Devonshire Place

In Dubious Battle: Uncertainty and the Ethics of Killing

Thursday, October 9, 2014
3:15 – 4:00 pm

Room 200, Larkin Building
15 Devonshire Place

Abstract: Moral decision-making is always marred by uncertainty; in the ethics of killing, that uncertainty is especially acute and pervasive. The stakes couldn’t be higher, and yet it is often difficult, even impossible to know whether the conditions for killing to be objectively permissible are satisfied. Any successful theory of the ethics of killing should offer an account of when killing is subjectively permissible. And yet few do. In this paper, I consider two possibilities: one that focuses on thresholds, and one that fits the ethics of killing into a broader decision-theoretic framework.
I show the flaws of the first approach, and endorse the second, before exploring some of its implications and answering some objections.

Ethics at Noon with Blain Neufeld

Freedom, Money, and Justice as Fairness

Blain Neufeld is a philosopher and a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Ethics. His research interests include liberal political philosophy, theories of justice, citizenship and public reason.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014
12:00 PM – 02:00 PM

Room 200, Larkin Building
15 Devonshire Place

What can the history of morality tell us about the nature of morality?

Kenan Malik
Writer, lecturer and broadcaster

Mon, Sep 15, 2014
04:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Room 200, Larkin Building, 15 Devonshire Place

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Please join us Friday September 12 at 4 pm to mark the beginning of a new year at the Centre for Ethics and to honour Joe Heath who has been an outstanding leader for the past three years. We owe him an enormous debt of gratitude for his hard work, brilliant innovations and dedication to the Centre. Come hear about everything he has accomplished! We will also use this opportunity to introduce to you the new fellows who will be in residence at the Centre this year. These include visiting faculty, Postdoctoral and Undergraduate fellows as well as graduate associates.

The following Monday (September 15, 4-6 pm) we will kick off our seminar series with a talk by Kenan Malik entitled “What does the History of Morality tell us about the Nature of Morality.” Check out his new book, blog and latest NYT op-ed: http://www.kenanmalik.com/

I am very excited about the coming year. We have a wonderful line up of speakers, a number of public issues forums planned, several collaborative projects and a growing profile in the undergraduate curriculum. I am thrilled at the opportunity to put my energies to work on behalf of the Centre and look forward to seeing you all on September 12!

Simone Chambers
Director, Centre for Ethics