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This post was inspired by a story in the WaPo, the relevant detail of which is that, due to the economic hardship in Greece, some young Greek women are selling sex for the price of a sandwich they cannot otherwise afford to buy. Also, the […] Read More
In keeping with its mission of encouraging and recognizing excellence in philosophy, The Marc Sanders Foundation seeks to highlight the importance of ongoing support for the work of younger scholars. As part of this commitment, the Foundation has dedicated resources to an ongoing essay competition, […] Read More
The Center for Ethics and Public Affairs at the Murphy Institute at Tulane University invites applications for three Visiting Research Professorships/Faculty Fellowships for the 2016-2017 academic year. Deadline for applications is December 1, 2015.
The first of six ESRC-funded workshops exploring issues where the ethics and economics of climate change intersect will be held at Oxford University’s Martin School on 13-14 January 2016. The keynote speakers will be Simon Caney and Partha Dasgupta.
The 10th Annual NUSTEP conference will be held at Northwestern University on May 19–21, 2016 and will feature keynote addresses by Nomy Arpaly and Pamela Hieronymi. Submission Guidelines: We welcome submissions from faculty and graduate students, as some sessions will be reserved for student presentations. Please submit an […] Read More
Call for Abstracts*, Gothenburg Responsibility Project Conference #1, 24-27 August 2016, University of Gothenburg. We are pleased to announce the first of our biennial conferences on agency and responsibility. These conferences will bring together philosophers working on agency and responsibility, including both established figures and those early […] Read More
This is the final reminder about the December 1 submission deadline. We are pleased to announce that the Fourth Annual Workshop for Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy will take place on June 1-3, 2016 at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. There will be nine papers at this year’s conference, […] Read More
The second volume of Law, Ethics and Philosophy is now online. LEAP is a new peer-reviewed, fully open access international journal published by Pompeu Fabra University and dedicated to work in ethics, legal theory, and social and political philosophy. The current volume features articles by […] Read More
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln is hosting a conference on Practical Reason and Metaethics to be held April 22-23, 2016. The invited speakers on the conference program are: Michael Bratman (Stanford) Stephen Darwall (Yale) Sarah McGrath (Princeton) Sigrún Svavarsdóttir […] Read More