These conditions are clarified and justified with an example. Let us consider the specific duty to call an ambulance in three scenarios: [2] Very wealthy people might potentially feel that paying actors would be worth it. While this is an…
7 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/11/07/the-case-against-democracy (Accessed:22/01/2022); https:// www.ipsos.com/en-uk/perceptions-are-not-reality (Accessed: 22/01/2022) First, ‘The Value of Wisdom’. Generally, it is reasonable to expect that wisdom is positively correlated with a tendency to produce better outcomes. For example, the legally wise lawyer will tend to produce…
written by Neil Levy The unavailability of free range eggs should make you rethink your egg buying, if you’re one of the people who prefer them to barn laid. You’re eating eggs from chickens that can be expected to have…
References [7] Many influential definitions of a state, following Max Weber, are explicitly territorial. An open question Secondly, states may have a duty to contribute to efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, and maintain the habitability of already…
Focusing on standpoint harm reduction requires S to place themselves relative to others and other social groups, and to consider what their positionality means for S’s potential blindspots. Standpoint harm reduction thus centres learning as an ethical horizon, requiring S…
Compensation: finally, we need to clarify who pays when things go wrong, since new technologies not only generate great benefits but also impose significant burdens and harms. Amazon’s Alexa recently told a ten-year-old girl to touch a live plug with…
One glaring exception appears to be the majority of western pharmaceutical companies that continue to supply medicines and equipment. Shutterstock In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and overwhelming destruction of property and loss of innocent lives, a number of…
8 April 2022 h14-16 Greenwhich Mean Time / 16-18 CEST (check your local time here) You can preview the paper here. Videos of prior talks can be found on the Neural Mechanisms YouTube channel. The next Neural Mechanisms Online webinar entitled…
Keynote speaker: Essi Viding (Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London) Registrations now open and the deadline for the early bird rate is 14th April. More info and registration The Philosophy and Psychiatry Summer School returns this year, 14-15 July, at…
In sum, I have argued that we have an unacknowledged reason to go beyond regarding future generations as our equals and instead make sacrifices for their benefit: because this is what they deserve. An objection levied against some ethical theories…
Evidence for psychedelic moral bioenhancement Clearly there is much more research to be done before we can draw any solid conclusions here, but if it turned out that psychedelics were effective and safe moral enhancers, what would follow from that?…
“Given the overwhelming evidence, it seems obvious that we should all be physically active. It’s essential if you want to live a healthy and fulfilling life into old age”. It is perhaps surprising, therefore, how little is done to ensure people take…
Videos of prior talks can be found on the Neural Mechanisms YouTube channel. Embodied simulation and its role in cognition The next Neural Mechanisms Online webinar— “Believing Conspiracy Theories: A Bayesian Approach to Belief Protection”—will be delivered by Nina Poth…
Runner Up: Avital Fried – Statistical Evidence and the Criminal Verdict Asymmetry Honourable Mentions: Lise du Buisson – How should career choice ethics address ignorance-related harms? Undergraduate Category Winner: Lily Moore-Eissenberg – Legal Proof and Structural Injustice: Should jurors be…
