Teams from across the state of North Carolina will travel to UNC - Chapel Hill to compete on January 30, 2016 (rescheduled from 1/23 due to inclement weather), in an annual event hosted by the Parr Center. If you are … Read more
What are trigger warnings, and what are the costs and benefits of integrating them into our teaching? More generally, what should we do when the need to confront uncomfortable ideas in the classroom seems to conflict with the need to … Read more
Matthew Adler will present, “Fairness, Claims and Prioritarianism: Accounting for Responsibility and Desert” Abstract: The literature on “luck egalitarianism” seeks to refine criteria of distributive justice so as to take account of differential individual responsibility and/or desert. Intuitively, as between … Read more
You are cordially invited to the inaugural UNC-Chapel Hill Philosophy Department Tea, to be served between the hours of two and three p.m. on Friday, February the Fifth, just prior to the Colloquium talk to be given the same day. … Read more
Jane Friedman will give a talk, “Inquiry and the Doxastic Attitudes”, as part of our annual Speaker Series, with a reception to follow.
Join us for a Parr Center "Ethics Around the Table" presentation: Slippery Slopes to Sleep Deprivation: Why Good People do Bad Things at Work Mike Christian’s research focuses on understanding how energy, engagement, self-control and other self-regulatory processes affect behavior … Read more
Join us for a screening of "Inside Out", and a philosophical discussion led by Jeff Sebo (Associate Director, Parr Center for Ethics). Dinner will be provided! This event is free and open to all students. Jeff Sebo (PhD 2011, NYU) … Read more
Gina Schouten will present, "Liberalism, Neutrality, and the Gendered Division of Labor". This event is free and open to all. Pizza will be provided. Abstract: Despite women’s increased labor force participation, household divisions of labor remain highly unequal. This persistent … Read more
You are cordially invited to a UNC Philosophy Department Tea, to be served between the hours of two and three p.m. on Friday, March 4, just prior to the speaker series talk to be given the same day. This event … Read more
Elijah Millgram will give a talk as part of our annual Speaker Series. Reception to follow. Who Was the Author of Nietzsche's Zarathustra? Why would Nietzsche have written a text that presents itself as the holy scripture of a nonexistent … Read more
