Held in collaboration with Better Angels, this workshop brings together 5-7 self-identified conservative-leaning students and 5-7 self-identified liberal-leaning students for a day of moderated activities and discussions that clarify disagreements, reduce stereotyped thinking, and begin building the relationships needed to find common … Read more
Changing our Food Perspectives: A different view on eating and farming Food production is currently one of the main contributors of carbon emissions in the world, yet simple adjustments can make food a carbon sequestering tool instead of a contributor. Join … Read more
Do you like thinking about Big Ideas (about justice, fate, God, knowledge, morality, mind, causation, space and time)? Join us for an evening reception with short, fifteen minute presentations by Philosophy faculty. Come for the food… stay for the Philosophy! … Read more
Join us in the Caldwell common room for coffee, tea and sweets! All are welcome.
The Nonconservation of causation as a conserved quantity Abstract: This talk lays out a counterintuitive consequence of the causal nexus of Salmon understood in terms of transfer of conserved quantities: even though the causation is comprised of transferred or propagated … Read more
The American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institute released “A Consensus Plan for Reducing Poverty and Restoring the American Dream.” The PPE Program is hosting a one day intensive seminar, with two of the co-authors, Robert Doar (AEI) and Richard Reeves (Brookings), and … Read more
This workshop is an excellent opportunity to develop teaching skills, as well as get familiar with some of the best literature in teaching and learning scholarship.It will be facilitated by the following pedagogically minded philosophers: • Stephen Bloch-Schulman, Elon … Read more
Paula McAvoy, “The ethics of steering classroom discussions” Monday February 25, 5:00-6:30 pm Peabody Hall 104 When teachers open up discussions of moral and political controversy in the classroom, it is common to believe that teachers should not use their … Read more
A Game-Theoretic Analysis and Critique of John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice with Robert Wolff, sponsored by PPE and Parr Center for Ethics.
Ethics Around the Table: Karolyn Tyson (UNC) Trust in Times of Crisis and Change: Black Parents and Trust in Schools in the Aftermath of Desegregation Karolyn Tyson is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of North … Read more
