Forgiveness, Trust, and Betrayal While “affective shift” views of forgiveness have tended to characterize forgiveness as overcoming (some degree of) resentment felt in response to a moral violation, some add that, where relevant, the forgiver must also overcome negative emotions … Read more
Join the Balter Undergraduate Fellows for thoughtful discussion. Free food (vegan options included) and CLE credit provided!
The sixth annual Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop will be held in Chapel Hill on March 8-10, 2024. The workshop aims to provide a forum for stimulating and constructive exchange among philosophers currently working on issues concerning normativity, broadly construed to … Read more
The Carolina Seminar on Philosophy, Ethics, and Mental Health is pleased to collaborate with the UNC Center for Bioethics to offer 2 sessions with David Livingstone Smith, philosopher and faculty member from the University of New England. You can learn … Read more
The Carolina Seminar on Philosophy, Ethics, and Mental Health is pleased to collaborate with the UNC Center for Bioethics to offer 2 sessions with David Livingstone Smith, philosopher and faculty member from the University of New England. You can learn … Read more
Abstract: Predictive algorithms are playing an increasingly prominent role in society, being used to predict recidivism, loan repayment, job performance, and so on. With this increasing influence has come an increasing concern with the ways in which they might be … Read more
Abstract: Political theorists frequently compare hypothetical scenarios for the purpose of identifying reasons to prefer one kind of institution to alternatives. We develop some best practices for these types of comparisons. To start, we examine three types of "unfair" comparisons … Read more
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Friday, March 22 3 pm-4:15: Alan Nelson (UNC) "Simple Ideas" 4:15-4:30 break 4:30-5:45 Jean Moritz Müller (UT): “Are Attitudes Intentional Under a Description?” Saturday, March 23 10:00-11:15: Irina Schumski (UT): “Reasons Holism and the Place of Thick Facts in … Read more
