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
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
"Should States Allow Markets in Citizenship?" Christopher Freiman is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at William & Mary. Professor Freiman's research interests include democratic theory, distributive justice, and applied ethics - to see his complete bio, please visit his website. This … Read more
Difficult Faculty Conversations: Objectivity in the Classroom What is the meaning and value of objectivity in the classroom? Should college instructors aspire to be as neutral as possible in our presentation of course material, or can we permissibly be … Read more
Join us for a Parr Center "Ethics Around the Table" event! Richard (“Pete”) Andrews is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Public Policy, UNC College of Arts and Sciences; also in the Department of City and Regional Planning and in … Read more
Hip Hop and Social Justice Please join the Parr Center for Ethics and the Institute for the Arts and Humanities for a panel on hip hop and social justice, featuring performances as well as discussion from three outstanding local artists. … Read more
Jessica Flanigan is an assistant professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law, at the University of Richmond, where she teaches ethics and critical thinking. For a complete bio, please visit her website. This event is free and … Read more
The Morality of Markets Jonathan Anomaly In this intensive one day seminar we’ll explore the moral ideals underlying socialism and capitalism, and the economic and moral consequences of socialist and market-based systems of political economy. In particular we’ll read Jerry … Read more
Kimberley Brownlee is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. Her recent work has focused on civil disobedience, conscience, conviction, and punishment. Her current work focuses on social rights, freedom of association, and social virtues. She is the author of Conscience and … Read more
