This is a meeting for current PPE minors as well as any students who would like to find out more about the PPE Program, the PPE minor, and our various extracurricular offerings. It will be a chance to meet some … Read more
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
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
An intensive one day workshop on papers in progress by our PPE Research Assistant Professors: Ryan Doody, "Consider the Ostrich: Non-Utilitarians, Ex Ante Interests, and Burying Your Head in the Sand" Simone Gubler (“Forgiveness, Politics, and the Law: the Case Against … Read more
"I Didn’t Do It: Very Implausible Denials and Social Unreality" Abstract: When I make a very implausible denial, I deny phi-ing, in a context in which (1) before I speak, it is common knowledge that I phi-ed and (2) after I … Read more
"National Partiality, Immigration, and the Problem of Double-Jeopardy" ABSTRACT: A foundational conviction of contemporary liberal thought is that all persons matter equally. However, states frequently pursue policies that are strikingly partial towards compatriots over foreigners. A common strategy for justifying this partiality … Read more
"Infinite Ethics Meets Decision Theory" ABSTRACT: Some classic forms of utilitarianism presume that the goodness of a state of affairs can be determined by adding up numerical representations of the welfare of each of the people. When a population is … Read more
The UNC Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program is delighted to announce a new program of online conversations to take place live, online, on Friday afternoons. Each panel will feature prominent experts in social and political thought grappling with the implications … Read more
C. Thi Nguyen - Games, Public Policy, and the Pandemic Friday, April 3rd, 3PM ET Zoom Link: https://unc.zoom.us/j/943493437 A strikingly large number of Americans are now subject to shelter-in-place orders. Many will turn to games to pass the time with family … Read more
Research, Expertise, and Existential Risk Friday, April 10th, 3PM ET Zoom Link: https://unc.zoom.us/j/943493437 Science, when done properly, moves slowly. Pandemics move much faster. What balance ought researchers strike between the demands of accuracy and urgency in the race to develop a … Read more
