Events
PPE Speaker Series: “Taking Hamlet out of the Play: In Defense of a Substantive Conception of the Rule of Law” with Carmen Pavel
Speaker: Carmen Pavel King’s College London This talk counts as a Campus Life Experience (CLE) event for UNC undergraduates. Pizza will be provided after the talk, so stick around! Abstract: The rule of law has implications for how we evaluate … Read more
Carolina Seminar on Philosophy, Ethics, and Mental Health: “Absurdity and Meaning” with Dr. Kieran Setiya
Carolina Seminar on Philosophy, Ethics, and Mental Health: "Absurdity and Meaning" with Dr. Kieran Setiya, Professor and Section Head of Philosophy at MIT Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 6:00pm Contact daniel_moseley@med.unc.edu for Zoom link It is a cliché … Read more
Philosophy @ the Movies: “Rashomon”
Caldwell 105 ,Join the Philosophy Department for a viewing of Rashomon (1950)! Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and … Read more
Ethics Around the Table: Rosalind Chaplin (UNC, Philosophy)
Anne Queen Lounge, Campus YLunch will be served. More information here.
Philosophy @ the Movies: “Arrival”
Caldwell 105 ,Join the Philosophy Department for a viewing of Arrival (2016)! Linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams) leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global … Read more
Philosophy @ the Movies: I Heart Huckabees
Caldwell 105 ,Join the Philosophy Department for a viewing of I Heart Huckabees (2004)! Environmentalist Albert (Jason Schwartzman) enlists the services of "existential detectives" Bernard (Dustin Hoffman) and Vivian (Lily Tomlin) to solve the meaning of a succession of strange coincidences. The investigators … Read more
Speaker Series: Rima Basu
Caldwell 105 ,Title: Epistemic Ethics: Methods, Motivations, and the Malcontents Abstract: Philippa Foot (1972, 316) once remarked upon “an element of deception in the official line about morality”. An element, she argues, that causes some to turn away from talk about the authority of … Read more
PPE Talk: “Political Philosophy is Not Applied Ethics”
213 Caldwell Hall"Political Philosophy is Not Applied Ethics" Kirun Sankaran So-called "political realists" adopt the slogan "political philosophy is not applied ethics," but it's not always clear why political philosophy is not applied ethics. I propose a novel way of understanding this distinction … Read more