Area of Specialisation > Ethics

News

GPI

Global Priorities Institute opens at Oxford
No.1 for Ethics

Oxford tops world rankings for Ethics

Academics

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Adam Bales

Assistant Director and Senior Research Fellow (Philosophy), Global Priorities Institute
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Sebastien Bishop

Departmental Lecturer in Feminist Philosophy
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Lucius Caviola

Senior Research Fellow (Psychology)
Global Priorities Institute
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Eric Chen

Predoctoral Research Fellow, Global Priorities Institute
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Roger Crisp

Professor of Moral Philosophy
Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, St Anne's College
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Alison Denham

Emeritus Fellow, St Anne's
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Linda Eggert

Early Career Fellow in Philosophy, Institute for Ethics in AI
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Christopher Frugé

Junior Research Fellow
St John’s College
Hilary Greaves

Hilary Greaves

Professor of Philosophy
Supernumerary Fellow
Edward Harcourt

Edward Harcourt

Professor of Philosophy
Fellow by Special Election, Keble College
Alison Hills

Alison Hills

Professor of Philosophy
Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, St John's College
thomas houlden

Thomas Houlden

Predoctoral Research Fellow, Global Priorities Institute
Terry Irwin

Terence Irwin

Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy and Emeritus Fellow, Keble
Guy Kahane

Guy Kahane

Professor of Moral Philosophy and Tutorial Fellow
james kirkpatrick

James Kirkpatrick

Departmental Lecturer in Philosophy of Language
james laing

James Laing

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
William MacAskill

William MacAskill

Associate Professor
Global Priorities Institute
jeff mcmahan

Jeff McMahan

Emeritus Sekyra and White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy
andreas mogensen

Andreas Mogensen

Assistant Director and Senior Research Fellow (Philosophy), Global Priorities Institute
Adrian Moore

Adrian Moore FBA

Professor of Philosophy
Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, St Hugh's College
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Alexander Prescott-Couch

Associate Professor
Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Lincoln College
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Jules Salomone-Sehr

Career Development Fellow, The Queen's College
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Dominic Scott

Professor of Philosophy
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Thomas Sinclair

Associate Professor
Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Wadham College
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Roger Teichmann

Stipendiary Lecturer in Philosophy
St Hilda's College
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Teruji Thomas

Senior Research Fellow
Global Priorities Institute
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Elliott Thornley

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Priorities Institute
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Carissa Véliz

Associate Professor
Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy, Hertford College
zoe walker

Zoe Walker

Career Development Fellow in Philosophy
Trinity College
hayden wilkinson

Hayden Wilkinson

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Priorities Institute

Graduate students

Alice Evatt

PRS Student
Balliol College

Events

25 May
Christ Church

Cultivating Virtue in the University

Blue Boar Lecture Theatre, Christ Church, Oxford

Seminars

9 May
Applied Ethics

Applied Ethics Discussion Group (Thursday - Week 2, TT19)

Graduate Seminar and Discussion
(Lecture Room)
23 May
Applied Ethics

Applied Ethics Discussion Group (Thursday - Week 4, TT19)

Graduate Seminar and Discussion
(Lecture Room)
6 Jun
Applied Ethics

Applied Ethics Discussion Group (Thursday - Week 6, TT19)

Graduate Seminar and Discussion
(Lecture Room)
20 Jun
Applied Ethics

Applied Ethics Discussion Group (Thursday - Week 8, TT19)

Graduate Seminar and Discussion
(Lecture Room)
6 May
climate ethics

Climate Ethics Seminar (Wednesday - Week 2, TT20)

Simon Caney | Democracy and climate change - POSTPONED till week 9
20 May
climate ethics

Climate Ethics Seminar (Wednesday - Week 4, TT20)

John Broome | Self-interest against climate change
3 Jun
climate ethics

Climate Ethics Seminar (Wednesday - Week 6, TT20)

Megan Blomfield | Responsibility for climate change in an unjust world (provisional)
17 Jun
climate ethics

Climate Ethics Seminar (Wednesday - Week 8, TT20)

Henry Shue | Second Chances in Climate Change? Carbon Dioxide Removal and Intergenerational Risk Transfer
17 Mar
GBI

Global Priorities Lecture

Venue TBC
26 Jan
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Global Priorities Seminar (Week 2, HT18)

Littlegate House, St Ebbes St.
2 Feb
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Global Priorities Seminar (Week 3, HT18)

Petrov Room, Suite 5, First Floor, Littlegate House, St Ebbes St.
9 Feb
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Global Priorities Seminar (Week 4, HT18)

Littlegate House, St Ebbes St.
16 Feb
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Global Priorities Seminar (Week 5, HT18)

Littlegate House, St Ebbes St.
23 Feb
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Global Priorities Seminar (Week 6, HT18)

St Catherine’s College: Private Dining Room
21 Feb
GBI

Global Priorities Seminar (Week 6a, HT18)

Littlegate House, St Ebbes St.: Petrov Room
22 Feb
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Inaugural Atkinson Memorial Lecture 2018

Social Sciences Building: Manor Road Lecture Theatre
14 Jan
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 1, HT19)

Luke Elson | Reading | 'Nihilistic Despair'
(Lecture Room)
29 Apr
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 1, TT19)

Neil Sinhababu | National University of Singapore | 'The Reliable Route from Is to Ought'
(Lecture Room)
21 Jan
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 2, HT19)

Gerald Lang | Leeds | 'What's Wrong with Hypocrisy'
(Lecture Room)
6 May
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 2, TT19)

Carla Bagnoli | University of Modena | 'Sidgwick and Kant on Practical Knowledge'
(Lecture Room)
28 Jan
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 3, HT19)

Martin Sticker | Bristol | 'The Normativity of Obligatory End'
(Lecture Room)
13 May
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 3, TT19)

Andrew Sepielli | University of Toronto | 'On the Superficiality of Normative Ethics'
(Lecture Room)
4 Feb
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 4, HT19)

Philipp Gisbertz | Göttingen | 'Human Dignity as a Moral Concept'
(Lecture Room)
20 May
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 4, TT19)

Jon Garthoff | Tennessee | 'Decomposing Humanity'
(Lecture Room)
11 Feb
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 5, HT19)

Jeremy Fix | Oxford | 'The Instrumental Rule' 
(Lecture Room)
27 May
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 5, TT19)

Nic Southwood | Australian National | 'Feasibility as deliberative jurisdiction'​​​​​​​
(Lecture Room)
18 Feb
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 6, HT19)

Robert Simpson | UCL | 'What is Legitimation?'
(Lecture Room)
3 Jun
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 6, TT19)

Rachel Fraser | Exeter College | 'Aesthetic Injustice'
(Lecture Room)
25 Feb
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 7, HT19)

Lucy Campbell | Warwick | 'Anscombe on Practical Knowledge and Practical Truth'
(Lecture Room)
10 Jun
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 7, TT19)

David Faraci | Durham | 'On Accomplishment'
(Lecture Room)
4 Mar
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 8, HT19)

Paulina Sliwa | Cambridge | 'Hermeneutical Advice'
(Lecture Room)
17 Jun
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 8, TT19)

Elizabeth Cripps | Edinburgh | 'Individual Climate Justice Duties: The cooperative promotional model & its challenges'
(Lecture Room)
24 Jun
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Monday - Week 9, TT19)

Richard Rowland | ACU | 'Genuine Normativity​​​​​​​'
(Lecture Room)
29 Jan
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Week 3, HT18)

Lecture Room, Radcliffe Humanities
5 Feb
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Week 4, HT18)

Lecture Room Radcliffe Humanities
12 Feb
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Week 5, HT18)

Lecture Room Radcliffe Humanities
19 Feb
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar (Week 6, HT18)

Lecture Room, Radcliffe Humanities
9 Oct
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar Week 1 MT17

Lecture Room Radcliffe Humanities
24 Apr
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar Week 1 TT17

Lecture Room, Radcliffe Humanities
23 Jan

Moral Philosophy Seminar Week 2 HT17

Lecture Room, Radcliffe Humanities
22 Jan
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar Week 2 HT18

Lecture Room Radcliffe Humanities
16 Oct
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar Week 2 MT17

Lecture Room Radcliffe Humanities
1 May
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar Week 2 TT17

Lecture Room, Radcliffe Humanities
23 Oct
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar Week 3 MT17

Lecture Room Radcliffe Humanities
8 May
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar Week 3 TT17

Lecture Room, Radcliffe Humanities
30 Oct
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar Week 4 MT17

Lecture Room Radcliffe Humanities
15 May
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar Week 4 TT17

Lecture Room, Radcliffe Humanities
22 May
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar Week 5 TT17

Oxford Martin School, The Old Indian Institute
13 Nov
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar Week 6 MT17

Lecture Room Radcliffe Humanities
29 May
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar Week 6 TT17

Lecture Room, Radcliffe Humanities
20 Nov
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar Week 7 MT17

Lecture Room Radcliffe Humanities
5 Jun
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar Week 7 TT17

The MBI Al Jaber Building, Corpus Christi College
27 Nov
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar Week 8 MT17

Lecture Room Radcliffe Humanities
12 Jun
Moral Philosophy

Moral Philosophy Seminar Week 8 TT17

Lecture Room Radcliffe Humanities
7 Mar
Moral Philosophy Seminar

Special Session: Moral Philosophy Seminar (Thursday - Week 8, HT19)

Robert Audi | Notre Dame | 'Prospects for a Value-Based Deontology'
Ryle Room

Talks

8 Feb
applied ethics reading group

Applied Ethics Graduate Discussion Group (Week 4, HT18)

Lecture Room, Radcliffe Humanities
22 Feb
applied ethics reading group

Applied Ethics Graduate Discussion Group (Week 6, HT18)

Lecture Room, Radcliffe Humanities
8 Mar
applied ethics reading group

Applied Ethics Graduate Discussion Group (Week 8, HT18)

Lecture Room, Radcliffe Humanities
25 Jan
applied ethics reading group

Applied Ethics Graduate Discussion Group Week 2 HT18

Lecture Room, Radcliffe Humanities
17 Oct
applied ethics reading group

Applied Ethics Graduate Discussion Group Week 2 MT17

Lecture Room, Radcliffe Humanities
28 Nov
applied ethics reading group

Applied Ethics Graduate Discussion Group Week 8 MT17

Lecture Room, Radcliffe Humanities
17 Oct
epistemology reading group

Epistemology Reading Group Week 2 MT17

Andrew Pitt Room, Pembroke College

Publications

ethics conflict and medical treatment for children wilkinson savelescu elsevier

Ethics, Conflict and Medical Treatment for Children

Dominic Wilkinson and Julian Savulescu
moral evil in practical ethics roger crisp routledge

Moral Evil in Practical Ethics

Edited by Shlomit Harrosh and Roger Crisp