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https://www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/
Read our Practical Ethics blog: https://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/
#ethics
Wishing everyone a joyful celebration, a happy holiday, and a peaceful 2026 - from the staff and students of the Uehiro Oxford Institute. See you next year!
December 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Wishing everyone a joyful celebration, a happy holiday, and a peaceful 2026 - from the staff and students of the Uehiro Oxford Institute. See you next year!
We had a great time discussing the #ethics of gift giving and the value of #hedonism with a brilliant audience for our #bitesize Christmas events this week. If you missed @albertogiubilini2.bsky.social and his wonderful, gift-giving cat Galileo you can catch up on YouTube: youtu.be/6eSRAMbxqJw
Bitesize Ethics 2025 Christmas special: The Ethics of Gift Giving – is it what it used to be?
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December 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We had a great time discussing the #ethics of gift giving and the value of #hedonism with a brilliant audience for our #bitesize Christmas events this week. If you missed @albertogiubilini2.bsky.social and his wonderful, gift-giving cat Galileo you can catch up on YouTube: youtu.be/6eSRAMbxqJw
"We're replacing the hard work of talking through difficult decisions with asking a chatbot. But moral thinking is like a muscle - if we don't use it, we might lose it" says @maryamalikhan.bsky.social. Learn about her work: youtube.com/shorts/JQ7-C...
#WiE More remarkable women, every Thursday.
#WiE More remarkable women, every Thursday.
#WomenInEthics Maryam Ali Khan
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December 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"We're replacing the hard work of talking through difficult decisions with asking a chatbot. But moral thinking is like a muscle - if we don't use it, we might lose it" says @maryamalikhan.bsky.social. Learn about her work: youtube.com/shorts/JQ7-C...
#WiE More remarkable women, every Thursday.
#WiE More remarkable women, every Thursday.
We are delighted to share the news that Profs Katrien Devolder and Dominic Wilkinson are ranked in the top 10 The Conversation posts for 2025 by University of Oxford authors - a great way to end the year and look ahead to 2026!
To read more about their papers: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...
To read more about their papers: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...
Two UOI authors in 'The Conversation' top 10 Oxford articles for 2025
Congratulations to Professors Devolder and Wilkinson for this achievement!
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December 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We are delighted to share the news that Profs Katrien Devolder and Dominic Wilkinson are ranked in the top 10 The Conversation posts for 2025 by University of Oxford authors - a great way to end the year and look ahead to 2026!
To read more about their papers: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...
To read more about their papers: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/the-...
We're looking forward to our second Christmas #Bitesize class tomorrow, on the topic of #Hedonism and the Value of #Pleasure, provided by UOI Director Prof Roger Crisp.
If you'd like to join us there's still time to book a place: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth...
If you'd like to join us there's still time to book a place: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth...
December 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We're looking forward to our second Christmas #Bitesize class tomorrow, on the topic of #Hedonism and the Value of #Pleasure, provided by UOI Director Prof Roger Crisp.
If you'd like to join us there's still time to book a place: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth...
If you'd like to join us there's still time to book a place: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth...
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Our latest blogpost on our recent conference, seen from the perspective of an art historian @torchoxford.bsky.social @uehiro.ox.ac.uk www.torch.ox.ac.uk/article/lite...
Literature, Film, and the Desirability of Life Extension
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December 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Our latest blogpost on our recent conference, seen from the perspective of an art historian @torchoxford.bsky.social @uehiro.ox.ac.uk www.torch.ox.ac.uk/article/lite...
Is idleness ever a virtue? In a world that seems to privilege utility and productivity above all else, Matthew Sweet considers whether we can rethink the importance of doing nothing. BBC Radio 4's late night ideas programme featured the UOI's Katrien Devolder this week:
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Free Thinking - Idleness - BBC Sounds
Is idleness ever a virtue? Matthew Sweet investigates.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Is idleness ever a virtue? In a world that seems to privilege utility and productivity above all else, Matthew Sweet considers whether we can rethink the importance of doing nothing. BBC Radio 4's late night ideas programme featured the UOI's Katrien Devolder this week:
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There's still time to create your videos and take part in our 2026 #PERC video competition!
If questions about our responsibility to others & our planet make you think & you are in Year 11-13 this is the #competition for you.
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/perc
#ethics #philosophy #REchatUK #Alevelphilosophy
If questions about our responsibility to others & our planet make you think & you are in Year 11-13 this is the #competition for you.
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/perc
#ethics #philosophy #REchatUK #Alevelphilosophy
December 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
There's still time to create your videos and take part in our 2026 #PERC video competition!
If questions about our responsibility to others & our planet make you think & you are in Year 11-13 this is the #competition for you.
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/perc
#ethics #philosophy #REchatUK #Alevelphilosophy
If questions about our responsibility to others & our planet make you think & you are in Year 11-13 this is the #competition for you.
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/perc
#ethics #philosophy #REchatUK #Alevelphilosophy
We're delighted to feature the ideas of Prof @bprainsack.bsky.social for this week's #WiE - in which Barbara focusses on her key message of solidarity. 'Solidarity gets us to the places that justice does not reach.'
More remarkable women, every Thursday.
Stay curious.
#PhilosophyMatters #ethics
More remarkable women, every Thursday.
Stay curious.
#PhilosophyMatters #ethics
December 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We're delighted to feature the ideas of Prof @bprainsack.bsky.social for this week's #WiE - in which Barbara focusses on her key message of solidarity. 'Solidarity gets us to the places that justice does not reach.'
More remarkable women, every Thursday.
Stay curious.
#PhilosophyMatters #ethics
More remarkable women, every Thursday.
Stay curious.
#PhilosophyMatters #ethics
Writing for the Institute of Art and Ideas (@iai.tv) ethicist and medical doctor Dominic Wilkinson critiques the fashionable medical treatment “memory reconsolidation” which combines drugs with therapy to numb the emotional threads in painful memories: iai.tv/articles/emo...
#memory #trauma #ethics
#memory #trauma #ethics
Emotion and memory can't be safely separated
<p><em>Continuing <a href="articles/memory-is-not-stored-in-the-brain-auid-3420"><em>the IAI’s current series on memory</em></a>, ethicist and medical doctor <strong>Dominic Wilkinson</strong> critiqu...
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December 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Writing for the Institute of Art and Ideas (@iai.tv) ethicist and medical doctor Dominic Wilkinson critiques the fashionable medical treatment “memory reconsolidation” which combines drugs with therapy to numb the emotional threads in painful memories: iai.tv/articles/emo...
#memory #trauma #ethics
#memory #trauma #ethics
Thanks to the Institute for Ethics in AI for hosting a really interesting AI Ethics Day - bringing together researchers across disciplines to explore ongoing work in Oxford and to develop new collaborations. A great way to explore the future of #AI and #ethics at the University.
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We were honoured to welcome Prof. Kimberley Brownlee to deliver the 2025 Uehiro Lectures, where she examined reproductive rights: men’s reliance on others for reproduction, the risks gestation poses for women, and girls’ distinct rights to be protected from gestational labour. shorturl.at/ysRqD
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We were honoured to welcome Prof. Kimberley Brownlee to deliver the 2025 Uehiro Lectures, where she examined reproductive rights: men’s reliance on others for reproduction, the risks gestation poses for women, and girls’ distinct rights to be protected from gestational labour. shorturl.at/ysRqD
Mehrunisha Suleman (Ethox), UOI's @albertogiubilini2.bsky.social and Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway) present at the Uehiro/Medical Humanities conference last week on #Boredom and #Disaffectedness.
December 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Mehrunisha Suleman (Ethox), UOI's @albertogiubilini2.bsky.social and Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway) present at the Uehiro/Medical Humanities conference last week on #Boredom and #Disaffectedness.
In this article for 'Analysis', Tom Douglas explores whether it is possible to trespass on another’s body without touching them, and perhaps even without physically acting on their body.
Read for free: shorturl.at/OwEQq
Read for free: shorturl.at/OwEQq
December 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In this article for 'Analysis', Tom Douglas explores whether it is possible to trespass on another’s body without touching them, and perhaps even without physically acting on their body.
Read for free: shorturl.at/OwEQq
Read for free: shorturl.at/OwEQq
Wondering what to do with all your free time in the lead up to the holidays? 😆 Why not join us for our festive #Bitesize events - they're free, online & everyone is welcome.
🎁 16th Dec 12:35 - The ethics of gift-giving
🎊 17th Dec 12:35 - Hedonism!
Register: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth...
🎁 16th Dec 12:35 - The ethics of gift-giving
🎊 17th Dec 12:35 - Hedonism!
Register: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth...
December 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Wondering what to do with all your free time in the lead up to the holidays? 😆 Why not join us for our festive #Bitesize events - they're free, online & everyone is welcome.
🎁 16th Dec 12:35 - The ethics of gift-giving
🎊 17th Dec 12:35 - Hedonism!
Register: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth...
🎁 16th Dec 12:35 - The ethics of gift-giving
🎊 17th Dec 12:35 - Hedonism!
Register: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/bitesize-eth...
#WomenInEthics Today we're focusing on the work of the @unibonn.bsky.social's Daniela Langen, an early-career philosopher focussing on emotions and how we respond to them.
More remarkable women, every Thursday.
Stay curious.
#PhilosophyMatters #ethics #WiE
More remarkable women, every Thursday.
Stay curious.
#PhilosophyMatters #ethics #WiE
December 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
#WomenInEthics Today we're focusing on the work of the @unibonn.bsky.social's Daniela Langen, an early-career philosopher focussing on emotions and how we respond to them.
More remarkable women, every Thursday.
Stay curious.
#PhilosophyMatters #ethics #WiE
More remarkable women, every Thursday.
Stay curious.
#PhilosophyMatters #ethics #WiE
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Two @torchoxford.bsky.social Medical Humanities and @uehiro.ox.ac.uk events on humanities approaches to death and dying coming up today (Monday 1 Dec, St Cross College, Oxford) and tomorrow (Tuesday 2 Dec, St Anne's College, Oxford). More information at this link: torch.ox.ac.uk/event/contro...
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Two @torchoxford.bsky.social Medical Humanities and @uehiro.ox.ac.uk events on humanities approaches to death and dying coming up today (Monday 1 Dec, St Cross College, Oxford) and tomorrow (Tuesday 2 Dec, St Anne's College, Oxford). More information at this link: torch.ox.ac.uk/event/contro...
From healthcare to the justice system, children are held to different standards - but why, and when is it justified?
'Consenting Children', co-edited by UOIs Lisa Forsberg, explores the ethical and legal debates around autonomy, responsibility, and children’s best interests.
'Consenting Children', co-edited by UOIs Lisa Forsberg, explores the ethical and legal debates around autonomy, responsibility, and children’s best interests.
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
From healthcare to the justice system, children are held to different standards - but why, and when is it justified?
'Consenting Children', co-edited by UOIs Lisa Forsberg, explores the ethical and legal debates around autonomy, responsibility, and children’s best interests.
'Consenting Children', co-edited by UOIs Lisa Forsberg, explores the ethical and legal debates around autonomy, responsibility, and children’s best interests.
It's Thursday, time for our next #womeninethics reel. Meet Katrien Devolder, Prof of Applied Ethics & Director of Public Philosophy at Oxford. She's into the ethics of #lifeextension #compromise #euthanasia #geneediting & #laziness.
#WIE #ethics
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#WIE #ethics
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November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's Thursday, time for our next #womeninethics reel. Meet Katrien Devolder, Prof of Applied Ethics & Director of Public Philosophy at Oxford. She's into the ethics of #lifeextension #compromise #euthanasia #geneediting & #laziness.
#WIE #ethics
@reubencollege.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social
#WIE #ethics
@reubencollege.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social
The Anti-stigma Principle and Legal Protection from Fattism - the last acceptable prejudice? Join Professor Iyiola Solanke and Dr Francesca Minerva on 28 Nov, 3pm - online participation is now available, details via the booking link: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/event/the-an...
#ethics #event #PELL #fattism
#ethics #event #PELL #fattism
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The Anti-stigma Principle and Legal Protection from Fattism - the last acceptable prejudice? Join Professor Iyiola Solanke and Dr Francesca Minerva on 28 Nov, 3pm - online participation is now available, details via the booking link: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/event/the-an...
#ethics #event #PELL #fattism
#ethics #event #PELL #fattism
We're celebrating #WorldPhilosophyDay by launching #womeninethics, a collab with the Dept of Social Ethics, Uni of Bonn. Each week we'll share brilliant women in ethics, past & present, whose ideas deserve to be seen.
Here's Philippa Foot: youtube.com/shorts/6PQY3...
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Here's Philippa Foot: youtube.com/shorts/6PQY3...
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#WomenInEthics Philippa Foot
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November 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
We're celebrating #WorldPhilosophyDay by launching #womeninethics, a collab with the Dept of Social Ethics, Uni of Bonn. Each week we'll share brilliant women in ethics, past & present, whose ideas deserve to be seen.
Here's Philippa Foot: youtube.com/shorts/6PQY3...
@torchoxford.bsky.social
Here's Philippa Foot: youtube.com/shorts/6PQY3...
@torchoxford.bsky.social
As our technologies rapidly evolve - from germline editing to BCIs and life-extension - they’re reshaping how we understand humanity itself. Come join our reading group that bridges the Humanities and the Sciences to explore the question: what does it mean to be human?
Sandwiches + drinks provided.
Sandwiches + drinks provided.
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
As our technologies rapidly evolve - from germline editing to BCIs and life-extension - they’re reshaping how we understand humanity itself. Come join our reading group that bridges the Humanities and the Sciences to explore the question: what does it mean to be human?
Sandwiches + drinks provided.
Sandwiches + drinks provided.
As debates on assisted dying continue, new conversations are emerging around radical life extension — from epigenetic tweaks to digital afterlives.
Join us for a thought-provoking panel exploring what these ideas mean for human identity, suffering, aging, and mortality.
Join us for a thought-provoking panel exploring what these ideas mean for human identity, suffering, aging, and mortality.
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
As debates on assisted dying continue, new conversations are emerging around radical life extension — from epigenetic tweaks to digital afterlives.
Join us for a thought-provoking panel exploring what these ideas mean for human identity, suffering, aging, and mortality.
Join us for a thought-provoking panel exploring what these ideas mean for human identity, suffering, aging, and mortality.
Prof Kimberley Brownlee's second Uehiro Lecture takes place at 4:30pm today on the topic of Reproductive Rights: Societal and Specific Dependency, in the HB Allen Centre.
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/2025-lecture...
#PhilosophyMatters #ReproductiveRights
@torchoxford.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social
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#PhilosophyMatters #ReproductiveRights
@torchoxford.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Prof Kimberley Brownlee's second Uehiro Lecture takes place at 4:30pm today on the topic of Reproductive Rights: Societal and Specific Dependency, in the HB Allen Centre.
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/2025-lecture...
#PhilosophyMatters #ReproductiveRights
@torchoxford.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/2025-lecture...
#PhilosophyMatters #ReproductiveRights
@torchoxford.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social
Join us for this term’s Practical Ethics and Law Lecture on Friday, 28 November at the Uehiro Oxford Institute.
💡Professor Iyiola Solanke will argue that an anti-stigma principle should guide the development of anti-weight discrimination law.
🎟️ Free to attend: shorturl.at/xH3Oo
💡Professor Iyiola Solanke will argue that an anti-stigma principle should guide the development of anti-weight discrimination law.
🎟️ Free to attend: shorturl.at/xH3Oo
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Join us for this term’s Practical Ethics and Law Lecture on Friday, 28 November at the Uehiro Oxford Institute.
💡Professor Iyiola Solanke will argue that an anti-stigma principle should guide the development of anti-weight discrimination law.
🎟️ Free to attend: shorturl.at/xH3Oo
💡Professor Iyiola Solanke will argue that an anti-stigma principle should guide the development of anti-weight discrimination law.
🎟️ Free to attend: shorturl.at/xH3Oo