CEPPA St Andrews
@ceppa.bsky.social
Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs based at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Online at ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/
We are delighted that CEPPA's own Professor Theron Pummer will be giving his Inaugural Professorial Lecture, 'The Rules of Rescue', tomorrow, as part of the Department's Inaugural Lecture Showcase. Join us there! Find all the info here: events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/inaug...
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We are delighted that CEPPA's own Professor Theron Pummer will be giving his Inaugural Professorial Lecture, 'The Rules of Rescue', tomorrow, as part of the Department's Inaugural Lecture Showcase. Join us there! Find all the info here: events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/inaug...
Join us on Thursday for a CEPPA talk by Ami Harbin, who will be speaking to us about 'Co-forming feelings in Therapy'. All info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...
Events for November 2025 – CEPPA
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November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Join us on Thursday for a CEPPA talk by Ami Harbin, who will be speaking to us about 'Co-forming feelings in Therapy'. All info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...
Reposted by CEPPA St Andrews
A review of my book The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Bradley Hillier-Smith: The Ethics of State Responses To Refugees - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice -
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November 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A review of my book The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This Thursday, Kian Mintz-Woo visits us to give our weekly CEPPA talk on ‘What do normative philosophers have to contribute to society?’. All info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...
Events for November 2025 – CEPPA
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November 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This Thursday, Kian Mintz-Woo visits us to give our weekly CEPPA talk on ‘What do normative philosophers have to contribute to society?’. All info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...
Tomorrow, in a special collab with Climate, Ocean, and Atmosphere at St Andrews and the St Andrews Global Research Centre for Changing Climate will be hosting Wim Carton. He'll talk about his latest book: 'Overshoot'.
⏱️15:30-17
📍School V
All info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/climat...
⏱️15:30-17
📍School V
All info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/climat...
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Tomorrow, in a special collab with Climate, Ocean, and Atmosphere at St Andrews and the St Andrews Global Research Centre for Changing Climate will be hosting Wim Carton. He'll talk about his latest book: 'Overshoot'.
⏱️15:30-17
📍School V
All info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/climat...
⏱️15:30-17
📍School V
All info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/climat...
Tomorrow! St Andrews's own Alice Murphy will be giving a CEPPA talk titled: “Invasive” Species and the Aesthetics of Nature. Find all the info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...
Events for October 2025 – CEPPA
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October 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Tomorrow! St Andrews's own Alice Murphy will be giving a CEPPA talk titled: “Invasive” Species and the Aesthetics of Nature. Find all the info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...
Leah Pierson and CEPPA director Joseph Millum's newly published paper argues that clinician researchers can influence the prioritisation and impact of research and ensure its benefits are spread fairly. You can read the full article here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Health professionals should be involved in setting research priorities
Clinician researchers can influence the prioritisation and impact of research and ensure its benefits are spread fairly, write Joseph Millum and Leah Pierson
Health professionals play a critical rol...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Leah Pierson and CEPPA director Joseph Millum's newly published paper argues that clinician researchers can influence the prioritisation and impact of research and ensure its benefits are spread fairly. You can read the full article here: www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Our very own @bradleyhsmith.bsky.social recently published an article in The Independent outlining how homelessness is a moral problem. Read it here: www.independent.co.uk/voices/homel...
Homeless deaths hit a record high last year – and every one of them was preventable
Britain’s housing crisis is not just a policy failure but a moral one, says Bradley Hillier-Smith. When we treat the homeless as ‘nuisances’ and ‘pests’, we deny their humanity – and our own
www.independent.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Our very own @bradleyhsmith.bsky.social recently published an article in The Independent outlining how homelessness is a moral problem. Read it here: www.independent.co.uk/voices/homel...
Check out the review of our own Bradley Hillier-Smith's book in Ethics and International Affairs: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees, by Bradley Hillier-Smith (New York: Routledge, 2025), 286 pp., cloth $170, eBook $48.44. | Ethics & International Affairs | Cambridge Core
The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees, by Bradley Hillier-Smith (New York: Routledge, 2025), 286 pp., cloth 48.44. - Volume 39 Issue 2
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October 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Check out the review of our own Bradley Hillier-Smith's book in Ethics and International Affairs: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reposted by CEPPA St Andrews
This week, St Andrews Philosopher & specialist in medical ethics, Dr Joseph Millum, will give a talk on Ethical Decision-Making for Minors at the University of Louisville School of Medicine Healthcare Ethics Speaker Series
Register for the talk here:
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Register for the talk here:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/44358c...
October 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This week, St Andrews Philosopher & specialist in medical ethics, Dr Joseph Millum, will give a talk on Ethical Decision-Making for Minors at the University of Louisville School of Medicine Healthcare Ethics Speaker Series
Register for the talk here:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/44358c...
Register for the talk here:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/44358c...
Interested in how policy makers, industry experts and local communities grapple with the limits of knowledge and distant future societies? Check out today's event by the Centre for Energy Ethics. Happening at 4pm. All details here: energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/gover...
Governing the Unseen: U.S. Nuclear Waste Futures & the Geocultural License to Operate | Energy Ethics
energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Interested in how policy makers, industry experts and local communities grapple with the limits of knowledge and distant future societies? Check out today's event by the Centre for Energy Ethics. Happening at 4pm. All details here: energyethics.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/gover...
Tomorrow we welcome Michael Otsuka. He'll be giving a CEPPA talk titled 'How Non-existence is worse for us'. All the details and the abstract here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...
Events for October 2025 – CEPPA
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October 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Tomorrow we welcome Michael Otsuka. He'll be giving a CEPPA talk titled 'How Non-existence is worse for us'. All the details and the abstract here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...
Tomorrow, Federico Luzzi from @abdnphilosophy.bsky.social will be giving a CEPPA talk titled 'Against Excellence as the Norm of Ambition'. You can find all the info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...
Events for October 2025 – CEPPA
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October 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Tomorrow, Federico Luzzi from @abdnphilosophy.bsky.social will be giving a CEPPA talk titled 'Against Excellence as the Norm of Ambition'. You can find all the info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...
The National Institutes of Health has two two-year Fellowship Opportunities in the Department of Bioethics. One is for a post-baccalaureate and one for a post-doc. See all info here:
www.cc.nih.gov/bioethics/ed...
www.cc.nih.gov/bioethics/ed...
www.cc.nih.gov
September 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The National Institutes of Health has two two-year Fellowship Opportunities in the Department of Bioethics. One is for a post-baccalaureate and one for a post-doc. See all info here:
www.cc.nih.gov/bioethics/ed...
www.cc.nih.gov/bioethics/ed...
No talk this week. However, tomorrow we are opening this years Philosophy and Film Club. All info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/film-a...
September 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
No talk this week. However, tomorrow we are opening this years Philosophy and Film Club. All info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/film-a...
Welcome back! For our first CEPPA talk of the year, we are welcoming Ben Colburn from the University of Glasgow. His talk is titled 'Moral Blackmail'. You can find the abstract and all info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...
See you on Thursday!
See you on Thursday!
Events for September 2025 – CEPPA
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September 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Welcome back! For our first CEPPA talk of the year, we are welcoming Ben Colburn from the University of Glasgow. His talk is titled 'Moral Blackmail'. You can find the abstract and all info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...
See you on Thursday!
See you on Thursday!
Check out CEPPA Director Mara van der Lugt on the Gray Area Podcast!
You can hear St Andrews Philosopher Mara van der Lugt speak about her recent book Hopeful Pessimism on the Gray Area podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
And the book itself is available here:
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#PhilSky
And the book itself is available here:
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#PhilSky
Hopeful pessimism
Podcast Episode · The Gray Area with Sean Illing · 14/07/2025 · 52m
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September 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Check out CEPPA Director Mara van der Lugt on the Gray Area Podcast!
St Andrews philosopher Ben Sachs-Cobbe's overview and analysis of 'The Ethics of a State Pension' has just been published in Philosophy Compass.
You can read it here:
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
You can read it here:
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Ethics of the State Pension
This article suggests that future ethical analyses of state pensions should focus on either or both of two distinct ideal types of state pension, one of which is intended to serve a sufficientarian p...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Jens Timmermann's new book 'Kant and the Supposed Right to Lie' is out! Congratulations to him. Read it or buy it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...
August 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Jens Timmermann's new book 'Kant and the Supposed Right to Lie' is out! Congratulations to him. Read it or buy it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...
How much do patients need to understand to give valid consent? Not that much, argues Joseph Millum. Congratulations to him for his newly published commentary in the American Journal of Bioethics! Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Understanding and Consent: The Case for Minimalism
Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 25, No. 7, 2025)
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July 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
How much do patients need to understand to give valid consent? Not that much, argues Joseph Millum. Congratulations to him for his newly published commentary in the American Journal of Bioethics! Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New guidance from the World Health Organisation on the ethics of health research priority setting has just been published. St Andrews philosopher Joseph Millum was the lead writer!
www.who.int/publications...
www.who.int/publications...
WHO guidance on the ethics of health research priority setting
This guidance aims to synthesize current good practice for incorporating ethics into health research priority setting. It is relevant to anyone making decisions about what research to support or condu...
www.who.int
June 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
New guidance from the World Health Organisation on the ethics of health research priority setting has just been published. St Andrews philosopher Joseph Millum was the lead writer!
www.who.int/publications...
www.who.int/publications...
Congratulations to Luca Stroppa and Emilia Wilson, who just published an article in 'The Conversation' based on their research on the 'Early Diagnosis: Handling Knowing' project at CEPPA. Read it here: theconversation.com/the-nhs-plan...
The NHS plan to genetically test all newborns sounds smart – until it creates patients who aren’t sick
The promise and peril of sequencing every baby’s genome.
theconversation.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Congratulations to Luca Stroppa and Emilia Wilson, who just published an article in 'The Conversation' based on their research on the 'Early Diagnosis: Handling Knowing' project at CEPPA. Read it here: theconversation.com/the-nhs-plan...
Congratulations to our own Bradley Hillier-Smith, whose new paper 'Rights, Duties, and Inviolability' was just published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy.
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Rights, Duties, and Inviolability
Rights entail corresponding negative duties not to violate those rights. On this, all rights theorists agree. Yet, in our non-ideal world, these negative duties and thereby persons’ rights are pervas....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Congratulations to our own Bradley Hillier-Smith, whose new paper 'Rights, Duties, and Inviolability' was just published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy.
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Health research funding is scarce. How can it be allocated fairly? Join us at noon on June 23 for the launch of WHO’s new Guidance on the Ethics of Health Research Priority Setting, written by CEPPA's own Joseph Millum:
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
#healthresearch #ethics #prioritysetting
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
#healthresearch #ethics #prioritysetting
Launch of WHO guidance on the ethics of health research priority setting
To explore the new guidance and its implications for practice, we invite you to join a virtual panel discussion hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 23 June 2025.
www.who.int
June 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Health research funding is scarce. How can it be allocated fairly? Join us at noon on June 23 for the launch of WHO’s new Guidance on the Ethics of Health Research Priority Setting, written by CEPPA's own Joseph Millum:
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
#healthresearch #ethics #prioritysetting
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
#healthresearch #ethics #prioritysetting
Congratulations to Patrick Winther-Larsen, who just presented at the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions Conference! You can also find him at the Understanding Value XIII Conference (14-16 July) and the 15th Salzburg Conference of Young Analytic Philosophy (3-5 September).
June 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Congratulations to Patrick Winther-Larsen, who just presented at the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions Conference! You can also find him at the Understanding Value XIII Conference (14-16 July) and the 15th Salzburg Conference of Young Analytic Philosophy (3-5 September).