Emma Curran
@emmajcurran.bsky.social
Philosopher at Oxford, by way of Rutgers and Cambridge. Thinking about morality, risk, and sometimes the future. Geordie sans accent.
emmajcurran.co.uk
emmajcurran.co.uk
This is slightly old news, but now that I have access to Bluesky again, I'm going to take the opportunity to flag my most recent publication 'Longtermism and Aggregation' at PPR. I first drafted this paper years ago, so it's great to finally see it out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Longtermism and aggregation
Advocates of longtermism point out that interventions which focus on improving the prospects of people in the very far future will, in expectation, bring about an astronomical amount of good (or agen....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is slightly old news, but now that I have access to Bluesky again, I'm going to take the opportunity to flag my most recent publication 'Longtermism and Aggregation' at PPR. I first drafted this paper years ago, so it's great to finally see it out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I've just managed to guess my bluesky password, having been locked out of my account for about a year! Hello all!
June 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I've just managed to guess my bluesky password, having been locked out of my account for about a year! Hello all!
Just uploaded my thesis onto philpapers. In it, I explore, defend and extend the moral reasons we have to do less than best.
philarchive.org/rec/CURDLT-2
philarchive.org/rec/CURDLT-2
November 19, 2023 at 4:02 PM
Just uploaded my thesis onto philpapers. In it, I explore, defend and extend the moral reasons we have to do less than best.
philarchive.org/rec/CURDLT-2
philarchive.org/rec/CURDLT-2
Any recommendations for work in philosophy of biology, broadly construed?
Generally just looking for interesting work I mightn’t have seen, in any topic. I’m in a place where I just want to do some reading!
#philsky
Generally just looking for interesting work I mightn’t have seen, in any topic. I’m in a place where I just want to do some reading!
#philsky
November 12, 2023 at 8:47 PM
Any recommendations for work in philosophy of biology, broadly construed?
Generally just looking for interesting work I mightn’t have seen, in any topic. I’m in a place where I just want to do some reading!
#philsky
Generally just looking for interesting work I mightn’t have seen, in any topic. I’m in a place where I just want to do some reading!
#philsky
Reposted by Emma Curran
A grad student asked me to clarify my attitudes towards academic Philosophy:
Love the discipline
Wary of the profession
Dislike the business
Love the discipline
Wary of the profession
Dislike the business
October 11, 2023 at 2:06 PM
A grad student asked me to clarify my attitudes towards academic Philosophy:
Love the discipline
Wary of the profession
Dislike the business
Love the discipline
Wary of the profession
Dislike the business
For the first time in a while I am so excited to start a new research project. It feels like the first day of school. How do I begin? Go out and buy new highlighters and pukka pads, like I did when I was 15?
October 12, 2023 at 5:04 PM
For the first time in a while I am so excited to start a new research project. It feels like the first day of school. How do I begin? Go out and buy new highlighters and pukka pads, like I did when I was 15?
Ok, so I’ve been asking the following question to groups of people for a few months now. Surprisingly, I’ve noticed an almost perfect gender split.
“Between which ages is there a greater ‘difference’: 0 and 10, and 10 and 20?”
Any guesses to how the responses are split? And potential explanations?
“Between which ages is there a greater ‘difference’: 0 and 10, and 10 and 20?”
Any guesses to how the responses are split? And potential explanations?
October 7, 2023 at 9:29 AM
Ok, so I’ve been asking the following question to groups of people for a few months now. Surprisingly, I’ve noticed an almost perfect gender split.
“Between which ages is there a greater ‘difference’: 0 and 10, and 10 and 20?”
Any guesses to how the responses are split? And potential explanations?
“Between which ages is there a greater ‘difference’: 0 and 10, and 10 and 20?”
Any guesses to how the responses are split? And potential explanations?
Reposted by Emma Curran
Hume’s missing shade found
October 2, 2023 at 5:10 PM
Hume’s missing shade found
Struggling with this app, maybe because the philosophy community isn’t established here yet.
Can I get recommendations on who I should follow? #philsky #philosophy
Can I get recommendations on who I should follow? #philsky #philosophy
October 5, 2023 at 2:36 PM
Struggling with this app, maybe because the philosophy community isn’t established here yet.
Can I get recommendations on who I should follow? #philsky #philosophy
Can I get recommendations on who I should follow? #philsky #philosophy
Passed my PhD viva without corrections yesterday! Now I’m planning my future work.
It’s a weird feeling putting four years of research to bed.
It’s a weird feeling putting four years of research to bed.
September 30, 2023 at 11:13 AM
Passed my PhD viva without corrections yesterday! Now I’m planning my future work.
It’s a weird feeling putting four years of research to bed.
It’s a weird feeling putting four years of research to bed.
Hey #philsky is there anyone out thereeee?
September 28, 2023 at 6:54 AM
Hey #philsky is there anyone out thereeee?
Hello blue sky, brief introductions: I’m Emma, a philosopher at Cambridge. I principally work in nonconsequentialist ethics, especially as applied to the domains of private philanthropy, healthcare and public policy.
Expect mostly philosophy positing, occasional real life stuff.
Expect mostly philosophy positing, occasional real life stuff.
September 27, 2023 at 11:05 PM
Hello blue sky, brief introductions: I’m Emma, a philosopher at Cambridge. I principally work in nonconsequentialist ethics, especially as applied to the domains of private philanthropy, healthcare and public policy.
Expect mostly philosophy positing, occasional real life stuff.
Expect mostly philosophy positing, occasional real life stuff.