"What's Wrong with Slurs?"   Robin Jeshion is a professor at the University of Southern California who does research in philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and lately, on social philosophy.  She has been the recipient of a Burkhardt Fellowship … Continued

"The Failure of Retributive Justice" The belief that people convicted of crimes deserve punishment is commonplace. Yet the punitive conception of individual responsibility commonly associated with retributive justice exaggerates the moral meaning of criminal guilt, normalizes excessive punishment, and distracts … Continued

"A Plea for Translational Ethics" Philosophical ethics, like philosophy as a whole, is sometimes caricatured as an overly abstract and theoretical enterprise. In fact it has always cared about “the real world”; but its modes and methodologies of engaging with … Continued

Christine Tappolet, “Affective Knowledge in Ethics and the Plasticity of Emotions” Gopal Sreenivasan, “Plasticity and Perfection: Emotions and the Moral Life”

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19   "When the Vain Couldn't Care Less" Vain people unjustifiably expect to be highly regarded by others. This is annoying, but is it ever a serious moral problem? I think it depends … Continued

THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED   NHSEB Update on COVID-19

Presented by the Parr Center for Ethics and the UNC Office of Ethics and Policy   Join us for an Ethics Bowl-style roundtable discussion on race and the COVID-19 pandemic. Two Ethics Bowl teams, made up of Parr Center Undergraduate … Continued