Undergraduate Fellowship Interest Meeting
Caldwell 105 240 East Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesCome learn about the Parr Center, our Undergraduate Fellowship, and how to get involved. IP3 pizza provided!
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Parr Center Open House
Caldwell 207 240 East Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesVisit our office to win swag and meet our amazing staff. Insomnia cookies provided!
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Meet the Fellows!
Caldwell 105 240 East Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesWant to know what a typical day in the life of an Undergraduate Fellow looks like? Come get to know some of our returning fellows and ask them questions. Snacks provided!
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Ethics Around the Table: Veljko Dubljević
Toy Lounge 200 South Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesArtificial morality: Could AI replicate the complexity of human moral decision-making? Abstract: The Agent-Deed-Consequence (ADC) model provides a promising descriptive and normative account of moral decision making, while also lending itself well to implementation in AI. The ADC model explains … Read more
Parr | Bioethics Joint Lecture Series: Tom Murray
Murphey 116Good Sport: What just about everyone gets wrong about sport, ethics, and performance-enhancing drugs Abstract: We know that athletes use drugs to enhance their performance. We know that in almost all sports using performance-enhancing drugs is forbidden. Why do athletes … Read more
Ethics Around the Table: Cristina Richie
Toy Lounge 200 South Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesGreen Bioethics: Sustainability in Health Care Abstract: The industrialized world produces an enormous amount of carbon dioxide, which contributes to climate change and climate-change related health hazards. Health care is part of this carbon footprint, yet remains overlooked in discussions … Read more
Ethics Across the Disciplines: Tom Keith
Hyde HallHow Patriarchy in the Form of Bro Culture Harms Women AND Men. Abstract: This talk will explore what Tom means by the expression ‘bro-culture’ and how patriarchy is the overarching social and political structure that guides bro culture. From there, … Read more
Ethics Around the Table: Kim Strom-Gottfried
Toy Lounge 200 South Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesIntegrity Amid Adversity Competitive pressures, unrealistic workloads, efficiency mandates, pressing deadlines, and bureaucratic red tape can all turn well-meaning workplaces into environments where integrity suffers. This session, created in honor of Global Ethics Day and the 2019 theme of Ethics … Read more
Parr Center Presents: Robin Jeshion
Caldwell 105 240 East Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC, United States"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 … Read more
Parr Center Presents: Erin Kelly
Hyde Hall, University Room"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 … Read more