by Roger Crisp On Tuesday 8 March, Professor Robert Audi, John A. O’Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, gave a Public Lecture for the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. The event was held in the Lecture Ro…

This article received an honourable mention in the undergraduate category of the 2022 National Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics Written by Lukas Joosten, University of Oxford While most people accept some duty to assist to the needy,…

This article received an honourable mention in the undergraduate category of the 2022 National Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics Written by Alexander Scoby, University of Cambridge Throughout history, democracy has been accused of pro…

written by Neil Levy There are no more free range eggs in the UK. They’re a victim of the pandemic – not COVID, but avian flu. Avian flu is devastating to the poultry industry, most immediately because outbreaks lead to the culling of all t…

This article was the runner up in the undergraduate category of the 2022 National Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics Written by Leo Rogers, University of Oxford Abstract Who may settle Antarctica? I first argue that there are no signif…

This article received an honourable mention in the graduate category of the 2022 National Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics. Written by Open University student Lise du Buisson Introduction Choosing a career is a decision which governs…

Written by Maximilian Kiener   Amazon’s Alexa recently told a ten-year-old girl to touch a live plug with a penny, encouraging the girl to do what could potentially lead to severe burns or even the loss of an entire limb.[1] Fortunatel…

Written by Alex Polyakov, The University of Melbourne and Julian Savulescu, University of Oxford In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and overwhelming destruction of property and loss of innocent lives, a number of western companies …

The Philosophy and Psychiatry Summer School returns this year, 14-15 July, at St Hilda’s College Oxford.  Registrations now open and the deadline for the early bird rate is 14th April. Keynote speaker: Essi Viding (Division of Psychol…

This essay was the winner in the undergraduate category of the 8th Annual Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics Written by Matthew Price, University of Oxford Student Practical ethicists and policymakers alike must grapple with the proble…