Announcement: Winners of the 2nd Annual Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics.
It is with great pleasure that we can announce the winners of the Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics 2016. The joint winners of the Undergraduate Category are Carolina Flores Henrique, with her essay ‘Should feminists in rich cou…
Read MoreOxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics: “The Justice of Punitive Wars” written by Benjamin Koons
This essay received an Honourable Mention in the graduate category of the Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics. Written by University of Oxford, Oriel College student Benjamin Koons Introduction Contemporary just war theory has largely a…
Read MoreA Second Response to Professor Neil Levy’s Leverhulme Lectures.
Written by Richard Ngo , an undergraduate student in Computer Science and Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Neil Levy’s Leverhulme Lectures start from the admirable position of integrating psychological results and philosophical argum…
Read MoreOxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics: Is Graffiti Ever Morally Permissible? written by Areti Theofilopoulou
This essay received an Honourable Mention in the graduate category of the Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics Written by University of Oxford Dphil candidate Areti Theofilopoulou Introduction On March 4th 2015, the graffiti team “Ico…
Read MoreNaughty words What makes swear words so offensive? It’s not their meaning or even their sound. Is language itself a red herring here?
Dr Rebecca Roache, former Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics staff member, and lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, has recently published an essay on swearing in the online Aeon Magazine. To read the full article and j…
Read MoreOxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics: Should We Take Moral Advice From Our Computers? written by Mahmoud Ghanem
This essay received an Honourable Mention in the undergraduate category of the Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics. Written by University of Oxford student, Mahmoud Ghanem The Case For Computer Assisted Ethics In the interest of rigour,…
Read MoreAnnouncement: 2nd Annual Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics: Finalists and Honourable Mentions
The 2nd Annual Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics was announced on this blog on the 11th November 2015. By the 25th January 2016 a large number of high quality essays had been submitted and the judges had a difficult time narrowing th…
Read MoreResponse to Fergus Peace
Author: Neil Levy, Leverhulme Visiting Professor Podcasts of Prof Levy’s Leverhulme Lectures can be found here: http://media.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/uehiro/HT16_LL_LEVY1.mp3 and http://media.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/uehiro/HT16_LL_LEVY2.mp3 Fe…
Read MoreWhy it matters if people are racist: A Response to Neil Levy’s Leverhulme Lectures
Author: Fergus Peace, BPhil student, University of Oxford Podcasts of Prof. Levy’s Leverhulme lectures are available here: http://media.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/uehiro/HT16_LL_LEVY1.mp3 and http://media.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/uehiro/HT16_LL_L…
Read MoreVideo Series: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong on Moral Artificial Intelligence
Professor Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Duke University and Oxford Martin Visiting Fellow) plans to develop a computer system (and a phone app) that will help us gain knowledge about human moral judgment and that will make moral judgment better…
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