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  • A Doutrina do Duplo Efeito na Ética da Guerra de Elizabeth Anscombe

    CEPS Room (ELACH) + Online Rua da Universidade, Braga, Portugal

    BIO Pedro Erik Arruda Carneiro holds a master's degree in Economics and a doctorate in International Relations, both from the University of Brasilia. ABSTRACT Elizabeth Anscombe is part of a quartet of contemporary Oxford philosophers, with Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, Iris Murdoch, and Mary Warnock. She is known for her defence that there are moral absolutes that prevent the killing…

  • Distributive vs. Corrective Climate Justice

    CEPS Room (ELACH) + Online Rua da Universidade, Braga, Portugal

    On 16 April 2025, the CEPS Seminars programme will host Axel Gosseries, Professor of Philosophy at UC Louvain and President of the Institute of Philosophy. The Seminar will be on Distributive vs. Corrective Climate Justice. It will take place at 3pm in person at CEPS's meeting room in the ELACH building. If it is not possible for you to attend…

  • The Concept of Sovereignity as a Neo-Repubican Source of Legitimacy in the European Union

    CEPS Room (ELACH) + Online Rua da Universidade, Braga, Portugal

    Abstract: This article investigates the legitimacy of political authority within the European Union (EU) through the lens of neo-republican theory, emphasizing the principle of non-domination as the normative foundation of democratic sovereignty. It confronts a central question regarding the source of legitimacy, distinguishing legitimacy from justice and arguing that legitimacy arises not from pre-political legal frameworks, but from political processes…

  • The Projection of Personhood on ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (Conversational LLMs)

    CEPS Room (ELACH) + Online Rua da Universidade, Braga, Portugal

    The CEPS Seminars will host a session by Sean Enda Power (University College Cork) on The Projection of Personhood on 'Artificial Intelligence' (Converstional LLMs). It will take a place on the 7th of May at 3pm in CEPS's room in the ELACH building of the Gualtar Campus. You can also access it online at: tinyurl.com/CEPSPower

  • Elections and Representation: Fragile Affinity?

    CEPS Room (ELACH) + Online Rua da Universidade, Braga, Portugal

    Abstract: Throughout history, political thinkers have doubted the alliance between representation and democracy.  Even today, the idea that democracy is going through a crisis is often tied to the belief that a crisis of representation is underway. Protest movements emerging in the past decades have given credence to these doubts, expressing their discontent with the performance of elected representatives and…

  • Between Ontology and Ethics: The Role of Race in Contemporary Medicine

    CEPS Room (ELACH) + Online Rua da Universidade, Braga, Portugal

    Ludovica Lorusso and Fabio Bacchini (University of Sassari, Italy) will develop a critical discussion on the role of race in medicine. Exploring metaphysical debates and practical implications, the talks examine how race—understood as a social construct with real biological effects—can help explain health disparities and whether it should remain part of medical discourse.

  • 15th BRAGA MEETINGS ON ETHICS AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

    University of Minho | Braga Campus Rua da Universidade, Braga, Portugal

    This edition of the Meetings will feature three plenary sessions by Cécile Fabre (University of Oxford), Juliana Bidadanure (New York University), and Shannon Sullivan (UNC Charlotte).