• The Public Interest in Law and Philosophy

    Soongsil University Seoul, Korea, Republic of

    Workshop is organized by Eric Boot (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands), João Cardoso Rosas (CEPS & University of Minho, Portugal) and Daniele Santoro (CEPS & University of Minho, Portugal).

  • Moral Immorality: Consequentialist justifications of wrongdoing

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

    João da Rocha Rodrigues is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society (CEPS), and has a degree in Philosophy from the University of Minho. His current PhD project is funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). It focuses on the problem of acceptable partiality in ethics, as well as the ethical theories that reconcile…

  • “The Pecking Order: Social Hierarchy as a Philosophical Problem” by Niko Kolodny: A Book Symposium with the author

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

    The Pecking Order: Social Hierarchy as a Philosophical Problem (2023) Harvard University Press Niko Kolodny argues that, to a far greater extent than we recognize, our political thinking is driven by a concern to avoid relations of inferiority. In order to make sense of the most familiar ideas in our political thought and discourse—the justification of the state, democracy, and…

  • Funding an Universal Basic Income in the Digital Age: autonomy, circularity and non- domination in digital spaces

    Online

    Digital platforms have become central to contemporary political, economic, and social activities, fundamentally reshaping human communication and interaction (Zuboff, 2019). Activities such as political debate, governmental decision-making, and even warfare now largely depend on the digital world. This shift introduces new norms for human interaction and impacts critical domains like politics, economics, and labor. However, the neutrality often ascribed to…

  • Labour Migration and Fair Reciprocity

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

    On 4 December 2024 at 3pm, the CEPS Seminars will host Eszter Kollar (KU Leuven) and she will present on "Labour Migration and Fair Reciprocity". Eszter Kollar is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Economics at the Center for Political Philosophy and Ethics in Leuven, at the Institute of Philosophy at KU Leuven. Her current research focuses on…