Check out this piece 'Why good evidence still leads to bad decisions' by Joe Millum and our colleagues at the School of Medicine and the Business School. businessschoolnews.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/05/11/w...

Our own Joe Millum just published a new paper, 'The imperative to embed ethics in health research priority-setting', in the WHO Bulletin. You can read it here pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Get ready for the 2026 CEPPA Fest! Happening June 16th and 17th and bringing together old, current, and new members of CEPPA for two days of the most thought-provoking talks. Find all the info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...

In our first post for Dementia Action Week, Danielle Bromwich asks whether people living with dementia can consent to sex. Drawing on her consent research, she argues for a novel view: ethics-untangled.ghost.io

This week we have a new session of the CEPPA film club, this time hosted by our own Ida Mizcke. All details and suggested pre-reads here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/film-a...

CEPPA's one and only Margaret Hampson has just publised her paper 'On Magnificence' in Mind! Read it here: academic.oup.com/mind/advance...

On Magnificence

Abstract. Aristotle’s catalogue of ethical virtues includes the virtue of magnificence (megaloprepeia), the mean between the vices of vulgarity and shabbin

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CEPPA's very own Bradley Hillier-Smith (@bradleyhsmith.bsky.social) was just featured on 'The Dissenter' podcast talking about his latest book 'The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees'. Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwvT...

#1251 Bradley Hillier-Smith: The Ethics of State Responses to Refugees

YouTube video by The Dissenter

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Check out our very own Bradley Hillier-Smith (@bradleyhsmith.bsky.social)'s article in Public Ethics analysing the recent change in UK refugee legislation and talking about our responsibilities towards refugees. Read it here: www.publicethics.org/post/the-eth...

UK Refugee Protection 2026: Does the 30-Month Limit Hold Up?

The UK now grants refugees just 30 months' protection, after which they face deportation review, repeated every 30 months for up to 20 years. The government claims this reflects the true purpose of re...

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This week we will be hosting Tommie Shelby for our annual Knox Lecture. He will be talking to us about Solidarity, Politics and Intellectual Life. All info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/2026-k...

Check out this episode of Ethics Untangled based on the new book by our own Joe Millum!

Ethics Untangled podcast@ethicsuntangled.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In the current episode of Ethics Untangled, guest Danielle Bromwich discusses the ethics of competence to consent. The conversation is based on Danielle's excellent new book, co-written with Joseph Milum of the University of St Andrews. www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

Today the CEPPA film club will be watching Twister and discussing it with our collegue Simon Lee from the @earthscista.bsky.social! Find out all the info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/film-a...

CEPPA's own Enrico Galvagni (@enricogalvagni.bsky.social) has just published a new paper in the Journal of Value Inquiry. It's titled 'Do Humeans Need Phronesis?' Check it out here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Do Humeans Need Phronesis? - The Journal of Value Inquiry

The resurgence of virtue ethics in the last 50 years has often been guided by Aristotelian approaches. Recently, however, several scholars have attempted to develop an ethics of virtue inspired by Hum...

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Join us this Thursday for an online CEPPA talk by Jiewuh Song titled 'The Right to a Healthy Environment and the Case of Climate Change'! You can find all the details here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...

If you thought this sounded cool, register to attend either in-person or online! Schedule here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/... Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/q4DhBX3K30 @standrewsphil.bsky.social

Imagination Day

A one-day workshop on the philosophy of imagination, addressing such questions as: What is the epistemic role of imagination? How does it work in our engagement with fiction and in thought experiments...

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Tomorrow. we are delighted to welcome Kal Kalewold for a CEPPA talk titled 'Going First: Integration with Compensation as a Duty of Justice'. You can find all the details here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...

Our colleagues at Arché are organising a conference on online communication and political epistemology. It's happening in a bit over a month on April 30th. You can read more about it here: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/...

The CEPPA Film Club is back! We are starting a special series highlighting the research being conducted in CEPPA. This time, Ben Sachs-Cobbe will introduce us to his research on the future of work project through the film 'Office Space'. All details here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/film-a...

Tomorrow CEPPA will be hosting an author-meets-critics on Remy Debes recent book 'The Possibility of Respect'. Emma Gordon, Michael Cholbi, and our own Adam Etinson will provide comments and Remy will then respond. Find out all the info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/book-w...

Just out! Our very own Joe Millum has just published The Ethics of Consent: An Introduction together with Danielle Bromwich. A readable and opinionated guide covering medical care, clinical research, consent to sex, consent online, and much more. www.routledge.com/The-Ethics-o...

Next Monday, the St Andrews Centre for Changing Climate will be hosting Prof. Sir Jim Skea, the Chair of the IPCC, in an event featuring our own Derek Ball. Scan the QR below to register your attendance or follow this link: events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/the-i...

Tomorrow! Live from Colorado State University, Katie McShane will deliver an online CEPPA talk titled 'Relational Value: Problems and Prospects'. Find all the information here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...

This week! Two more researchers will be showcasing their work. Omar Ruiz Rivera will talk about 'Moral Skill' and Craig Ferrie about 'Normative (Un)knowability and the Hybrid Theory of Normative Truth'. All the details here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...

This week, two more in-house researchers will give CEPPA talks about their work. Yoshinari Hattori's talk is titled 'Why We Must Believe in Free Will and Moral Responsibility' and Ida Miczske's 'When love met morality' All info here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...

Tomorrow, from the University of Edinburgh, Enrico Galvagni will be giving a CEPPA talk titled 'Hume’s One and Only Definition of Virtue'. Find all the details here: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...

We continue with our CEPPA lectures, highlighting in-house researchers. This Thursday Viviane Fairbank will present on 'The Responsible-Inquiry Model of Journalism' & Jacob Librizzi on 'Why Metanormative Constitutivists Should be Voluntarists About Reasons'. ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...

Postdoc position at McGill! McGill Biomedical Ethics Unit / Studies of Translation, Ethics, and Medicine (STREAM) is inviting applications for postdoctoral research fellows (PDF) with a background in philosophy, decision science or statistics.

This week, we launch a series of CEPPA talks highlighting the research of our PGRs! Miguel de la Cal Moreno will give a talk titled 'Manufactured Disorientation and Climate Change' & and Mario Bison another one titled 'How to think about empathy, and why'. ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/ceppa-...

I had the honour of speaking with the wonderful Cynthia Haven and Michael Kirwan SJ about the work of René Girard on the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Beyond Belief - René Girard: The Catholic thinker influencing Silicon Valley - BBC Sounds

Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.

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Join us in making A Space for Hope, an interactive installation which seeks to create space for climate hope amongst increasing climate anxiety. Hosted at the St Andrews Botanical Gardens. Read more about it and get tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-space-fo...

Film and Philosophy Club is back this Thursday! All info: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/film-a...