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Featured Posts Use the previous and next buttons to change the displayed slide. Dr. Ahlberg Organizes Ethics Cafés As part of the Intersections group, Dr. Jaime Ahlberg is helping to organize student-centered discussions about divisive public issues, with the aim of encouraging open dialogue.Read more "Dr. Ahlberg Organizes Ethics Cafés" Dr. Purves Awarded NSF Grant to Study Ethics of Predictive Policing Assistant Professor of Philosophy Duncan Purves has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the ethics of using artificial intelligence to assist police officers in anticipating crime before it happens.Read more "Dr. Purves Awarded NSF Grant to Study Ethics of Predictive Policing" New Graduate Concentration in Ethics of Technology The UF Graduate School has recently approved a new graduate concentration, Ethics of Technology, in the Department of Philosophy. It will be available starting in Summer 2020.Read more "New Graduate Concentration in Ethics of Technology"Recent EventsETHICS CAFE on: Wealth InequalityApr 15, 2020 - 7:00 pm-April 15 @ 8:30 pmNOTE: This event was cancelled due to the pandemic. 7:00-8:30 in The Thomas Center (302 NE 6th Ave) Wrestle with hard questions in a friendly, civil setting. No previous training is necessary. Ethics Cafes is organized by UF Intersections on Ethics in the Public Sphere.ETHICS CAFE on: ReparationsApr 7, 2020 - 8:00 am-April 7 @ 5:00 pmNOTE: This event was cancelled due to the pandemic. Wrestle with hard questions in a friendly, civil setting. No previous training is necessary. Ethics Cafes is organized by UF Intersections on Ethics in the Public Sphere.ETHICS CAFE on: Gender ViolenceMar 17, 2020 - 3:00 pm-March 17 @ 4:30 pmWrestle with hard questions in a friendly, civil setting. No previous training is necessary. Ethics Cafes is organized by UF Intersections on Ethics in the Public Sphere. Distributive Justice and Autonomous VehiclesFeb 21, 2020 - 4:00 pm-February 21 @ 5:00 pmDr. Nick Evans (UMass-Lowell) Research into the ethics of autonomous vehicles focuses, almost exclusively, on whether decisions by individual cars conform to, reflect, or promote certain values. Less discussed is whether, or how, autonomous vehicles ought to be developed and deployed from the perspective of distributive justice. Here, I argue that autonomous vehicles—as an object of [ ]ETHICS CAFE on: Free Speech on CampusFeb 4, 2020 - 3:00 pm-February 4 @ 4:30 pmWrestle with hard questions in a friendly, civil setting. No previous training is necessary. Ethics Cafes is organized by UF Intersections on Ethics in the Public Sphere.Avoiding the Regress Problem for Moral Uncertainty PrinciplesNovember 22, 2019Michael Bukoski (FSU) People are often uncertain about what they morally ought to do, sometimes because they are uncertain about relevant moral facts or principles . Moral uncertaintists argue that moral uncertainty of this sort makes a difference to what one morally ought to do; for example, perhaps someone who believes that raising and killing animals for [ ]World Philosophy DayNovember 21, 2019The United Nations celebrates the enduring value of philosophy for the development of human thought. World Philosophy Day 2019 is dedicated to highlighting the importance of philosophy in different regional contexts regional contributions to global debates on contemporary challenges that support social transformations stimulating global collaboration to address major challenges such as migration, [ ]Ethics Poster Fair!November 18, 2019Students participants in UF Intersections on Ethics in the Public Sphere will present posters reflecting their group research and analysis of the ethical dimensions of contemporary public issues. Poster topics will include gender equity, sustainability, food, immigration, race, education reform, and religious pluralism. Come to explore how we can tackle complex issues and learn more about the [ ] A Coming Out of Ourselves : Knowing Our Place in Racial JusticeNovember 14, 2019Dr. Christopher Lebron (Johns Hopkins) Racial injustice has remained a stubborn feature of American society. One reason for its persistence is that everyday Americans fail to understand the problem of racial injustice as a lived experience. In his talk, Dr. Lebron will explore the uses of moral imagination to expand white Americans awareness of racial inequality [ ]ETHICS CAFES: Talk About What s On Your MindNovember 7, 2019Topic: Free College Wrestle with hard questions in a friendly, civil setting. No previous training is necessary. Ethics Cafes is organized by UF Intersections on Ethics in the Public Sphere. Philosophy in the NewsLebron on Racial Diminishment Syndrome Racism is a kind of social disease — call it Racial Diminishment Syndrome. This disease, like the coronavirus, is hard to detect, highly contagious and often deadly. @ New York TimesBored in the House and in the House BoredBoredom hasn't received a lot of philosophical attention — perhaps because it's boring. There's something about it that resists analysis, which isn't surprising, given that boredom suggests a radical absence of anything to talk about. But even the most tedious things can prove on inspection to be complex, multi-layered and... well, interesting. Norwegian philosopher Lars Svendsen explores the intricacies, the joys, and the creative potential of boredom. @ Philosopher's ZoneDancing Through IsolationFrom backyard to TikTok, a philosopher explains why dance can help pandemic-proof your kids. @ The ConversationWhy Biometric Tech Is Still Racially SkewedUsing limited datasets to build facial recognition technologies, with images that don't represent society as a whole, has prompted an ethical debate about their evolution. @ RaconteurGuidelines for Ethical TracingTechnologies to rapidly alert people when they have been in contact with someone carrying the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 are part of a strategy to bring the pandemic under control. Currently, at least 47 contact-tracing apps are available globally. ... How are we to assess whether — and to what extent — a contact-tracing app is ethically justifiable? @ Nature123456...33>>Philosophy TwitterTweets by UFPhilosophy If you encounter any technical issues with this website please contact us at Media Services

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