Jon Cameron
EVENT UPDATE: SAP Annual Conference 2020 (Edinburgh) — possible cancellation
As you will be aware, attempts to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak have led to a range of travel restrictions and disruption. The Society for Applied Philosophy annual conference is due to take place in Edinburgh 3–5 July 2020. Obviously, we can’t know yet what restrictions and limitations there will be at that time, both internationally […]
SAP sponsored event: Hate Speech: What It Is and How It Works
Recent surveys suggest that hate speech is on the rise, particularly on the internet and on social media. Hate speech, its potential to harm individuals, and its corrosive effects on democracy and social stability are widely discussed in politics, in the media, and by the broader public. However, a closer look at public debate reveals that […]
SAP Annual Lecture 2019 — Audio recordings available
Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Lecture 2019 The Limits of an Ethics that Can Be Applied — A Response To A Question That Confronted the Author When She Woke Up On November 9, 2016 Professor Sarah Buss (Michigan) King’s College London October 11, 2019 5:00 pm — 6:30 pm Moot Court, Somerset House East Wing Audio: Pre-lecture Interview: Roger […]
SAP sponsored event: Data-sensitive political theory
Workshop overview What role should empirical evidence play in normative theorizing about politics? For example, should theories of distributive justice accommodate public beliefs about what’s fair? Does evidence about what happens in real world deliberations disrupt deliberative democratic theory? Debates about the place of empirical data in political theory have increasingly been at the fore […]