Ethics and Political Philosophy Group Talk (Gustaf Arrhenius, Institute for Future Studies, Stockholm)

The Ethics and Political Philosophy Research Group is pleased to welcome as guest speaker Gustaf Arrhenius, the director of the Institute for Future Studies in Stockholm and a professor of practical philosophy. His research interests focus primarily on moral and political philosophy, with a special interest in issues at the intersection between moral and political philosophy and the medical and social sciences. Dr. Arrhenius, an alumnus of the University of Toronto, is best known for his research on our moral and political obligations to future generations and on issues in democratic theory.

Talk Title

Impossibility Theorems and Moral Justification

Talk Abstract

TBD

About the Ethics and Political Philosophy Group

The Ethics and Political Philosophy Group meets periodically throughout the year to discuss topics in value theory and related fields, including meta-ethics, normative ethics, applied ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of law, moral psychology, practical reason, agency, and identity.