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Interdisciplinary institute at #UofT advancing research, teaching, & public discourse on ethics

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Join us this Friday, July 25, 1-3PM for a talk by Reza Mosayebi: Gradated Racism: Moving between ‘Ends in Themselves’ and ‘Mere Means.’ We hope to see you there!

More info: sites.google.com/view/uoftc4e...

22.07.2025 18:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opportunities Every year, the Centre for Ethics hosts a group of fellows who play a key role in the Centre’s intellectual life by conducting ethics-related research in the Centre’s interdisciplinary setting, and co...

‼️Now Accepting Applications‼️
The Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto is accepting applications for the following opportunities: Doctoral and Undergraduate Fellowships; Algorithm Bias Project Internships.

Apply here: sites.google.com/view/uoftc4e...

18.07.2025 19:19 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

UPDATE: This event has been rescheduled to May 20. We hope you will join us then!

10.05.2025 14:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

UPDATE: This event has been postponed. New details to come - stay tuned!

26.04.2025 22:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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🐣 Happy Easter! Join us Tuesday, Apr 29, 4-6PM for a thought-provoking talk by Marcia Baron: A Subjective Standard of Reasonableness for Self-Defense? This event will be in-person - see you then!

20.04.2025 21:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Join us on April 7, 9AM–5:30PM at the Undergraduate Conference held at the Centre for Ethics (Larkin 200) for a jam-packed day of ethical talks by undergrad fellows + a keynote speaker Alice MacLachlan from York U! Click here for more info: ethics.utoronto.ca/events/under...

31.03.2025 13:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‼️Now Accepting Applications‼️
The Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Algorithm Bias for the 2025–2026 academic year.
📅 Deadline: April 30, 2025
🔗 Apply here: ethics.utoronto.ca/postdoctoral...

30.03.2025 16:55 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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When are we complicit in the wrongful actions of others? From climate change to war, explore ethical topics at the Moral Complicity: Theory and Context Conference on May 9–10, 2025 at the Centre for Ethics! More details here: sites.google.com/view/moral-c...

30.03.2025 16:43 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🌍 What is the Catastrophic Sublime, and how can we think with and beyond Kant in the Anthropocene? 💭 Join us on Monday, March 31, from 4-6 PM for a talk with Nikolas Kompridis at the Centre for Ethics. See you there!

21.03.2025 01:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Charting Ethical Paths on a Divided Campus! 📢 Join us on Fri, Apr 11, 5-7PM for a discussion on the ethical challenges universities face in times of division—protests, administrative duties, and neutrality in public pronouncements. Register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1276734149....

16.03.2025 23:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How do elementary language arts teachers in Ontario navigate ethical dilemmas, discussions, and decision-making? Join us for Ethics@Noon-ish with Tina Ta on Wednesday, March 26 at 12pm at the Centre for Ethics. See you there!

15.03.2025 00:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🧳 What are the demands of immigrant integration, and how is self-respect impacted? Join us next Monday, March 17, from 4-5 PM for a talk with Ashwini Vasanthakumar at the Centre for Ethics. See you there!

11.03.2025 18:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Join us for this exciting event tomorrow!

10.03.2025 18:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Please sign up on Eventbrite (QR code on the poster) to join us!

10.03.2025 18:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🔹 How can the Two Row Wampum guide us today in building peace and mutual respect? Join us this Friday, March 14, 5-7PM, for Towards a Decolonial Phenomenology of the Lifeworld, a talk by Lisa Guenther.

📍 In-person only | Part of the Race, Ethics, & Power Project

09.03.2025 20:38 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🌟 Exempt or excused? How should we rethink mental disorder in the responsibility context?

Join us this coming Wednesday, March 12, at 12 PM for Ethics@Noon-ish with Emily Baron at the Centre for Ethics! See you then!

09.03.2025 01:26 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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✨ Does liberalism have room for perfectionist values? Join us next Friday, March 7 from 4-6pm for Louis-Philippe Hodgson's talk on "Contractualism and Anti-Perfectionism". See you then!

27.02.2025 04:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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‼️Now Accepting Applications‼️

The Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto is accepting applications for one Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2025-2026 academic year.

📅 Application Deadline: April 30, 2025
🔗 More Info & How to Apply: ethics.utoronto.ca/contact/post-doctoral-fellowships/

22.02.2025 22:04 — 👍 13    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 1
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🌟 How does imagination bridge the gap between perception and action? Join us next Wednesday, Feb 26, 12-2PM for a Distinguished Guest Lecture with Kyla Ebels-Duggan in the Ethics@Noon-ish series: "Between Perception and Action": Iris Murdoch on Imagination. See you then!

22.02.2025 00:49 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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📖 Agnes Callard & Paul Bloom in conversation! Join us on Tuesday, Mar 11, 5-7PM for a thought-provoking discussion on Callard’s new book, Open Socrates. This event is in-person, sign up for your ticket via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ca/e/agnes-call...

20.02.2025 02:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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🔎 Can we move from domination to emancipation? This Wednesday, Feb 12, 12-2PM, Zach Hollander explores insights from Marcuse, King, Jr., and Davis at Ethics@Noon-ish. Join in person at the Centre for Ethics or online: www.youtube.com/live/CK_D6nr...

10.02.2025 16:46 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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🧐 What does it mean to be faceless in ethics and politics? This Friday, Feb 7, 4-6 PM, Zahi Zalloua presents "Fanon contra Levinas: On Palestine and the Politics of the Faceless". Attend in-person or online: www.youtube.com/live/1UBF4Hg.... See you then!

03.02.2025 17:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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💸 TOMORROW at Ethics@Noon-ish! 🕛 Wed, Jan 29, 12-2PM, join Stefan Macleod for "Cash Crisis: Between Market Fundamentals and Political Judgment." Explore the tensions in modern monetary policy and its political implications. See you then!

28.01.2025 17:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🐾 How bad is death for non-human animals? David Benatar challenges common views in "The Badness of Death for Animals." 🕓 Join us in person at the Centre for Ethics on Mon, Jan 27, 4-6 PM for this thought-provoking talk. Don’t miss it!

26.01.2025 02:31 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🧠 This Saturday (Jan 18, 3-5 PM), join Jens Timmermann at the Centre for Ethics for Kant's Fact of Pure Reason. Dive into Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason and the "Fact of Reason" in this in-person-only talk. Don’t miss it!

15.01.2025 23:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🎉 Happy New Year from C4E! Kick off 2025 with thought-provoking insights at Ethics@Noon-ish! 🕛 Tomorrow (Jan 15, 12 PM), join Tim McKee for "Social Media Narrativity". This in-person-only talk promises fresh perspectives. See you there!

14.01.2025 21:15 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Reminder: The December 15th deadline for 2025-2026 Visiting Faculty Fellowships at the Centre for Ethics is fast approaching – submit your application before the 15th to be considered. Visit our website for full details, including how to apply:
ethics.utoronto.ca/contact/visi...

09.12.2024 20:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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🌎 TODAY! On December 9, 4-6 PM, the C4E welcomes Theresa Lee for “Toward a Livable World,” an excavation of the normative space of livability, re-developed in terms of the body and Confucian self-cultivation. This presentation will be in-person only - don't miss it!

09.12.2024 19:39 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

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