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  • Nicole Hassoun published an article (with Xiaoshun Li and Marc Fleurbaey) in the Centre for Economic Policy Research. 鈥淗ow the G20 can prevent the next pandemic.鈥 |
  • 8th Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference Nov. 9, 2024.
    Organized by graduate students in the Social,Political, Ethical, and Legal Philosophy Program. |
  • Anthony Reeves's paper, was accepted at Philosopher's Imprint. 鈥淎gents of Our Interests: The Moral Claim to Legal Process.鈥
  • Charles Goodman wrote a chapter which appeared in the Bloomsbury Handbook of Global Justice and East Asian Philosophy.  鈥淎 Cosmopolitan Defense of a Moderate Cosmopolitanism.鈥 He also gave a talk at the Global Observatory for Genome Editing at Harvard and reviewed Meaning and Non-Existence: Kum膩rila鈥檚 Refutation of Dign膩ga鈥檚 Theory of Exclusion for Philosophy East and West. |
  • T. J. Buttgereit had an article accepted at Feminist Philosophy Quarterly.
  • Mattias Iser and Anja Karnein published a volume with other collaborators. "Die Macht der Rechtfertigung: Perspektiven einer kritischen Theorie der Gerechtigkeit." They also organized a workshop with Rainer Forst at Goethe-Universit盲t Frankfurt. |
  • Rebecca Harrison presented a talk at the University of Melborn.  "Another World Is Possible: Disruptive Protests as Transformative Experiences."
  • Rebecca Harrison presented a paper at Duke University.  "How To Unintentionally Do Things with Words."
  • Nicole Hassoun published a book in the Oxford University Press. "A Minimally Good Life: What We Owe to Others and What We Can Justifiably Demand." |
  • Nicole Hassoun published an article (with Nick Kreuder) in Public Affairs Quarterly. 鈥淭he minimally Good Life Account of Abortion鈥檚 Permissibility.鈥 |
  • Nicole Hassoun published an article (with Kaushik Basu and Larry Gostin) in Health Economics Policy and Law. 鈥淧andemic Preparedness and Response: A New Mechanism for Expanding Access to Essential Countermeasures.鈥 |
  • Anthony Preus published an article in Principles and Praxis in Ancient Greek Philosophy. "Socrates, Athenian Citizen." |
  • Charles Goodman published an article in Sophia. "Sengzhao's Philosophy of Time." | 
  • Charles Goodman attended a conference at Harvard.  Presented a talk about, "Do the Successes of Machine Learning Support a Buddhist Philosophy of Perception."
  • Mateo Duque published an article in the University of Illinois Press. "Two Portraits of Protagoras in Plato: Theaetetus vs. Protagoras." |
  • 7th Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference Nov. 4, 2023.
    Organized by graduate students in the Social,Political, Ethical, and Legal Philosophy Program |
  • Mateo Duque attended the International Society for Socratic Studies (ISSS) Latin-American Regional Meeting.  Presented a talk about, "The figure of Aspasia in Plato's Menexenus."
  • Rebecca Harrison (and Kai Tanter) jointly published an article in The Philosophical Quarterly.  "Whose Uptake Matters? Sexual Refusal and the Ethics of Uptake." |
  • Spencer Atkins had an article accepted at Ethical Theory and Moral Practice.  "Do You Homework! A Rights-Based Zetetic Account of Alleged Cases of Doxastic Wrongdoing." |
  • Nick Kreuder published an article in The Journal of Value Theory.  "The Good Life and the Life that's Good for you: A Response to the Experience Machine." |
  • Mateo Duque published a chapter in Paideia and Performance.  "Performing Philosophy: The Pedagogy of Plato's Academy reimagined." |
  • Lisa Tessman published an article in The Journal of Ethics.  "When the Heavens Fall: The Unintelligible and Unthinkable." |
  • Michael Walzer published an article.  "Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands." |
  • Nicole Hassoun published an article (with Leon Cosler) in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. "Global Health Impact:  Model to Alleviate the Burden and Expand Access to Treatment of Neglected Tropical Diseases." |
  • Nicole Hassoun published an article (with Abha Saxena, Brook Baker, Amanda Banda, Anders Herlitz, Jennifer Miller, Karrar Karrar, Marc Fleurbaey, Esther Chiwa, Caesar Alimisnya Atuire, Iwao Hirose) in the British Medical Journal Global Health. "Pandemic preparedness and response: beyond the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator" |
  • Nicole Hassoun published an article in the European Journal of Philosophy of Religion.  "Falling from Grace and the Problem of Free Will." |
  • Nicole Hassoun published an article (with Lukas Meyer, Thomas Polzler, Alessandro Pinzani, Lawrence Hamilton, Daniel Petz, Frank Nullmeier, Paul Fagan, Delamar Dutra) in Lessico di Etica Pubblica. "The Minimally Good Life Account of What We Owe to Others and What We Can Justifiably Demand." |Read more
  • Nicole Hassoun published an article in Law and Economic Development.  "Pandemic Preparedness and Response: Advancing Research, Development, and Ethical Distribution of New Treatments and Vaccines Law and Economic Development." |
  • 6th Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference Nov. 12-13, 2022
    Organized by graduate students in the Social,Political, Ethical, and Legal Philosophy Program |
  • Charles Goodman participated in a debate at Princeton University. Charles Goodman debates the topic of "艢膩ntideva: Utilitarian or Eudaimonist?" at Princeton University. |
  • Charles Goodman was interviewed on New Books Network. Charles Goodman was interviewed on the New Books Network and talks about his book, "The Tattvasa峁僩raha Of 艢膩ntarak峁ta." |
  • Lisa Tessman is now serving as Vice President/President Elect of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association. |
  • 5th Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference Nov. 6-7, 2021
    Organized by graduate students in the Social,Political, Ethical, and Legal Philosophy Program |
  • Aaron Schultz published in Asian Philosophy "Vasubandhu, reactive attitudes, and attentional freedom" |
  • Robert Patrick Whelan published in Springer "Realizing Freedom as Non-domination: Political Obligation in Kant's Doctrine of Right" |
  • Anthony Preus's translation of Pierre Pellegrin's book on Aristotle's Politics has come out at SUNY Press. "Endangered Excellence: On the Political Philosophy of Aristotle" |

  • Charles Goodman and Aaron Schultz  jointly published a translation in the Journal of Indian Philosophy. "A Translation of a Major Part of Praj帽膩karamati鈥檚 Canonical Commentary on the Perfection of Patient Endurance Chapter of 艢膩ntideva鈥檚 Bodhicary膩vat膩ra." |

  • Nicole Hassoun published an article in Oxford University Press blog
    "How Protecting Human Rights Can Help Us Increase Our Global Health Impact"|
  • Nicole Hassoun published an article in The Conversation
    "Philosophy and Psychology Agree - Yelling at People Who Aren't Wearing Masks Won't Work"|
  • Nicole Hassoun published an article in Psyche
    "What Is a Minimally Good Life and Are You Prepared To Live It?"|
  • Nicole Hassoun was interviewed on The Conversation   
    Nicole Hassoun was interviewed on the The Conversation and talks about who should get a COVID-19 vaccine first. |
  • Nicole Hassoun shares her opinion on The Hill
    Jonathan Mann's human rights blueprint for global health must guide COVID-19 response |

  • Nicole Hassoun on Global Health Impact: Extending Access to Essential Medicines
    Nicole Hassoun's book, , was published in July. 

  • Nicole Hassoun shared some highlights from her book,
    "Global Health Impact: Extending Access to Essential Medicines" |

  • Robert Patrick Whelan published in the Journal of Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
    "The Costs and Benefits of Prosecution: A Contractualist Justification of Amnesty" by Robert Patrick Whelan |

  • Nicole Hassoun published an article in The Conversation
    "How Can We Get Pharma Companies To Do More for Global Health? Try Ranking Them" |

  • Nicole Hassoun shared some thoughts on COVID-19 during an interview with Fox 40 News,
    "How Businesses Should Consider Employee Health When Returning to Work." |

  • Jenn Dum published in Journal of Philosophy of Education
    鈥淩elational Goods and Educational Justice" by Jenn Dum |

  • Huseyin Kuyumcuoglu published in Journal of Business Ethics

  • "Sweatshops, Harm, and Interference: A Contractualist Approach" by Huseyin Kuyumcuoglu |

  • Lisa Tessman published in Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
    "Moral Distress in Health Care: When is it Fitting?" by Lisa Tessman  |

  • Mattias Iser published in Justification and Emancipation. The Critical Theory of Rainer Forst
    "Objectionable Objections. On Toleration, Respect, and Esteem," by Mattias Iser |

  • Lisa Tessman speaks at SUNY Oswego
    Lisa Tessman gave this year鈥檚 Warren Steinkraus Lecture "Setting Ourselves Up for Moral Failure" |

  • Tony Reeves published in Ratio Juris
    "Impunity and Hope," by Tony Reeves  |

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