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Protest, Civil Disobedience, and Resistance

May 4, 2023

PROTEST, CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, AND RESISTANCE June 19, 2020 Briana Toole (Claremont McKenna College) and William Paris (Northwestern University) in conversation with Simone Gubler (UNC)

Risk, Fairness, and Challenge Trials

May 4, 2023

RISK, FAIRNESS, AND CHALLENGE TRIALS May 29, 2020 Nir Eyal (Rutgers University) in conversation with  Ryan Doody (UNC)

Social Media, Social Epistemology, and the Pandemic

May 4, 2023

Social Media, Social Epistemology, and the Pandemic April 24, 2020 Regina Rini (York University) in conversation with Simone Gubler (UNC)

Vaccine Distribution and Justice

May 4, 2023

VACCINE DISTRIBUTION AND JUSTICE March 4, 2021 Lisa Herzog (Groningen University) and Brian Berkey (The University of Pennsylvania) in conversation with Ryan Doody (University of San Diego)

Gender, Labor, and the Pandemic

May 4, 2023

GENDER, Labor, and the PANDEMIC February 25, 2021 Judy Fudge (McMaster University) and Gina Schouten (Harvard University) in conversation with  Simone Gubler (University of Nevada, Reno)

Do Borders Serve Any Morally Defensible Purpose?

May 4, 2023

Salon Description: Immigration policy has been the focus on increasingly heated debates in the U.S. the past few years. Policymakers face difficult questions regarding the treatment of Central American migrants at the southern border, whether to provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants currently residing in the country, as … Read more

An Egalitarian Case for the Gendered Division of Labor

April 27, 2023

“An Egalitarian Case for the Gendered Division of Labor” with Jessica Flanigan April 27, 2023 In some subcultures, women are encouraged to stay home and raise multiple children and men are encouraged to work outside the home. Proponents of these gendered family subcultures argue that a gendered division of labor … Read more

Curtailing Freedoms

April 25, 2023

    “Curtailing Freedoms to Protect Freedom: Regulating Against Behavioural-Informed Infringements on a Fair Exchange” with Adam Oliver   April 25, 2023   Abstract: Behavioural public policy is a relatively new, but already substantial, subfield of public policy. To date, paternalistic frameworks have tended to dominate this subfield, at least … Read more

Forgiveness: Personal and Political

April 17, 2023

    “Forgiveness: Personal and Political” with P. Quinn White   April 17, 2023   Abstract: What is forgiveness? And why forgive? I mean this in two ways: What reasons bear on the question of whether to offer or withhold forgiveness in a particular case? And why are we even … Read more

Why Is Manipulation Wrong?

April 11, 2023

    “Why Is Manipulation Wrong?” with Massimo Renzo   April 11, 2023   Abstract: The notion of manipulation is increasingly invoked in relation to pressing issues discussed in the news and in public discourse. Consider, for example, the heated debates on how propaganda and misinformation have been recently used … Read more