This symposium is based on a workshop hosted (virtually) at the Centre for Ethics on May 20, 2020 […]
Category Archive: Essays
EARLY PRAGMATIC AND PHILOSOPHY CHALLENGES TO THE SCIENCE OF JIM CROW[➡︎ read the rest of the symposium | watch […]
FOREGROUND AND BACKGROUND[➡︎ read the rest of the symposium | watch the workshop video] Elena Comay del Junco* Before […]
RACE, COVID-19, AND THE PUBLIC “WE”[➡︎ read the rest of the symposium | watch the workshop video] Yolonda Wilson* […]
THE FUTURE OF WORK IS HERE: TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND LABOUR [➡︎ read the […]
INTERROGATING A WORLD WITHOUT WORK [➡︎ read the rest of the symposium] Igor Shoikhedbrod* In what follows, I […]
TWO CONTRACTUAL FUTURES OF WORK [➡︎ read the rest of the symposium] Jack Enman-Beech* This commentary tugs on […]
WHEN YOUR BOSS COMES HOME [➡︎ read the rest of the symposium] Jeremias Adams-Prassl* 1. Introduction The Future […]
DIAGRAMS OF FLEXIBILITY IN THE FUTURE OF WORK [➡︎ read the rest of the symposium] Aleena Chia* For […]
ALGORITHMIC BOSSES AND HOW TO TAME THEM [➡︎ read the rest of the symposium] Valerio De Stefano* I. […]
THE TIME POLITICS OF HOME-BASED DIGITAL PIECEWORK [➡︎ read the rest of the symposium] V.B. Dubal* The woman […]
REVALUING AND RE-POLITICIZING WORK IN THE AGE OF AUTOMATION AND AI[➡︎ read the rest of the symposium] Igor […]
DISCRIMINATION, SUBORDINATION, AND DELIBERATIVE FREEDOM: A REPLY TO CRITICS[➡︎ read the rest of the book symposium on Sophia […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF A PLURALIST ACCOUNT OF DISCRIMINATION[➡︎ read the rest of the book symposium on Sophia Moreau, […]
MOREAU ON DISCRIMINATION: PLURALISM, EQUALITY, AND THE EXPERIENCE OF DISCRIMINATION[➡︎ read the rest of the book symposium on […]
BURDENS ON DELIBERATIVE FREEDOM[➡︎ read the rest of the book symposium on Sophia Moreau, Faces of Inequality: A […]
DISCRIMINATION, SUBORDINATION, AND PLURALISM[➡︎ read the rest of the book symposium on Sophia Moreau, Faces of Inequality: A […]
MOREAU’S PLURALISM ABOUT DISCRIMINATION[➡︎ read the rest of the book symposium on Sophia Moreau, Faces of Inequality: A […]
This symposium is based on an online international and interdisciplinary conference hosted by the Ethics of AI Lab […]
Suzanne van Geuns* A book-length cultural history of seduction is long overdue, both for academics interested in sexual […]
A RESPONSE TO COMMENTS ON WISH I WERE HERE: BOREDOM AND THE INTERFACE [☛ watch the video & […]
“TO BE UNBORABLE”: A RESPONSE TO MARK KINGWELL’S WISH I WERE HERE: BOREDOM AND THE INTERFACE [☛ watch […]
RANDOMNESS, MINDFULNESS, AND THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY [☛ watch the video | read the rest of the book […]
EXODUS, LA MYTHOLOGIQUE VS. THE APOCALYPTIC, AND MODERNITY’S LONG APOCALYPTIC LACUNA: THREE QUESTIONS FOR ABRAHAM ROTSTEIN’S MYTH, MIND, […]
ROTSTEIN (AND FREUD) VERSUS LEVI-STRAUSS (AND WEBER) Ronald Beiner* Last spring I attended a book panel on Abe’s […]
PUNISHMENT, VALUES, AND JUSTIFICATIONS [☛ read the rest of the Symposium on Leo Zaibert, Rethinking Punishment (2018)] Leo Zaibert* I would […]
WHEN CRIME PUNISHES ITSELF: DISPENSING WITH PUNISHMENT, PUNISHMENT THEORY, AND THEODICY–A GERMAN PERSPECTIVE [☛ read the rest of the […]
LEO ZAIBERT’S RETHINKING PUNISHMENT: AN ILLUMINATING VOYAGE [☛ read the rest of the Symposium on Leo Zaibert, Rethinking Punishment (2018)] Margaret […]
PUNISHING “DIRTY HANDS”: INSIGHTS FROM ZAIBERT’S RETHINKING PUNISHMENT [☛ read the rest of the Symposium on Leo Zaibert, Rethinking Punishment (2018)] […]
RETHINKING PUNISHMENT THEORY’S MONISM [☛ read the rest of the Symposium on Leo Zaibert, Rethinking Punishment (2018)] Leora Dahan Katz* I. […]
RETHINKING PUNISHMENT AND THE (UNEASY) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN AXIOLOGY OF PUNISHMENT AND ITS DEONTIC IMPLICATIONS [☛ read the rest of […]
SLAVE MORALITY REVALUED AND SUBLATED Igor Shoikhedbrod* As a courtesy to readers who may be unfamiliar with Abraham […]
UTOPIAS AND OTHER MYTHS: A PRECAUTIONARY TALE Stephen Bede Scharper* It is a privilege to be invited to […]
CAN HATE SPEECH SOMETIMES BE TRUE OR IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST? [☛ read the review essay here] Richard […]
A LIBERAL JUSTIFICATION FOR NARROWING THE PUBLIC INTEREST DEFENSE TO HATE SPEECH [☛ read the author’s reply here] […]
THE DIVERSE USES OF THE METAPHOR OF COMMITMENT IN CONNECTED BY COMMITMENT: BONDS OF LOVE, LABOR AND COLLECTIVE ACTION […]
SOCIAL METAPHYSICS AND NORMATIVITY IN MARA MARIN’S CONNECTED BY COMMITMENT [☛ read the rest of the Symposium on Mara […]
THE RHETORIC OF CONTRACT AND COMMITMENT [☛ read the rest of the Symposium on Mara Marin, Connected by Commitment: Oppression […]
CONNECTED BY COMMITMENT: WITH WHOM? FOR HOW LONG? [☛ read the rest of the Symposium on Mara Marin, Connected […]
MARA MARIN’S CONNECTED BY COMMITMENT: REFLECTIONS IN AID OF A COLLECTIVE PROJECT [☛ read the rest of the […]
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES, THE IMPERMANENT APOLOGIES APPROACH, AND THE POLITICS OF POLITICAL APOLOGIES[☛ watch the video | read the […]
OFFICIAL APOLOGY, OFFICIAL DENIAL: MAKING SENSE OF CANADA’S TRUTH COMMISSION [☛ watch the video | read the rest […]
TO FORGIVE AND FORGET? HOMONATIONALISM, HEGEMONY, AND HISTORY IN THE GAY APOLOGY[☛ watch the video | read the rest […]
SO SORRY: THE LEGAL MYTHS AND SOCIAL REALITIES OF THE OFFICIAL APOLOGY [☛ watch the video | read […]
GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING APOLOGIES AND REMORSE IN CRIMINAL CONTEXTS: SUMMARY VERSION FOR PRACTITIONERS [☛ watch the video | […]
WHOSE WRONG IS IT ANYWAY? REFLECTING ON THE PUBLIC-NESS OF PUBLIC APOLOGIES [☛ watch the video | read the […]
APOLOGIES AS REMEDIES, APOLOGIES AS WEAPONS: CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE TRUDEAU ADMINISTRATION [☛ watch the video | read the rest […]
REMOVING INSULT FROM INJURY: APOLOGIES AND VIOLENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE [☛ watch the video | read the rest of […]
ATONEMENT, CLOSURE, AND NARRATIVE [☛ watch the video | read the rest of the symposium on The Ethics of […]
ON QUEER FORGIVENESS [☛ watch the video | read the rest of the symposium on The Ethics of Apology: […]
BUSINESS APOLOGIES AND THE ETHICS AND NARRATIVE OF TRUST [☛ watch the video | read the rest of the […]
PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS ON TYPES OF APOLOGIES: INTERPERSONAL, CORPORATE AND COLLECTIVE [☛ watch the video | read the rest of […]
ETHICAL CRITICISM AND THE PENCHANT FOR PLAY Simon Stern Associate Professor of Law and English & Co-Director, Centre […]
READING LITERATURE AS PRACTICAL WISDOM Emma Planinc Department of Political Science, University of Toronto Richard Posner and the critics […]
THE ETHICS AND POLITICS OF READING Eva-Lynn Jagoe Professor of Comparative Literature & Spanish and Portuguese, University of Toronto […]
ACADEMIC ETHICS IN A TIME OF TURMOIL Simon Stern Associate Professor of Law and English & Co-Director, Centre […]
AN ACADEMIC CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PROTO-AUTHORITARIAN TIMES Lauren Bialystok Assistant Professor, Department of Social Justice Education, OISE, […]
ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN PROFESSIONAL ETHICS FOR ACADEMICS: A USER’S GUIDE Rachel Barney Canada Research Chair in Ancient Philosophy, Departments of […]
Craig Scott, Political Ethics and the House of Commons Electoral Reform Process [2017 C4eJ 54]
POLITICAL ETHICS AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ELECTORAL REFORM PROCESS: FOUR DIMENSIONS Craig Scott Professor of Law, Osgoode […]
POLICING SEX[UALITY] Kyle Kirkup Faculty of Law-Common Law Section uOttawa In Canada, we have a conventional story that […]
A CALL FOR SEXUAL AUTONOMY Patrick Keilty iSchool University of Toronto Heteronormative coupling has long been the privileged […]
SEX LIVES MATTER* John Paul Ricco Comparative Literature, Art History, Visual Culture University of Toronto Yesterday (Nov. 25, […]
Contemporary scholarship tends to assimilate empires to one another as kindred in form, and likewise construes the experience […]