Roots of Responsibility: Metaphysics, Humanity, and Society advances traditional philosophical debates about responsibility and free will by exploring the network of human capacities responsibility involves and the social, institutional and interpersonal contexts in which questions about responsibility arise.
It is a five-year, €2.1 million project, funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (project ID: 789270).
This website is a gateway to information and news about the project; the members of the project team; seminars, workshops and other academic events; resources for researchers and students.
Upcoming Events
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Recent Work on the Ethics of Consent, Part I (Zoom; Durham Law & RoR Workshop)
2 December 2020 @ 4:30 pm–7:30 pm -
Matt Matravers (York) – Mental Capacity in Conviction and Sentencing (Greenberg’s Leverhulme ECF seminar)
3 December 2020 @ 5:00 pm–6:30 pm -
Carsten Heidemman – “Facts as Norms, and Norms as Facts” (Maastricht Law and Philosophy Platform)
3 December 2020 @ 5:00 pm–6:30 pm -
Michael Moore (Illinois) – “Can We Maintain the Distinction Between Intention and Belief (so Crucial to Both Culpability and Permissibility Discriminations)” (Greenberg’s Leverhulme ECF seminar)
10 December 2020 @ 5:00 pm–6:30 pm -
Marcia Baron (Indiana) – A chapter from _Self-Defense, Reason, and the Law_ (Greenberg’s Leverhulme ECF seminar)
17 December 2020 @ 5:00 pm–6:30 pm
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Banner image: Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Effects of Good Government in the City (1338–9; detail). Fondazione Musei Senesi. Public domain.