Upcoming Events

The third meeting of the project's research seminar this term (T2, 2020–21) will take place from 16.00 to 18.00, on Tuesday 26 January, 2021, online via Zoom (the possibility of convening physically will be reviewed). The link to the Zoom meeting location is available to the registered participants. The topic for this meeting is: Responsibility and liability Questions: What is the relationship between responsibility and liability? Does Duff’s distinction between responsibility and liability apply equally to law and morality? Readings: Duff,…

The fourth meeting of the project's research seminar this term (T2, 2020–21) will take place from 16.00 to 18.00, on Tuesday 2 February, 2021, online via Zoom (the possibility of convening physically will be reviewed). The link to the Zoom meeting location is available to the registered participants. The topic for this meeting is: Responsibility for attitudes Questions: Can I be morally responsible for my psychological states or attitudes, if they cannot be acquired voluntarily? What about my emotions and my…

The fifth meeting of the project's research seminar this term (T2, 2020–21) will take place from 16.00 to 18.00, on Tuesday 9 February, 2021, online via Zoom (the possibility of convening physically will be reviewed). The link to the Zoom meeting location is available to the registered participants. The topic for this meeting is: Responsibility and regret Questions: What is agent-regret? Is it ever justified, or rational, to feel it in response to something that happened beyond one’s control? What…

The sixth meeting of the project's research seminar this term (T2, 2020–21) will take place from 16.00 to 18.00, on Tuesday 23 February, 2021, online via Zoom (the possibility of convening physically will be reviewed). The link to the Zoom meeting location is available to the registered participants. The topic for this meeting is: Responsibility and Negligence Questions: Should liability to criminal punishment be conditional on the presence of a mental element? Is negligence a state of mind? Does the…

The seventh meeting of the project's research seminar this term (T2, 2020–21) will take place from 16.00 to 18.00, on Tuesday 2 March, 2021, online via Zoom (the possibility of convening physically will be reviewed). The link to the Zoom meeting location is available to the registered participants. The topic for this meeting is: Collective Responsibility Questions: Who is morally responsible when large groups or collectives cause harm? Can only individual people be morally responsible or also a collective entity…

The eighth meeting of the project's research seminar this term (T2, 2020–21) will take place from 16.00 to 18.00, on Tuesday 9 March, 2021, online via Zoom (the possibility of convening physically will be reviewed). The link to the Zoom meeting location is available to the registered participants. The topic for this meeting is: The act requirement Questions: Does criminal responsibility depend on the performance of a voluntary act? What is a voluntary act, in the relevant sense? Is there…

The ninth meeting of the project's research seminar this term (T2, 2020–21) will take place from 16.00 to 18.00, on Tuesday 16 March, 2021, online via Zoom (the possibility of convening physically will be reviewed). The link to the Zoom meeting location is available to the registered participants. The topic for this meeting is: Justifications and excuses Questions: What is the difference between a justification and an excuse? Is one concept more basic than the other? How do justifications and excuses…