Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik

Hmmm. It’s much more common for authors to cite work they disagree with than work they agree with. And sometimes I find myself cited with inaccurate accounts of what I said because the author wants to make their position look more original. But if they understood me they wouldn’t cite me.

Relating to People Living with Dementia as Equals - @matildacarter.bsky.social is hosting a workshop about her recently published book on the 14th of May. It's free to attend. Details and sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

It’s official: the UK is rejoining Erasmus! 👏🇪🇺

We need more philosophers because they teach us how to think deeply and clearly about the most fundamental questions: what matters, what’s true, and how we should live. #TalkAboutHumanities

We need philosophers because they teach us how to think deeply and clearly about the most fundamental questions: what matters, what’s true, and how we should live.

#TalkAboutHumanities

Earth behind the Moon

Awesome image from Artemis.
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We’re often beguiled by the idea that the mind is a computer, and that consciousness is just a matter of running the right code. | https://bit.ly/3PIjCez

But Peter Godfrey-Smith uses recent research into animal minds to argue that only living brains can truly be conscious.

When AI causes harm and responsibility is unclear, can our concept of moral responsibility be preserved — or must it change? Jim speaks with Enrico Galvagni and Fabio Tollon (@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social) on @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social
Listen here: buff.ly/gMN0ii7

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory A very special family-friendly screening for our Philosophy & Film strand, exploring the philosophical questions raised by this fascinating classic adaptation.

Dr Carl Fox from @idea will talking about the (many) philosophical issues raised by the classic film version of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

Get to Hyde Park Picture House on Sunday 12th of April at 14:30pm.
hpph.co.uk/films/willy-...

This is happening today!

I'm happy to announce this new paper — we compile evidence on the extraordinary harms caused by IMF and World Bank structural adjustment programmes in the global South since the 1980s.

gh.bmj.com/content/11/S...

📣MA funding at @leedsprhs.bsky.social!📣
My School has some Masters scholarships for Philosophy students. University of Leeds offers many further opportunities, inc. 500 scholarships to support eligible international students. Please spread the word! #philosophy

ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/n...

Our @pausat25.bsky.social on forgiveness and the moral value of remembrance.

@idea-leeds.bsky.social

Remembrance Beyond Forgiveness I argue that political forgiveness is sometimes, but not always, compatible with public commemoration of politically motivated wrongdoing. I start by endorsing the claim that commemorating serious pas...

50 year anniversary of the last military coup in Argentina. To commemorate below is my article Remembrance beyond Forgiveness arguing that the moral value of remembrance imposes limits the possibility and desirability of forgiveness: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Missed out on our Philosophy Valentines event? Or just want to relive the talks? Now you can!

Georgie, Colette, Gerald and Isobel’s talks are now available on Spotify (and Apple Podcasts, Deezer, Amazon Music…) - search Centre for Love, Sex and Relationships💕

Great blog. Put the myth of the calculator to rest once and for all…

What do we lose through using Generative AI to write?

In this new @ctp-leeds.bsky.social blog, Dr Andrew Kirton shares why we shouldn’t be too quick to outsource our writing jobs to AI. As he argues, if we use GenAI to think and write we do lose something. Find out what it is in this blog.
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/centre-theor...

Tomorrow!

We’re so excited to be putting on another public Valentines event this year with Leeds PhilSoc!💕💕

Promises to be a great evening - get your tickets before they’re gone!

universe.com/events/love-pain-filrting-breakups-an-apres-valentines-event-tickets-832QDX

Books galore out of @idea-leeds.bsky.social at the moment, including new work on consent! 👇🏻

Really enjoyable conversation in today's episode with @lisamherzog.bsky.social, on a topic which is important and pressing in all sorts of ways....

Photo of Liam Ramos in a blue hat and plaid jacket with backpack being placed into a dark vehicle

There’s 5 year olds who’ve been locked up in a Texas ICE camp for over 8 months.

That’s where they sent little Liam Ramos.

He’s not being “protected”. He’s incarcerated.

He did nothing wrong.

His parents did nothing wrong. They were applying for asylum.

Release the children.

Why Kant’s 250-Year-Old Ideas Are Exactly What We Need Right Now — Harvard University Press In his new book Kant: A Revolution in Thinking, Marcus Willaschek—Professor of Philosophy at Goethe University—shows how the great philosopher’s ethical insights remain more relevant than ever. Here, ...

Why Kant’s 250-Year-Old Ideas Are Exactly What We Need Right Now

In his new book Kant: A Revolution in Thinking, Prof. Marcus Willaschek shows how the great philosopher’s ethical insights are more relevant than ever. www.hup.harvard.edu/features/ide... #Kant #today #PhilosophySky #philsky

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CFA: fully-funded PhD studentship within the ERC/UKRI Advanced Grant 'Kantian Justice: A Desert-sensitive Responsibility-enhancing Theory' [KantianDESERT] that I lead at the University of Liverpool. Open to candidates from all over the world: sbaiasu.wordpress.com
Please share and distribute widely!

Feels like a good time to be releasing this episode featuring Jeffrey Howard of
@uclspeechlab.bsky.social. How should social media platforms regulate AI-Generated Content? (Spoiler: it's not by allowing people to use AI to create non-consensual sexualised images.) www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

Check out Josh's excellent piece for the Conversation on the same topic as this week's podcast here: theconversation.com/three-ways-t...

About time

Freedom and fate An individual

Freedom and fate

Choice, blame, and the brain iai.tv/video/freedo... #freedom #will #compatibilism #philosophy #philsky #PhilosophySky