Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE)
The Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) is an Australian Research Council Special Research Centre. CAPPE commenced operations in 2000 and is the world’s largest concentration of applied philosophers.Spanning three of Australia’s most prestigious universities (The University of Melbourne, Australian National University and Charles Sturt University) our purpose is to connect rigorous philosophical thinking with policy input, community discussion, and professional aims.
CAPPE aims to assist members of the community to make more ethically informed choices by making available the considerable resources of the rich tradition in philosophical theory, as well as other information, such as empirical research and the statement of fundamental human rights in international instruments of human rights.
As a single unit CAPPE has decided to have only one home page which is maintained by the Head Office in Canberra.
- Visit CAPPE"s head office
- Contact the Director of CAPPE UM Andrew Alexandra
- Subscribe or contribute to CAPPE"s free journal ResPublica Clare McCausland
Cappe Seminars Semester 2 2009
Cappe Seminars are usually held from 2.15 to 4pm on Wednesdays in the Moot Court room, Old Quad.
Details are subject to change and changes will be announced on this page.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliations | Titler/Abstract |
9 September |
Ros McDougall (PhD completion seminar) |
CAPPE and Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne |
"Junior doctors" ethical challenges" |
7 October |
Seumas Miller |
CAPPE |
"Collective Responsibility, Epistemic Action and Climate Change" |
14 October |
Michelle Taylor-Sands |
Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne |
Creating "saviour siblings": reconsidering the welfare of the child principle in regulating pre-implantation tissue typing in Australia. |
11 November |
John Furler and Vicki Palmer |
Department of General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne |
"The ethics of everyday practice in primary medical care: dealing with social health inequities" |
2 December |
Doris Schroeder and David Coles |
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TBA |