Kerah Gordon-Solmon's new variant of the Trolley Problem, explained in her Pea Soup post "Trolley Follies", has attracted a number of comments and questions. The post won PEA Soup's July Normative Ethics Prize. PEA (Philosophy, Ethics, Academia) Soup is a well-known blog publishing philosophical essays and ideas.
Will Kymlicka, Professor and Canada's Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen's, has been appointed, with Irene Bloemraad, Professor of Sociology at Berkeley, as co-director of a 5-year, $5 million program, "Boundaries, Membership & Belonging", under
The Royal Society of Canada has announced some new appointments of Philosophy Department members.
Will Kymlicka, Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen's, has received the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada's (SSHRC) highest research honour, the Gold Medal.
The Gold Medal is awarded to an individual whose sustained leadership, dedication and originality of thought have inspired students and colleagues alike. Will has won the medal for his groundbreaking work on the link between democracy and diversity which has advanced knowledge on models of citizenship and social justice within multicultural societies.
PhD Candidate Michael Tremblay has recently published two papers:
“Akrasia in Epictetus: A Comparison with Aristotle”, Apeiron: A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science (Forthcoming).
“Digestion and Moral Progress in Epictetus”, Journal of Ancient Philosophy 13(1): 100-119.
For more information on Michael's work, visit his website.
In the past few years, the Department of Philosophy has added a number of permanent faculty. We're introducing them one by one through short interviews. Today we meet Lisa Guenther.
How did you become interested in philosophy? And then what happened to make you realize that you were on the path to becoming a philosopher?
Rahul Kumar was on Ontario Today talking about the ethical dimensions of the Don Cherry affair, including the moral norms of friendship.
Congratulations to students who have successfully defended their theses! Students who have recently completed degrees are:
Jeremy Butler, PhD, Democracy, Instrumentalism, and Power as a Trust: On the Foundations of Political Instrumentalism
Alex Cousins, MA, Reason, Agency and the Malaise of Mental Health
Alisha Sharma, MA, An Exploration of Coloniality and Decolonial Violence: Towards a Loving, Resurgent War
Will Kymlicka was a CBC in-studio guest for Alan Neal's All in a Day program. Kymlicka was being interviewed for having won the SSHRC Gold Medal for his research.
Kerah Gordon-Solmon has a new article in the journal Philosophy and Public Affairs. While contractualism seems to resolve some morally fraught conflicts well, it does less well in situations where the conflicts involve substantial risks and benefits. Kerah proposes a novel solution to the problem, by drawing out the core thoughts behind contractualism. The article was workshopped at the Queen’s Political Philosophy Reading Group.
