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CURRENT RESEARCH

Criminal Justice Ethics

    Criminal Justice Ethics covers a range of concrete and mid-level problems encountered by police, courts, and corrections. More

Business and
Professional Ethics

    Business and Professional Ethics deals with normative issues relating to the conduct and regulation of business. More

Ethical Issues
in Biotechnology

    Ethical Issues in Biotechnology examines the use of and access to new knowledge and techniques. More

IT and Nanotechnology
Ethics of Emergent
Technology

    Information technology and Nanotechnology deals with risks and responsibilities relating to research into technologies. More

Political Violence and
State Sovereignty

    Ethical Issues of Political Violence and State Sovereignty addresses central philosophical issues of political violence, especially the ethics of war. More

Justice and the Human Good

    Justice and the Human Good focuses on the relation between applied ethics and academic moral and political philosophy as well as the justice of social institutions. More

WHAT'S NEW

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CAPPE NEWS

WHO

CAPPE has been designated an official World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Bioethics. More

 

 

 

CAPPE ANU Seminar

Wednesday March 17th - Christopher Wellman: The Rights-Forfeiture Theory of Punishment More

 



Cappe. The largest 
centre of applied philosophers

CAPPE and UN Copenhagen Climate Change Negotiations

New Paper: 'Ethical issues in international climate negotiations: a preliminary analysis of parties' positions'.

(Co-authored by Jonathan Pickering, Steve Vanderheiden and Seumas Miller.)

Click here for the abstract and a copy.


NEW PUBLICATIONS

Integrity_Systems

The Moral Foundations of Social Institutions: A Philosophical Study

Seumas Miller

This book examines the moral foundations of contemporary social institutions. Offering an original general theory of social institutions, Miller posits that all social institutions exist to realize various collective ends, indeed, to produce collective goods.. More

CAPPE 10th Anniversary Celebration

 

On Wednesday 16th December 2009 the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics celebrated its 10th anniversary. The celebration took place at University House, in The Australian National University.

"It is pleasing to see over time that CAPPE has built important research relationships with business, industry and government, both in Australia and overseas”- Professor Seumas Miller, The Foundation Director of CAPPE. Click here for more.

 

POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMS

CAPPE's unique Master of Arts (Professional and Applied Ethics) is designed for those working in government, industry and the professions, and is a pathway to the Ph.D. in Professional and Applied Ethics. It will be available to students worldwide via online delivery as well as in person in Canberra and Melbourne. More
CAPPE can also provide supervision to PhD, MPhil and MA by research students across a wide range of topics. More
Apply for Postgraduate Research Scholarship Undergraduates click here.

NEW STAFF JOIN CAPPE

Steve Vanderheiden

Professor Steve Vanderheiden

Professor Steve Vanderheiden's research is in normative political theory, environmental political theory, and environmental ethics. Professor Vanderheiden will join CAPPE at the beginning of May. More

Scott Wisor

Dr Scott Wisor

Dr Scott Wisor's research focuses on designing better indices of poverty and gender as the research associate on the ARC linkage grant: “Assessing development: designing better indices of poverty and gender equity".  More

WHO WE ARE

who we areThe Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics is the world's largest concentration of applied philosophers. Spanning three of Australia's most prestigious universities, our purpose is to connect rigorous philosophical thinking with policy input, community discussion, and professional aims. Click here for information concerning our academic staff. Click here for information concerning our international collaborations.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

who we are

New edition of Res Publica available now More

Tony Coady Messy Morality: The Challenge of Politics More

Joel H. Rosenthal and Christian Barry Ethics and International Affairs More

Clive Hamilton The Freedom Paradox: Towards a Post-secular Ethics More

Adrian Walsh & Tony Lynch The Morality of Money: An Exploration in Analytic Philosophy More

RECENT AWARDS

ARC Linkage Grant Seumas Miller, Justine O'Brien et al. The future of finantial regulation:enhancing integrity through design More
ARC Discovery Grant Prof CA Coady. Humanitarian Intervention and the conflict between national and international responsibility More
ARC Future Fellowship Dr J Moss. Egalitarian Responses to Climate Change More

ARC Discovery Grant Prof L May. Morality, Jus Post Bellum, and International Law More