Program in Ethics and Public Affairs

The Program in Ethics and Public Affairs (PEPA) advances the study of the moral purposes and foundations of institutions and practices—both domestic and international. PEPA seminars seek to bring the perspectives of moral and political philosophy to bear on significant issues in public affairs.


Upcoming Events

"How Race Makes a Difference": Lily Hu (Yale University)
Thu, Feb 20, 2025, 4:30 pm6:00 pm

A tension appears in contemporary social-scientific studies of the causal effects of race. Race is understood by most scholars today as a deeply social phenomenon—a category that not only explains distinctive patterns of social inequality but is defined by these myriad social differences. But this fact about race, on the one…

Location
Wooten Hall, Room 301 (Kerstetter Room)
Open to Princeton University ID Holders and Other Academic Affiliates
“Analytic Epistemology and Criminal Justice”: Sarah Moss (University of Michigan)
Thu, Mar 6, 2025, 4:30 pm6:00 pm

Recent developments in epistemology have surprising consequences for the administration of criminal justice. This talk will defend two claims about knowledge and then use those claims to identify a significant problem for contemporary American trial procedure. The first claim is that legal proof requires knowledge. At a first pass, the…

Location
Wooten Hall, Room 301 (Kerstetter Room)
Open to Princeton University ID Holders and Other Academic Affiliates
Program in Ethics and Public Affairs: Darrel Moellendorf (Goethe University)
Thu, Apr 3, 2025, 4:30 pm6:00 pm
Open to Princeton University ID Holders and Other Academic Affiliates
Program in Ethics and Public Affairs: Deva Woodly (Brown University)
Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 4:30 pm6:00 pm
Open to Princeton University ID Holders and Other Academic Affiliates