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Latest links… Discussion welcome. “The project I’m working on right now, actually, is a philosophical paper about the legitimacy of teaching ethics to computer science students” — interview with Steve Coyne (Toronto) on philosophy of law, teaching ethics to computer scientists, and more “People in conditions of inequality ‘look more below than above them,’ such that ‘domination becomes dearer to them than independence’” — Rousseau on why the divisive techniques of skilled orators work, according to David Lay Williams (DePaul) “Suppose there is a 75% chance that I have done a specific wrong thing yesterday… What should be my attitude? Guilt isn’t quite right” — Alex Pruss (Baylor) on feelings that “could make sense for beings like us but which we simply don’t have” “In general, persons should not be safe and aligned” — and AI that meet the criteria for ethical personhood shouldn’t be either, argues Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside) “We do philosophy differently today. I suspect it has something to do with Nozick” — David Schmidtz (West Virginia) remembers his dinner with Robert Nozick, and reflects on his views and influence As many of you may know, “following the first hyperlink in the main text of an English Wikipedia article, and then repeating the process for subsequent articles, usually leads to the Philosophy article” — philosophy’s “function as a connector” News about and opportunities in medieval philosophy — the latest round-up from Bob Pasnau (Colorado) Mini-Heap posts usually appear when 7 or so new items accumulate in the Heap of Links, a collection of items from around the web that may be of interest to philosophers. The Heap of Links consists partly of suggestions from readers; if you find something online that you think would be of interest to the philosophical community, please send it in for consideration for the Heap. Thank you. Previous Edition
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