CAPPE

  • ANU
  • CSU
  • University of Melbourne

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

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

Political Violence and
State Sovereignty

    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

What's new in CAPPE publications?
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WHO Collaborating Centre for Bioethics

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CAPPE NEWS

 

New Book Series

    First book in the new CAPPE ANU book series More

Conference

    25 – 26 August 2010
    Protecting Civilians During Violent Conflict.More

CAPPE ANU Seminar

Wednesday August 4th- John Dryzek Toward a Deliberative Global Citizens' Assembly. More

 

Past News


Cappe. The largest 
centre of applied philosophers

CAPPE has moved to Coombs Building

New Location: Coombs Building (building 9) Level 3, in the Philosophy Department within the Research School of Social Sciences.


NEW PUBLICATIONS

Business as a Porfession

Business as a Profession

David Ardagh

The work argues that business is not a profession in the narrower sense, but might approach that status,and perhaps should, if corporate reform at national and international level were to be undertaken. More

POSTGRAD COURSES

New Taught Postgraduate Courses

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.

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

Network of Degrees in Ethics, Human Rights and Institutions
This new program provides generous scholarships for Australian students to do part of their degree on an exchange to Europe and for European students to do the same on an exchange to Australia. More

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

Seumas MillerThe Moral Foundations of Social Institutions: A Philosophical Study More

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

Clive Hamilton Requiem for a Species - Why we resist the truth about climate change 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