CAPPE

CURRENT RESEARCH

Criminal Justice Ethics

Police Corruption
Loyalty, Whistleblowing and Witness Protection More

Business and
Professional Ethics

Corporate Responsibility for Economic and Ethical Sustainability
Regulating Communication in the Professions More

Ethical Issues
in Biotechnology

The Ethics of Life-extending Technology
The Ethics of Sex Selection More

IT and Nanotechnology
Ethics of Emergent
Technology

E-Government
The Precautionary Principle in Nanotechnology More

Political Violence and
State Sovereignty

Morality of "Dirty Hands" as an Issue in Political Leadership
Ethics, Technology and the "New Wars" More

Justice and the Human Good

Obligations of Individual Citizens of Wealthy Nations in Relation to International Poverty
The Obligations of Welfare Recipients More

WHAT'S NEW

What's new in CAPPE publications?

MULTIMEDIA CENTRE

Multimedia Centre

ONLINE

Michael Selgelid on What we should fear most is the fear of swine flu itself

Public Ethics Radio

New Program:

David Grewal on Network Power

UPCOMING
EVENTS

CAPPE ANU Seminar

Wednesday 15th of July -

Kit Wellman:

Rights and State Punishment More

Conferences

Cappe -

Converging Technologies: Some Pressing Ethical Issues (22nd July)

Other -

AAP 2009 (5th - 10th July)

SPT 2009 (7th - 10th July)

NEW PUBLICATIONS

Machina Ethica: A Framework for Computers as Kant Moral Persons

Richard Lucas

Richard Lucas examines in detail the question of whether computers can be ethical and in this examination looks at some of the boundaries that might be in place for them as well as the characteristics they might have to have to be considered ethical. More

Ethics in Practice: Moral Theory and the Professions

Andrew Alexandra and Seumas Miller

Drawing on numerous case studies, Ethics in Practice is a practical and absorbing discussion on ethics and moral theory, and will help readers to make better informed, and more rationally justifiable, decisions about how to act and judge the actions of others, where there are morally hard choices to be made in their professional working life. More

POSTGRAD 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 a 2009 CAPPE Postgraduate Research Scholarship. More

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

Dr Craig Fry

Dr Craig Fry's research is in public health ethics, focusing particularly on the ethical implications of models of identity and participation on research, practice and policy, alcohol and drugs and addiction neuroscience. Dr Fry joins CAPPE at the University of Melbourne. More

Professor Clive Hamilton

Clive Hamilton has recently been awarded an
Member of the Order (AM)
For service to public debate and policy development, particularly in the fields of climate change, sustainability and societal trends. More

WHO WE ARE

who we are The 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

Tony Coady Messy Morality: The Challenge of Politics More

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

New edition of Res Publica available now 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, John Kleinig et al Police Leadership (industry partner NSW Police) More

ARC Linkage Grant Thomas Pogge, Christian Barry et al Designing better indices of poverty and gender equity More
ARC Linkage Grant Seumas Miller, Justine O'Brien et al Corporate Governance, Regulation and Accountability
ARC Discovery Grant Christian Enemark, Michael Selgelid Infectious diseases, security and ethics More
ARC Discovery Grant Gerhard Overland et al The Responsibilities of the Affluent to Address Global Poverty More