CAPPE
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
What's new in CAPPE publications?
MULTIMEDIA CENTRE
ONLINE
Michael Selgelid ABC podcast Addiction Free will & Self Control based on the recent symposium.
Public Ethics Radio
New Program:
NEW TAUGHT POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMS
Potential students are encouraged to contact the Postgraduate Co-ordinator, by email a.alexandra@unimelb.edu.au or phone (+61 (03) 8344-3863). Arrangements will be made for an appropriate Research Fellow to provide advice including the suitability and availability of supervisors and which of our partner universities might be the most appropriate for the candidate given the applicant's proposed research area, likely supervisor and other relevant circumstances.
MA, MPhil and PhD SUPERVISION
The Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) can provide supervision to PhD, MPhil and MA by research students across a wide range of topics. CAPPE members have research interests in traditional and central areas of philosophy including philosophy of law, social and political philosophy, normative and meta-ethical theory, moral psychology, philosophy of action, philosophy of science, cognitive science, free will and responsibility, and personal identity as well as in CAPPE’s core program areas of political violence and state sovereignty; biotechnology; information technology and nanotechnology; criminal justice ethics: business and professional ethics and welfare ethics.
Research areas of PhD candidates currently supervised by CAPPE members include: tribal identity and rights; moral particularism; the neuroscience of moral judgment, privacy and trust in information technology; media ethics; ethics and electronic democracy; the ethics of humanitarian intervention; political violence; trading body parts; the commercial use of animals. Current Research Student Profiles
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
Coursework Degrees
- Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Ethics – University of Melbourne.
- Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Ethics – University of Melbourne.
- Master of Arts (Professional and Applied Ethics) – University of Melbourne.
- Master of Arts (Professional and Applied Ethics) – ANU.
- Master of Ethics and Legal Studies – Charles Sturt University.
Research Degrees
Master of Arts (by thesis only)
Master of Philosophy (by thesis only)
Doctor of Philosophy (by thesis only)
Apply for a 2009 CAPPE Postgraduate Research Scholarship. More
AVAILABLE SUPERVISORS
| UNIVERSITY STAFF | RESEARCH INTERESTS |
| The Australian National University (ANU) | |
|---|---|
| Dr Christian Barry | Social and Political Philosophy |
| Professor Seumas Miller | Professional and Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Action |
| Professor Thomas Pogge | Social and Political Philosophy |
| Dr Michael Selgelid | Bioethics, Public Health Ethics Science & Ethics |
| University of Melbourne | |
|---|---|
| Andrew Alexandra | Intellectual Property, Pacifism Professional Ethics, Hobbes |
| Professor Tony Coady | Political Violence, Terrorism Moralism and Realism |
| Dr Steve Curry | Indigenous Sovereignty, Professional Ethics Political Philosophy |
| Dr Craig Fry | Bioethics, Health Ethics, Addiction, Empirical Ethics, Research Ethics |
| Dr Neil Levy | Responsibility, Cognitive Science and Ethics, Bioethics, Neuroethics, Free Will |
| Dr Jeremy Moss | Egalitarianism, Social and Political Philosophy |
| Professor Peter Singer | Bioethics, Environmental Ethics, Global Ethical Issues |
| Dr Jessica Wolfendale | Military Ethics, Political Violence, Moral Psychology, Professional Ethics, Ethical Theory |
| Charles Sturt University (CSU) | |
|---|---|
| Professor Tom Campbell | Justice and Human Rights, Business Ethics, Ethical Positivism |
| Dr Steve Clarke | Medical Ethics, Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Social Psychology |
| Dr Daniel Cohen | Ethical Theory, Free Will Moral Responsibility, Moral Psychology |
| Professor Clive Hamilton | Ethics of Climate Change, Idealist Philosophy Post-secular Ethics, Consumption & Identity Formation |
| Dr Steve Matthews | Professional and Applied Ethics Philosophy of Personhood, Personal Identity |
| Professor Seumas Miller | Professional and Applied Ethics Philosophy of Action |
| Professor Justin O'Brien | Financial Regulation, Compliance Corporate Ethics |
| Professor Igor Primoratz | Patriotism and nationalism The ethics of violence, war and terrorism Philosophy of punishment Philosophy of sex |
| Professor John Weckert | Computer and Information Ethics Nanotechnology Ethics, Philosophy of Technology |