ND Ethics & Society

The Institute for Ethics & Society at The University of Notre Dame Australia. Fostering ethical awareness in professional and social life. RT ≠ endorsement

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Thank you to everyone who joined us for our two-day masterclass in moral philosophy, led by Meghan Sullivan (@NDEthics)! It was a thrill + privilege to spend time together working through Professor Sullivan's new book manuscript on the moral importance of love.

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Please join us for the second annual Belfer Oration in Jewish Philosophy on 1 July. Rabbi Dr Samuel Lebens (University of Haifa) will speak about “Is Free Will an Illusion?” followed by a conversation with Andrew West (ABC). All welcome!

Register here: https://t.co/cS2yoU8Zus

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IES researcher Dr Adam Piovarchy contributed to an SBS News piece today, drawing on his research on the ethics and epistemology of prediction markets. Great work, Adam! @notredameaus @SBSNews

https://t.co/fyTxRo3DuO

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Last chance to register for our online workshop series on AI + Christian Wisdom, starting tomorrow.

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📢 Artificial Intelligence + Christian Wisdom: A workshop with Chris Watkin. Delighted to announce that Christopher Watkin (Monash) will lead an online workshop in June + July exploring how Christian thought can illuminate responding to AI.
👉 Register: https://t.co/Oq03e4lzvR

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Thank you to the 160+ people who joined us last night for our webinar on "Magnifica Humanitas." Excellent to partner with ACU Plunkett Centre to reflect on Pope Leo's call for love and dignity in the age of AI. @notredameaus @PlunkettCentre

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Congratulations to IES researcher Adam Piovarchy who has been awarded a AU$180K research grant from the Politics, Philosophy & Economics Society. The project investigates the ethical, political + epistemic dimensions of prediction markets. Well done Adam!

https://t.co/h37pOFh0rb

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Dr Victoria Lorrimar (Director of the Centre for Technology + Human Futures) spoke with Andrew West on ABC Radio National about Pope Leo's encyclical on artificial intelligence, "Magnifica Humanitas." Great work, Vicki! @notredameaus @RadioNational

https://t.co/ECNH8TmnfP

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Delighted to co-host an online seminar with the @PlunkettCentre responding to the upcoming encyclical on artificial intelligence, "Magnifica Humanitas." Please join us for an expert discussion of the encyclical’s significance for how we engage with AI.

4 June, RSVP essential.

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Register: https://t.co/vBHalbRQGg

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Join Rabbi Dr Samuel Lebens this July at The Central Synagogue Bondi Junction for a 4-evening course on Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ book "A Letter in the Scroll" + its message of hope in difficult times.

📅 7, 14, 21 & 28 July | 7:00–8:30 PM

Open to Jewish + non-Jewish participants.

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IES researcher John Lippitt's paper “Social Comparison and the Vices of Pride: A Kierkegaardian Perspective” has been published open-access in Philosophia. John explores how social comparison is both psychologically corrosive + epistemically dangerous. https://t.co/E6Fy6DwO2Z

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IES Research Fellow Adam Piovarchy explores the perils and promises of the recent rise of prediction markets in his latest public piece for ABC Religion and Ethics. Great work, Adam!

https://t.co/kHoC1MSiQB

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IES researchers Victoria Lorrimar + Tim Smartt write for The Conversation Australia + NZ about the tech sector’s new focus on AI tokenmaxxing and how it might be one part of a new vision of a good life. @ConversationEDU @notredameaus

https://t.co/KpK4M1PLD1

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Join us tomorrow!

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Delighted to be co-hosting an author-meets-critics workshop with our friends at ACU's @PlunkettCentre engaging with Kathryn MacKay's (USYD) new book "Public Health Virtue Ethics"

Wed 22 April 2-4:30pm, all welcome. Registration essential.

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Assoc. Prof. Victoria Lorrimar (Director, Centre for Technology and Human Futures) was recently interviewed on the ABC Religion + Ethics Report about the concerns people are expressing over the impact of AI on human dignity, work + relationships.

https://t.co/P12cQLRbpx

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Delighted to be co-hosting an author-meets-critics workshop with our friends at ACU's @PlunkettCentre engaging with Kathryn MacKay's (USYD) new book "Public Health Virtue Ethics"

Wed 22 April 2-4:30pm, all welcome. Registration essential.

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📢 Artificial Intelligence + Christian Wisdom: A workshop with Chris Watkin. Delighted to announce that Christopher Watkin (Monash) will lead an online workshop in June + July exploring how Christian thought can illuminate responding to AI.
👉 Register: https://t.co/Oq03e4lzvR

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Thanks to the University of Notre Dame Australia for hosting ECG director Meghan Sullivan today as she presents her public lecture "AI and the Good Life."

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What can we learn from Kierkegaard about life in a polarized world? Prof John Lippitt discusses the virtue of generosity of spirit + how it offers an important counterweight to hyper-suspicion, judgmentalism, and self-righteousness. Congratulations John!

https://t.co/tLjGPq3tzi

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This Thursday - all welcome

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We are delighted to host Professor Antti Kauppinen (Helsinki) for a research seminar on "Sources of Epistemic Normativity."

The first in the 2026 Notre Dame Ethics & Epistemology Talks: a new research seminar exploring the role belief plays in living well.