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The HKCRC, a research centre affiliated to the Department of Philosophy at Lingnan University, investigates ethical and theoretical issues in the study of catastrophic risks.
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Apr 24

“Philanthropy for the Disenfranchised” by Dr. Jacob Barrett

Research Seminar
Apr 03

Designing Political Institutions to Govern well for the Long Term by Prof. Simon Caney

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Mar 27

“Don’t Tell Me What To Do” A Neorepublican Critique of Nudges by Dr. Ezechiel Thibaud

Research Seminar
Mar 06

The Rules of Rescue: Core Ideas by Dr. Theron Pummer

Lecture
Nov 21

Loss and Damage: Unavoidable Climate Harms by Dr. Kian Mintz-Woo

Research Seminar
Nov 15

Generationally Parochial Geoengineering: A Threat to the Young and Other Future Generations by Prof. Stephen M. Gardiner

Lecture
May 17

The Global Brain Argument by Prof. Susan Schneider

Lecture
Apr 12

Dead Dinosaurs and Nuclear Wars by Prof. Brian Toon

Lecture
Mar 03

The Future Of Artificial Intelligence – Acadmia’s Role In Getting It Right by Prof. Huw Price

Lecture
Jan 20

Is Humanity at a Precipice?

HKCRC inaugural lecture
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How To Read the Doomsday Clock

20 Jan 2022

Paper: When It Strikes, Are We Ready? Lessons Identified at the 7th Planetary Defense Conference in Preparing for a Near-Earth Object Impact Scenario

20 Jan 2022

Paul Ingram on the Doomsday Announcement: Al Jazeera

20 Jan 2022
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Technological progress has vastly increased humanity’s quality of life. However, it has also placed us in a dangerous position: we are now more than ever capable of destroying ourselves or at least our long-term potential. Will humanity survive these existential threats? What is the moral significance of avoiding them? What can we do to reduce catastrophic and existential risks?


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