{"id":70,"date":"2024-03-06T16:17:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T16:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:33:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:33:39","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/03\/David-Thorstad-Workshop-Flier.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-719 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/03\/David-Thorstad-Workshop-Flier-232x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"519\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/03\/David-Thorstad-Workshop-Flier-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/03\/David-Thorstad-Workshop-Flier-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/03\/David-Thorstad-Workshop-Flier-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/03\/David-Thorstad-Workshop-Flier-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/03\/David-Thorstad-Workshop-Flier.png 1545w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Beyond Longtermism<\/em>: A Manuscript Workshop<\/p>\n<p><b data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Dates:\u00a0<\/b>April 4-5<\/p>\n<p><b>Location:\u00a0<\/b>Furman Hall, Room 106<\/p>\n<p><b>RSVP:\u00a0<\/b>All are welcome. Please RSVP to\u00a0<a title=\"mailto:david.thorstad@vanderbilt.edu\" href=\"mailto:david.thorstad@vanderbilt.edu\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(150, 96, 125)\">david.thorstad@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Text:\u00a0<\/b>Longtermism\u00a0is the view that the most cost-effective ways to drive positive change involve investments in the long-term future of humanity.\u00a0<i>Beyond Longtermism<\/i>\u00a0will be the first scholarly monograph systematically exploring the case for longtermism against leading short- and medium-term alternatives. This manuscript workshop brings together leading scholars to discuss themes from\u00a0<i>Beyond Longtermism<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Speakers:\u00a0<\/b>Mark Budolfson (UT-Austin), Emma Curran (Oxford), Johan Gustafsson (UT-Austin).<\/p>\n<p><b>Pre-read:\u00a0<\/b>Optional (not required), please contact\u00a0<a title=\"mailto:david.thorstad@vanderbilt.edu\" href=\"mailto:david.thorstad@vanderbilt.edu\" data-linkindex=\"1\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(150, 96, 125)\">david.thorstad@vanderbilt.edu<\/a>\u00a0for manuscript.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n        <h3><\/h3>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n        <div class=\"row\">\n          <div class=\"col-lg-3\"><a href =\"https:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2023\/10\/26\/lab-to-table-special-event-hollywood-reimagined-with-ai-a-film-screening-and-discussion-on-nov-10\/\" title=\"Lab-to-Table special event: \u2018Hollywood Reimagined with AI,\u2019 a film screening and discussion on Nov. 10\"><img 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Please RSVP to\u00a0david.thorstad@vanderbilt.edu Text:\u00a0Longtermism\u00a0is the view that the most cost-effective ways to drive positive change involve investments in the long-term future of humanity.\u00a0Beyond Longtermism\u00a0will be the first scholarly monograph systematically exploring the case for longtermism against leading short- and medium-term alternatives&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":235,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[5],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":725,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/philosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}