Stephen Gardiner (University of Washington), "Jane Austen vs. Climate Economics"
Activity
Climate change is a “perfect moral storm”, an intersection of three prominent challenges to ethical action (global, intergenerational and theoretical) that are difficult to overcome. One consequence of this is that we are likely to be attracted to weak or deceptive arguments that appear on the…
Rekha Nath (University of Alabama): Can ‘institutional luck egalitarianism’ avoid the charge of moral absurdity?
Other
Abstract: In the contemporary liberal egalitarian tradition, the theory of luck egalitarianism has been the dominant explanation of why, and which, inequalities are unjust. According to luck egalitarianism, inequalities that stem from matters of luck—such as a person’s gender or…
Alejandra Mancilla, CAPPE, "An Enforceable Duty of Humanity?"
Other
One of the main differences between duties of justice and duties of humanity has traditionally been taken to be that the first are enforceable, while the second are not. In the context of the current global justice debate, some philosophers have argued against this distinction, claiming that an…
Michael Morreau (Maryland/Oslo), "It Simply Does Not Add Up: Trouble with Overall Comparison"
Other
Much philosophy relies on overall comparisons - on comparisons that result, somehow, from how things measure up in various relevant ways. Examples include comparisons of overall similarity in metaphysics, and of overall theoretical value in epistemology. In the talk, I will set out…
Conditionals Workshop
Conference
The Conditionals workshop will take place on Thursday, June 23 and Friday, June 24 in the Law Theatre, starting at 10 am on Thursday. The ANU very confusingly has several Law lecture theatres with similar sounding names. And worse, if you search the ANU website map for 'Law Theatre', you will get a…