Jonathan Pickering (ANU): What should count as aid? *Pre-submission presentation*
Other
For better or for worse, one of the most prominent measures of wealthy countries’ fulfilment of their responsibilities towards the global poor is how much aid they provide. For several decades donor and recipient countries have engaged in heated debates over what should and should not be counted…
Symbols, Signals and the Archaeological Record
Conference
Symbols, Signals and the Archaeological Record Archaeology-Philosophy Interdisciplinary Workshop Draft Program Thursday November 1 9.30am -11am, Peter Hiscock, "Seeking Archaeosymbols: ambiguity and opportunity in exploring early symbols in the material record" 11am-11.30am, coffee 11…
Macintosh Stewart (University of Sydney): Contractualism, Animals, Southwood
Other
A very familiar and influential criticism of contractualist moral theories is that they are somehow deficient when it comes to dealing with beings such as animals (who cannot be part of the contractual agreement). One form of this criticism is the claim that contractualism is unable to…