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?"
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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"
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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…
Andre Kaiser (Cologne), "When Time Is On My Side: Time Horizons and Institutional Reform"
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Contrary to the long held view that political institutions are persistent and help structure the political process in such a way that policy equilibriums emerge, recent research has found an astonishing number of institutional changes in established democracies. Why is that? Theory building lags…
Patrick Greenough (St. Andrews/Sydney), "Indeterminacy: Going Glutty, Staying Classical"
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p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } The dominant conception of indeterminacy can be summed up in two slogans: go gappy; go non-classical. In more detail, the dominant conception…