"The Centre for Moral, Social and Political Theory" in the School of Philosophy organises a lunchtime seminar every week. The MSPT seminar normally takes place on Mondays from 12:30 to 2:00 in Coombs seminar room D. The current convenor for the MSPT seminar series is Oliver Rawle (oliver.rawle@anu.edu.au). Recent and upcoming papers are listed below.
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Past Events
Bob Simpson (Monash): Liberalism and Offence: the Hard-nosed View vs. the Balancing View
This paper identifies and explains a distinction between two views about whether the Liberal state may legally restrict conduct on account of its…
Bob Goodin (ANU): Guaranteed rotation in office
Rotation in office is a classic democratic ideal. Nowadays that is seen as a natural consequence of competitive elections, rather than a goal…
Paul Formosa (Macquarie): How to Use a Person as a Mere Means
The Kantian imperative to treat persons with respect by never using them as mere means and always as ends-in-themselves has a wide currency in…