Kantian Communitarian Contractarianism and its Institutions
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Kantian Communitarian Contractarianism and Its Institutions Hartmut Kliemt Abstract Fundamental characteristics of recent non-Kantian, non-communitarian “contractarian” approaches are summed up graphically to the right [see below]. These approaches grew out of a rational choice and game theoretic…
Josef Holden (ANU): Excellence-Based Reasons (TPR)
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Thesis: Moral Anti-Rationalism and Consequentialism According to moral anti-rationalism, a person can have sufficient reason, all things considered, to act immorally. My thesis is a defence of this view, and a discussion of two connected issues. It has three parts. The first is an exploration of…
Shmulik Nili (ANU): Organizing integrity
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Social discourse about morality often features appeals to fundamental personal commitments. Individuals who wish to justify their conduct to others frequently portray certain actions they pursue as stemming from commitments that are central to their self-conception, and actions they reject as…
Responding to Global Poverty: Harm, Responsibility, and Agency - Book Launch
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Please join us to celebrate the publication of Responding to Global Poverty by Professor Christian Barry and Professor Gerhard Øverland. Light catering will be provided The extent and severity of global poverty are among the most profoundly disturbing aspects of our work, but it is one thing to…
2016 Annual Australasian Public Choice Conference
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The 9th Annual Australasian Public Choice Society Conference will be hosted by the Research School of Social Sciences School of Philosophy at the Australian National University. The plenary speakers for this conference will be: - Keith Dowding (SPIR, ANU) - Mike Munger (Political Science, Duke…