Kieran Setiya (MIT)
Seminar
Kieran Setiya (MIT) 12–1PM 13 MAY 2022 Location: RSSS room 6.71 or online via this Zoom link Paper title, details for accessing the paper and session details will be circulated through the Philsoc-l mailing list, which you can…
CMSPT Seminar Series 2021 and 2022
Seminar
Each seminar will be a one-hour discussion of a precirculated paper, with the discussion group convening in 6.71 and the author virtually present on Zoom through a screen in the room. Authors will send us their paper one week before the session. 2022 seminars: 11 Feb - Leif Wenar (Stanford…
Feasibility and Immigration Workshop
Workshop
Immigration has become a central topic in political philosophy in recent years. Feasibility has also begun to attract a great deal of interest, with a number of political philosophers now paying attention to its nature and appropriate role in normative inquiry. This workshop will bring…
Margaret Moore (Queen's): Is Canada entitled to the Arctic?
Seminar
This paper examines the moral foundation of arguments for rights over territory in cases where the land is uninhabited or unoccupied. It takes the Canadian claim over the Arctic as an example. It is not asking a question in international law or international relations, but about the deep moral…
Udit Bhatia (Oxford): Against Epistocracy: Reconsidering the Demographic Objection
Other
Why should we prefer democracy to an epistocracy of competent persons? In his response to this question, David Estlund appeals to the ‘demographic objection’. He argues that ‘The educated portion of the populace may disproportionately have epistemically damaging features that countervail the…
Book Launch: Sparing Civilians by Dr Seth Lazar (ANU)
Other
Professor Christian Barry will be launching Dr Seth Lazar's book, Sparing Civilians, at a lunch in the Coombs Tea Room at 12.30. All are welcome, but please RSVP to phil.admin.cass (at) anu.edu.au so that we can confirm numbers for catering. Book Description Killing civilians is worse than killing…