March 15, 2008

CF: Raz on Value, Respect and Well-being
By S. Matthew Liao

Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT)

Value, Respect, and Wellbeing: Themes from the Work of Joseph Raz

Friday 9 May 2008
Time: 9.30am - 5.15pm
Venue: The Boardroom, Arthur Lewis Building, University of Manchester

Provisional Programme:
9.30 - 10.00 registration
10.00 - 11.15 session 1: Steven Wall (Bowling Green State University)
11.15 - 11.30 coffee
11.30 - 12.45 session 2: Leslie Green (University of Oxford)
12.45 - 1.30 lunch
1.30 - 2.45 session 3: Brad Hooker (University of Reading)
2.45 - 3.00 tea
3.00 - 4.15 session 4: Stephen Darwall (University of Michigan)
4.15 - 5.15 session 5: Discussion with replies by Joseph Raz (University of Oxford and Columbia University)

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Posted on March 15, 2008 at 2:42 pm in Normative Ethics, Political Philosophy, S. Matthew Liao's Posts, Value Theory, Conference Announcement | Leave a Comment

February 27, 2008

James Griffin’s On Human Rights
By S. Matthew Liao

Professor James Griffin’s outstanding and important book, On Human Rights, has now been published by Oxford University Press. Professor Griffin is the White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy, Emeritus, at Oxford University, and currently holds appointments at Oxford, Rutgers University and Australian National University.

Dr. John Tasioulas (Oxford) has some wonderful remarks regarding Professor Griffin’s book, which he presented at Professor Griffin’s book launch on January 23, 2008, and which can be found here.

Professor Griffin’s address to the audience at the book launch, in which he shares his motivation for writing the book, can also be found here.

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Posted on February 27, 2008 at 3:19 am in Normative Ethics, Political Philosophy, S. Matthew Liao's Posts, Practical Ethics | Leave a Comment

January 18, 2008

Philosophy and Public Policy Workshop
By S. Matthew Liao

Readers of Ethics Etc, especially those living near London, might be interested in the following, which is free and open to the public, though registration is required:

A British Academy workshop convened by David Archard, University of Lancaster, Angus Dawson, University of Keele, Susan Mendus, FBA, University of York and Suzanne Uniacke, University of Hull

9.30 - 17.30, Saturday 8 March 2008
The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace,
London, SW1Y 5AH

There will be a drinks reception sponsored by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Journal of Applied Philosophy

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Posted on January 18, 2008 at 1:02 am in Political Philosophy, S. Matthew Liao's Posts, Conference Announcement | Leave a Comment

December 5, 2007

Hegel’s Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right
By Thom Brooks

If I may be allowed a chance to make a brief announcement, I am delighted to say that my new monograph, Hegel’s Political Philosophy: A Systematic Reading of the Philosophy of Right, is hot off the press. It is published by Edinburgh University Press and distributed in the United States by Columbia University Press.

For a taster:

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Posted on December 5, 2007 at 11:44 am in Normative Ethics, Political Philosophy, Metaphysics, General Announcement, Thom Brooks's Posts | 2 Comments

August 26, 2007

[Insert title here]
By Mike Otsuka

Heard of any good titles of articles in moral, legal, or political philosophy lately? (I’m just after good titles. Never mind the quality of the articles themselves.) Here are a couple off the top of my head:

Hillel Steiner, “Silver spoons and golden genes: talent differentials and distributive justice”, in The Genetic Revolution and Human Rights (OUP, 1999)

and

Peter Vallentyne, “Of mice and men: equality and animals”, Journal of Ethics (2005)

Steiner’s piece is on the relevance of nature and nurture to distributive justice. (Steiner laments that it was Thomas Nagel rather than he who coined the phrase “silver spoons and golden genes”.) Vallentyne’s is on whether egalitarians ought to massively redistribute resources from human beings to lesser animals in order to compensate the latter for their relatively unimpressive lives.

The title of this article …

G. A. Cohen, “If you’re an egalitarian, how come you’re so rich?” Journal of Ethics (2000)

…was good enough to end up on the cover of the author’s next book. I’m still waiting for someone to write a companion piece entitled “If you’re a libertarian, how come your income is so average?”.

But the best title I can think of is…

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Posted on August 26, 2007 at 1:18 pm in Normative Ethics, Political Philosophy, Mike Otsuka's Posts | 7 Comments