British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences

10.30

Registration; tea and coffee

11.00

Justice and Equality 1
Chair: Dr Matt Matravers, Department of Politics, University of York

Speakers:
Professor Keith Dowding: Luck, equality and responsibility

Professor Paul Kelly: Why equality? On justifying liberal egalitarianism
Both speakers are from the Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science

1.00

Lunch

2.00

Justice and Equality 2
Chair: Dr Lukas H. Meyer, University of Bern

Speakers:
Professor Wilfried Hinsch, Philosophisches Institut, Universität des Saarlandes
Political Justice and Legitimacy

Professor Thomas Scanlon, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University
When does equality matter?

4.00

Tea and coffee

4.30

Round table discussion on Justice and Equality
Chair: Professor Charles Jones, Department of Political Science, University of Western Ontario

Speakers:
Professor Brian Barry, FBA, Columbia University, Professor Jonathan Wolff, Department of Philosophy, University College London, and Dr Andrew Williams, Department of Philosophy, University of Reading

6.00

Drinks Reception

7.00

Close

9.00

Tea and coffee

9.30

International and Intergenerational Justice 1
Chair: Dr Andrew Williams, Department of Philosophy, University of Reading

Speakers:
Professor Arthur Applbaum, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
On forcing people to be free

Dr Lukas H. Meyer, SPIRE, Keele University
Not the same. International and intergenerational justice

11.00

Tea and coffee

11.30

International and Intergenerational Justice 2
Chair: Professor Jonathan Wolff, Department of Philosophy, University College London

Speakers:
Professor Charles Jones, Department of Political Science, University of Western Ontario
Human rights cosmopolitanism

Dr Simon Caney, Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham
Who should bear the burdens of global climate change?

1.00

Lunch

2.00

Multiculturalism and Universalism
Chair: Professor Susan Mendus, FBA, Department of Politics, University of York

Speakers:
Professor Phillipe van Parijs, Université Catholique de Louvain
Linguistic justice as equal dignity

Professor David Heyd, Department of Philosophy, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Cultural diversity and biodiversity: a tempting analogy

4.00

Tea and coffee

4:30

Round table discussion on Normative Political Theory and Political Practice
Chair: Professor Thomas Scanlon, Harvard University

Speakers:
Professor Brian Barry, FBA, Professor Peter Koller, University of Graz and Professor Susan Mendus, FBA

6:00

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