British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Ethics and Politics Beyond Borders:
The Work of Onora O’Neill
24-26 SEPTEMBER 2009
10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1
Convenor: Professor David Archard, Lancaster University
ABOUT THIS EVENT
Thursday, 24 September 2009
12.00-1.30 | Registration |
1.30-4.30 | Session 1: The ethics and politics of global justice |
Welcome and opening remarks Simon Caney, Oxford University: The Pursuit of Global Justice: an examination of the roles and responsibilities of different agents of justice (There will be a short break mid-way through this session and an informal drinks reception for all attendees following the final session.) |
Friday, September 25 2009
9:00-10.45 | Session 2: Theorising trust and consent |
| Jonathan Glover, King’s College London: How is Trust Possible? |
10.45 | Coffee break |
11.30-1.00 | Session 2: Trust and autonomy |
Neil Manson, University of Lancaster: Informed Consent and the Ethics of Communication | |
1.00-2.30 | Lunch |
2.30-4.00 | Session 3 |
Normativity and Scope
(There will be an informal drinks reception for all attendees following the final session.) |
Saturday, September 26 2009
9.00-10.45 | Session 4: Kant and Contemporary Moral Philosophy |
Thomas Hill Jr, University of North Carolina: Varieties of Kantian Constructivism (There will be a short break for refreshments at 10.45) | |
11.15-1.00 | Session 5: Family, children, and procreation - ethical issues |
| Brenda Almond: Reconstructing the family: from having children to making babies |