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
Gillian Brock University of Auckland: Needs, Vulnerability, and Porous Borders: some issues concerning the distribution of responsibility
Monique Deveaux, Williams College: Human rights and the Subjects & Agents of Global Justice
Deen Chatterjee,  University of Utah: Cutting Through the Liberal Conundrum: Onora O'Neill's Cosmopolitanism

(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?
Daniel Weinstock, Université de Montréal: Trust but Verify: On Some Limits to Trust, Conceptual and Institutional
Axel Seeman, Bentley University: Sources of Trust: Reasons, Feelings, and the Participant Stance

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
Suzanne Uniacke, University of Hull: Respect for Autonomy in Medical Ethics

1.00-2.30

Lunch

2.30-4.00

Session 3

 

Normativity and Scope
Lecture by Onora O'Neill

 

(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
Melissa Barry, Williams College: Constructivist practical reasoning and objectivity
Katrin Flikshuh, LES: Hope or prudence? Practical faith in Kant’s political thinking

(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
David Archard, University of Lancaster: Procreative Rights and Procreative Duties
Colin Macleod, University of Victoria: Constructing Children’s Rights