A workshop for 14 authors contributing to a volume titled Political Epistemology his event will take place at Georgetown University on October 25–26, 2018. The event will center around three themes, listed below. The Role of Truth and Knowledge in Politics On Democracy as Symmetrical Subjection David Estlund The Grounds of Political Legitimacy Fabienne Peter Should […]
Do future generations survive deontological distinctions? Decision makers around the world are facing problems regarding global economy and consumption, climate change and environmental protection, and conflicting ideologies and war. The challenge is to come up with responses that are both morally justifiable and practically acceptable. This is complicated by the fact that these decisions will […]
This two‐day workshop brings together scholars working on compensation and apologies to advance our understanding of what morality requires after war ends. Conflict pervades human life. In personal relationships and criminal activity, in armed conflict and war, in oppressive and unjust states, people wrong their fellow human beings. After conflict amends must be made. Amends […]
The Society’s 2019 conference will take place in Cardiff, 28–30 June. The call for papers and panels is now open and will close on Monday 14 January 2019. Papers are welcomed on all topics across the field of applied philosophy. The keynote speakers will be Rainer Forst (GU Frankfurt), Cecile Laborde (Oxford), Niko Kolodny (UC Berkeley) and Margaret Moore […]
A three day graduate conference, to be held at the University of Sheffield (UK). Traditionally, discussions of value have ranged over whether moral and aesthetic evaluative statements are objective or subjective, whether or not facts external to our psychology can be reasons, and how reasons can motivate us at all. But, at Understanding Value, we […]
The SAP Annual Lecture 2017–18 audio recording now available. An audio recording of the SAP Annual Lecture 2017–18: ‘Three Mistakes about Doing Good (and Bad)’ by Philip Pettit is now available on the SAP Soundcloud page. To access the recording please click here.
Consent in Morality and Law Conference Speakers Keynote: Kimberly Ferzan, University of Virgnia Keynote: Victor Tadros, University of Warwick Kate Greasley, University College London Hugh Lazenby, University of Glasgow Hallie Liberto, University of Maryland Massimo Renzo, Kings College London Respondents David Archard, Queen’s University Belfast Karam Chadha, University of Cambridge Mark D’Souza, University College London […]
Event supported by Society for Applied Philosophy 1. Details of the workshop Workshop title: “Monetary Policy and Distributive Justice” July 6th, 2018 Venue: Pompeu Fabra University, Law Department Convenors: Paula Casal, Pedro Silva, and Josep Ferret Address: Law Department. Carrer Ramon Trias Fargas 25–27. 08005. Barcelona Phone: (+34)696931332 Email address: josep.ferret@upf.edu 2. Workshop funding The […]
Event sponsored by Society for Applied Philosophy Symposium on Peter Dietsch’s book “Catching Capital: The Ethics of Tax Competition,” (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015). The book explores normative issues related to tax competition amongst states and proposes solutions to the problems that arise from it. The book is animated by a concern with the mismatch between […]
This conference will bring together scholars working at the intersection of political philosophy and epistemology. The term “political epistemology” is fairly new, but we think it captures an important intersection between political philosophy and epistemology that has become especially important in the current political climate, where broad challenges to the notion of truth threaten the […]