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Seminars In Canberra
The Centre presents a series of weekly seminars at the ANU in Canberra. In 2011, seminars will usually be held on Wednesdays at 4:00pm, in the Seminar Room C, Coombs Building (Building 09), The Australian National University. Click here for future seminars.
Next Canberra seminar:
Wednesday 7th December: Nicholas Barry (LaTrobe), Coombs Building, Seminar Room D
Title: Against the Option-Brute Distinction
This paper argues against the distinction between
option luck and brute luck, which is central to most orthodox accounts of luck
egalitarianism. The first half of the paper highlights a number of problems with
the option-brute distinction, as it is commonly presented in the literature. It
argues that some instances of option luck inequality are inconsistent with the
underlying motivation of the luck egalitarian project, and that the option-brute
distinction, at least on Dworkin's formulation, is insufficiently sensitive to
the way background inequalities shape individual choices. Whilst G.A Cohen's
more nuanced formulation overcomes the latter problem by focusing on the
genuineness of choices, it does not avoid the first problem of non-compensable
option luck. The second half of the paper sketches a theory of luck
egalitarianism that avoids the problematic option-brute distinction by focusing
more directly on the relationship between choices and outcomes, and it responds
to a number of recent criticisms of this revised formulation of the theory from
supporters and critics of the broader luck egalitarian project.
Enquiries to Scott Wisor: scott.wisor@anu.edu.au
Previous Seminars in Canberra
Seminars In Melbourne
The Centre presents regular seminars at the University of Melbourne. Seminars will normally be held on Wednesdays at 2:15pm to 4pm in the Moot Court Room, Ground Floor, Old Quadrangle (not to be confused with the Mooting Court in the new Law Building). Click here for future seminars.
Next Melbourne seminar
To be announced
Enquiries to Emma Larking: larking@unimelb.edu.au or 61 3 8344 3855
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Seminars in Wagga Wagga
The Centre presents regular seminars on the Wagga Wagga campus of Charles Sturt University. These are held on Tuesdays at 5:00 pm in Room 181, Marchant Hall unless otherwise stated.
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Enquiries to Dr Daniel Cohen: Daniel.Cohen@anu.edu.au or +61 (02) 6125-1741
CONFERENCES
Ethics in Financial Transactions & Society: The Way Forward
September 17 and 18, 2011
University of Melbourne
This is the fourth in a series of conference on ethics-based financial transactions. The scope of the conference is wide, including Islamic/Jewish/Christian financial ethics; prudential regulations and ethics; law and ethics; business ethics; investor protection; etc.
Participants include: Mohamed Ariff, Professor of Finance, Bond University, Abdullah Saeed Professor & Director, National Centre for Excellence in Islamic Studies, University of Melbourne; Andrew Alexandra, Director CAPPE, University of Melbourne; Constant Mews, Professor of Religion, Monash University; Charles Sampford, Director, Key Centre for Ethics, Justice and Governance, Griffith University.
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Human Rights: Old Dichotomies Revisited
November 25-26, 2011
Sydney Law School, Australia
The conference will bring together the leading international and Australian scholars in jurisprudence and in international human-rights law to reflect upon the traditional, 'classical' dilemmas and taxonomies in the philosophy of human rights, in the light of recent developments in theories of rights and in the international law of human rights.
Keynote Speakers: Professor Tom Campbell, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE).Professor Leslie Green, Oxford University. Professor David Kinley, University of Sydney. Professor Susan Marks, London School of Economics. Professor Thomas Pogge, Yale University and CAPPE. Professor Jeremy Waldron, New York University & Oxford University. Professor Neil Walker, University of Edinburgh. Click Here for more information

