Neutrality conference roundup
Jon Mandle has posted a summary at Crooked Timber, and the commentators' remarks and the discussions (though not the paper presentations) are available for audio download.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Conference: "Justice, Culture and Tradition"
"Justice, Culture and Tradition"
To recognize Michael Walzer's contributions to the ethical and political philosophy of the twentieth century, a conference titled Justice, Culture and Tradition will take place June 2-4, 2008 at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton, New Jersey.
The Conference will consider the following questions:
How should liberalism treat cultures, cultural diversity and cultural identities?
How should the just society distribute resources and the goods social life produces?
When is waging war justified? What is the meaning of national self-defense and how is it related to self-defense in the domestic realm?
Is an international system constituted from fully sovereign states justified, or should the international society be federalized?
The political philosophy of the 20th century intensely explored the themes raised by these questions; however, a conception of the inter-relations among the issues they raise is still under-developed. A penetrating discussion of Walzer's philosophy will allow us to fill this gap.
Michael Walzer will attend and comment on the papers presented.
The conference is organized by Professor Yitzhak Benbaji of Bar-Ilan University and Shalom Hartman Institute.
All sessions are free of charge and open to the public. Please RSVP for each session by contacting Danielle Candy at dcandy@cceia.org, or 212-838-4120, ext. 259.
MONDAY, JUNE 2ND
9:45AM - 10:00AM Greeting Session
IAS Director Peter Goddard and Conference Organizer Yitzhak Benbaji (Bar-Ilan University)
10:00AM - 12:15PM "Distributive Justice"
Speakers
Thomas Scanlon (Harvard University)
Michael J. Sandel (Harvard University)
Commentator
Amy Gutmann (University of Pennsylvania)
Chair
Joan W.Scott (IAS)
2:00PM - 3:00PM "The Interpretive View of Ethics"
Speaker
Georgia Warnke (University of California)
Commentator
Susan Neiman (Einstein Forum)
Chair
Harry Frankfurt (Princeton University)
3:30PM - 6:00PM Round Table: "The Practice of Social Criticism"
Speakers
Mitchell Cohen (CUNY Baruch College)
Martin Peretz (The New Republic)
Menachem Lorberbaum (Tel Aviv University)
Axel Honneth (Institut fur Sozialforschung)
Chair
Ian Shapiro (Yale University)
TUESDAY, JUNE 3RD
10:00AM - 12:15PM "Multiculturalism, Civil Society, and the Politics of Recognition"
Speakers
Jacob T. Levy (McGill University)
Will Kymlicka (Queen's University)
Commentator
Charles Taylor (McGill University)
2:00PM - 5:00PM Round Table: "The Just War Theory - Moral and Legal Perspectives"
Speakers
Yitzhak Benbaji (Bar-Ilan University)
Jeff McMahan (Rutgers University)
Brian Orend (University of Waterloo)
Commentator
Noam J. Zohar (Bar-Ilan University)
Speakers
Michael Doyle (Columbia University)
Haim Shapira (Bar-Ilan University)
Chair
Joel Rosenthal (Carnegie Council)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4TH
10:00AM - 12:15PM "Tradition, Radicalism and Solidarity"
Speakers
Avishai Margalit (Institute for Advanced Study)
George Kateb (Princeton University)
Commentator
Moshe Halbertal (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
2:00PM - 4:00PM "The Moral Standing of States"
Speaker
Ruth Gavison (The Hebrew University)
Charles R. Beitz (Princeton University)
Commentator
Nancy L. Rosenblum (Harvard University)
Chair
Jacob T. Levy (McGill University)
4:30PM - 6:30PM Round Table: "The Jewish Political Tradition"
Speakers
Leon Wieseltier (The New Republic)
David Novak (University of Toronto)
Pierre Birnbaum (Columbia University Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies)
Chair
Noam J. Zohar (Bar-Ilan University)
"Justice, Culture and Tradition"
To recognize Michael Walzer's contributions to the ethical and political philosophy of the twentieth century, a conference titled Justice, Culture and Tradition will take place June 2-4, 2008 at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton, New Jersey.
The Conference will consider the following questions:
How should liberalism treat cultures, cultural diversity and cultural identities?
How should the just society distribute resources and the goods social life produces?
When is waging war justified? What is the meaning of national self-defense and how is it related to self-defense in the domestic realm?
Is an international system constituted from fully sovereign states justified, or should the international society be federalized?
The political philosophy of the 20th century intensely explored the themes raised by these questions; however, a conception of the inter-relations among the issues they raise is still under-developed. A penetrating discussion of Walzer's philosophy will allow us to fill this gap.
Michael Walzer will attend and comment on the papers presented.
The conference is organized by Professor Yitzhak Benbaji of Bar-Ilan University and Shalom Hartman Institute.
All sessions are free of charge and open to the public. Please RSVP for each session by contacting Danielle Candy at dcandy@cceia.org, or 212-838-4120, ext. 259.
MONDAY, JUNE 2ND
9:45AM - 10:00AM Greeting Session
IAS Director Peter Goddard and Conference Organizer Yitzhak Benbaji (Bar-Ilan University)
10:00AM - 12:15PM "Distributive Justice"
Speakers
Thomas Scanlon (Harvard University)
Michael J. Sandel (Harvard University)
Commentator
Amy Gutmann (University of Pennsylvania)
Chair
Joan W.Scott (IAS)
2:00PM - 3:00PM "The Interpretive View of Ethics"
Speaker
Georgia Warnke (University of California)
Commentator
Susan Neiman (Einstein Forum)
Chair
Harry Frankfurt (Princeton University)
3:30PM - 6:00PM Round Table: "The Practice of Social Criticism"
Speakers
Mitchell Cohen (CUNY Baruch College)
Martin Peretz (The New Republic)
Menachem Lorberbaum (Tel Aviv University)
Axel Honneth (Institut fur Sozialforschung)
Chair
Ian Shapiro (Yale University)
TUESDAY, JUNE 3RD
10:00AM - 12:15PM "Multiculturalism, Civil Society, and the Politics of Recognition"
Speakers
Jacob T. Levy (McGill University)
Will Kymlicka (Queen's University)
Commentator
Charles Taylor (McGill University)
2:00PM - 5:00PM Round Table: "The Just War Theory - Moral and Legal Perspectives"
Speakers
Yitzhak Benbaji (Bar-Ilan University)
Jeff McMahan (Rutgers University)
Brian Orend (University of Waterloo)
Commentator
Noam J. Zohar (Bar-Ilan University)
Speakers
Michael Doyle (Columbia University)
Haim Shapira (Bar-Ilan University)
Chair
Joel Rosenthal (Carnegie Council)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4TH
10:00AM - 12:15PM "Tradition, Radicalism and Solidarity"
Speakers
Avishai Margalit (Institute for Advanced Study)
George Kateb (Princeton University)
Commentator
Moshe Halbertal (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
2:00PM - 4:00PM "The Moral Standing of States"
Speaker
Ruth Gavison (The Hebrew University)
Charles R. Beitz (Princeton University)
Commentator
Nancy L. Rosenblum (Harvard University)
Chair
Jacob T. Levy (McGill University)
4:30PM - 6:30PM Round Table: "The Jewish Political Tradition"
Speakers
Leon Wieseltier (The New Republic)
David Novak (University of Toronto)
Pierre Birnbaum (Columbia University Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies)
Chair
Noam J. Zohar (Bar-Ilan University)
Now online
"It Usually Begins With Isaiah Berlin," my essay on Richard Flathman's Pluralism and Liberal Democracy for a symposium on the same in the current issue of The Good Society. The symposium also includes contributions from George Kateb, Eric MacGilvray, and Richard Boyd, and a response by Flathman.
"It Usually Begins With Isaiah Berlin," my essay on Richard Flathman's Pluralism and Liberal Democracy for a symposium on the same in the current issue of The Good Society. The symposium also includes contributions from George Kateb, Eric MacGilvray, and Richard Boyd, and a response by Flathman.
Intentions and Motivations in International Relations
FRIDAY MAY 23 2008
Department of philosophy, University of Montreal, room 422
Sponsored by the Centre de recherches en éthique de l'Université de
Montréal (CRÉUM)
Convenors: Ryoa Chung / France Gaudreault / Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer
and Martin Blanchard
Workshop themes : This workshop proposes to examine the notions of
intention and motivation in international relations in the spirit of
an interdisciplinary dialogue between philosophy, law and political
science for the benefit of a deepened understanding of ethics in
international relations. The goal of this interdisciplinary workshop
is to explore new paths of research in the study of intentions and
motivations in political and moral agency and to better understand the
role they play in individual, collective or corporate action.
Participants :
Simon Caney (Oxford University)
Ryoa Chung (Université de Montréal)
Peter Dietsch (Université de Montréal)
Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer (Université de Montréal / ÉHESS / McGill
University)
Pablo Gilabert (Concordia University)
Frédéric Mégret (McGill University)
Christine Straehle (UQÀM)
Daniel Weinstock (CRÉUM)
where and when ?
Friday May 23 2008
Université de montréal
2910 boul. Edouard-montpetit
Room 422
Métro université de montréal
Full program here.
FRIDAY MAY 23 2008
Department of philosophy, University of Montreal, room 422
Sponsored by the Centre de recherches en éthique de l'Université de
Montréal (CRÉUM)
Convenors: Ryoa Chung / France Gaudreault / Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer
and Martin Blanchard
Workshop themes : This workshop proposes to examine the notions of
intention and motivation in international relations in the spirit of
an interdisciplinary dialogue between philosophy, law and political
science for the benefit of a deepened understanding of ethics in
international relations. The goal of this interdisciplinary workshop
is to explore new paths of research in the study of intentions and
motivations in political and moral agency and to better understand the
role they play in individual, collective or corporate action.
Participants :
Simon Caney (Oxford University)
Ryoa Chung (Université de Montréal)
Peter Dietsch (Université de Montréal)
Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer (Université de Montréal / ÉHESS / McGill
University)
Pablo Gilabert (Concordia University)
Frédéric Mégret (McGill University)
Christine Straehle (UQÀM)
Daniel Weinstock (CRÉUM)
where and when ?
Friday May 23 2008
Université de montréal
2910 boul. Edouard-montpetit
Room 422
Métro université de montréal
Full program here.
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