Organised by Bioethics Institute Ghent Funded by the Society for Applied Philosophy Analytic Bioethics in Europe 28-29 MAY 2014 in GHENT, BELGIUM Organised by Bioethics Institute Ghent Funded by the Society for Applied Philosophy and Ghent University Speakers: Jeff McMahan (Rutgers University), Ingmar Persson (University of Gothenburg, University of Oxford),...
The Nature and Value of Childhood
This conference brings together philosophers interested in a cluster of questions that have never been sufficiently discussed, but which are starting to draw philosophical attention: What is childhood? Is childhood good intrinsically, or only as preparation for adulthood? If it is intrinsically good, does it have special value - would...
The Value of Equality
Thursday, March 13th Chair: Arthur Ripstein 14:00 - 15:10: Larry S. Temkin (Rutgers): ‘Illuminating Egalitarianism’ 15:10 -15:30 – Coffee Break Chair: Kerah Gordon-Solomon 15:30 – 16:40: Cynthia Stark (Utah): ‘Rescuing the Pareto Argument’ 16:40 – 17:50: Thomas Christiano (Arizona): ‘Rationality, Equal Status, and Egalitarianism’ 18:30 Conference Dinner Friday, March 14th...