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Workshop in Practical Philosophy

Workshop in Practical Philosophy - May 9th - 10th, 2019 Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen Seminar Room, 1st floor, Sydnesplassen 12/13

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Vigdis Kvam

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Thursday, May 9th

12:00 - 13:00: Session 1 - Espen Gamlund (UiB) - “Is There Such a Thing as Legitimate Moralism?” (Lunch served during session)

13:15 - 14:15: Session 2 - Carl Tollef Solberg (UiB) and Mathias Barra (Akershus University Hospital) - “The Devil’s in the DALY: Evaluating Disease Burden in the Global Burden of Disease Study” (To Be Confirmed)

14:30 - 15:30: Session 3 - Kristian Ekeli (UiS) - “Toleration, Respect for Persons and the Free Speech Right to Do Moral Wrong”

15:45 - 17:00: Session 4 - David Miller (Oxford) - “Justifying the Right of Return”

17:00: Hike (weather permitting) and informal dinner

Friday, May 10th

09:30 - 10:30: Session 1 - Margaret Moore (Queen’s University) - “The Moral Value of Collective Self-Determination and the Ethics of Secession”

10:45 - 12:00: Session 2 - Axel Gosseries (UC Louvain) - “Brexit and Intergenerational Legitimacy”

12:15 - 13:15: Lunch break

13:15 - 14:30: Session 3 - David G. C. Vogt (UiB) - “‘Desert’ as Shorthand for ‘Justice’”

14:45 - 15:45: Session 4 - Johannes Servan (UiB) - “Do Climate Refugees Have Any Rights?”

16:00 - 17:00: Session 5 - Jesse Tomalty (UiB) - “Social Rights and the Minimally Good Life”

19:00: Dinner at Naboen (Sigurds gate 4)

 

The schedule for the workshop is also attached.