"Freedom and Other Robustly Demanding Goods". Professor Pettit is the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values at Princeton University. He works in political philosophy and moral theory.
“Where is Democracy Heading?” Professor Carole Pateman's publications include Participation and Democratic Theory(1970), The Problem of Political Obligation (2nd edition 1985) and The Sexual Contract (1988) which received the Benjamin Lippincott Award in 2005. The Award is given for a work of "exceptional quality by a living … Read more
Jennifer Hawkins (Trent Scholar in Bioethics, Associate Research Professor of Philosophy, and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Duke University) will present her work-in-progress paper Happiness, Unhappiness and Suffering at the next PPRG meeting, which will be Tuesday, May 13 from 7:00 - 8:30pm … Read more
Wednesday May 21: 9am-10am Welcome and breakfast 10-11:30am John Roberts, "Humeanism and the Power of Laws to Explain." Comments by Carlotta Pavese. 11:30am-1:30pm Lunch 1:30pm-3:00pm Finnur Dellsen, "Explanatory Rivals." Comments by Jarrett Leplin. 3:00pm-3:30pm Break 3:30pm-5pm Ittay Nissan, "Epistemic Relevancy … Read more
