The Anatomy of Justice

A Conference in Honour of Hillel Steiner

Location: University of Manchester
Time/Date: 20th November 2009 - 21st November 2009, 11:00 - 17:40

The Manchester Centre for Political Theory (MANCEPT) is delighted to host a conference celebrating the career of our distinguished colleague, Professor Hillel Steiner. Professor Steiner’s pioneering work on freedom, rights, exploitation, and justice has profoundly influenced moral, political, and legal philosophy over the last forty years. This conference will bring together scholars from around the world to discuss some of the central themes from Professor Steiner’s work. Registration for the conference is open and places are limited so please book early. Accommodation cannot be guaranteed for bookings made after 15 October, 2009. For details regarding registration and accommodation please visit us at:
 
http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/disciplines/politics/events/justice/
 
Programme
Friday 20 November, 2009
 
11am – 11:30am                    
Registration
 
11:30am – 1pm                     
Eric Mack (Tulane University)
‘The Natural Right of Property’
Discussant: Ian Carter (University of Pavia)
 1pm – 2pm                            
Lunch
 
2pm – 3:30pm                     
Jonathan Quong (University of Manchester)
‘Left-Libertarianism: Rawlsian not Luck Egalitarian'
Discussant: Michael Otsuka (University College London)
 
3:30pm – 4pm                       
Coffee/Tea
 
4pm – 5:30pm                       
David Miller (University of Oxford)
'Property and Territory: Locke, Kant and Steiner'
Discussant: Zofia Stemplowska (University of Reading)
 
5:30pm -                                
Drinks and Dinner
 
 
Saturday 21 November, 2009

9:45am – 11:15am
                 
Serena Olsaretti (University of Cambridge)
‘Choice, Circumstance and the Cost of Children'
Discussant: William Lucy (University of Manchester)
 
11:15am – 11:30am               
Coffee/Tea
 
11:30am – 1pm                     
Eve Garrard (University of Manchester)
‘Evildoing versus wrongdoing: a qualitative or quantitative  difference?’
Discussant: Matthew Kramer (University of Cambridge)
 
1pm – 2pm                             Lunch
 
2pm – 3:30pm                        Peter Vallentyne (University of Missouri)
‘Uncompensable Intrusion-Harm’
Discussant: Philippe Van Parijs (Université catholique
de Louvain)
 
3:30pm – 4pm                        Coffee/Tea
 
4pm – 5:30pm                        Jonathan Wolff (University College London)
‘Hillel Steiner, Jerry Cohen, and Analytic Political Philosophy’
Discussant: Alan Hamlin (University of Manchester)
 
5:30 – 5:40                             Hillel Steiner (University of Manchester)
‘Closing Remarks’

Published: 22nd September 2009