From kristie.miller at sydney.edu.au Mon Oct 10 08:58:59 2016 From: kristie.miller at sydney.edu.au (Kristie Miller) Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2016 21:58:59 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] Thursday @ 3.00: Forgiving Those Who Have Suffered Enough Message-ID: <9E5D9D68EF32924FB5AE672AA26A09E4B6E6504F@ex-mbx-pro-06> Dear all, This week's current projects paper will be Luke Russell, who will present the following paper: Title: Forgiving Those Who Have Suffered Enough Do we have a reason to forgive a wrongdoer who, through misfortune, has "suffered enough"? Does the pity that we feel in such situations not merely compete with but undermine our reasons to resent the wrongdoer? Would it be irrational to forgive on these grounds? As usual, papers are held in the Muniment Room, Main Quad, at 3.00 on Thursday. All welcome. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From arts.cave at mq.edu.au Mon Oct 10 09:41:02 2016 From: arts.cave at mq.edu.au (Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics) Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2016 22:41:02 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] CAVE Workshop: Dementia in the Courtroom, Macquarie, 14 October Message-ID: Hi all, The Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics (CAVE), the Agency and Moral Cognition Network, and the Australian Neurolaw Database Project are co-hosting a workshop on dementia in the courtroom. Workshop: Dementia in the Courtroom Date: Friday 14 October 2016 (THIS FRIDAY!) Time: 14:45 - 17:00 Venue: Building E3A room 244, Macquarie University (Q21 on campus map) All are welcome, but please register with Jeanette Kennett for catering purposes: jeanette.kennett at mq.edu.au Dementia is the single greatest cause of disability in older Australians aged 65 and over, with a significant associated economic and social burden. Given our aging population there will be an increasing number of people with dementia entering the legal system, creating unique challenges around evidence, capacity, responsibility, just sentencing, and management of offenders. Dementia may affect capacity to make decisions in various legal domains, including financial management and creation or alteration of a will. Fronto-temporal dementia (behavioural type) causes changes in a person's behaviour and personality, which can result in criminal behaviour. In this workshop, an expert panel will discuss a selection of recent criminal cases from the Australian Neurolaw Database (www.neurolaw.edu.au) where dementia has been a central issue and draw out the legal, ethical and policy issues raised by these cases. Expert Panellists will include: * Associate Professor Arlie Loughnan: Criminal Law Theorist * Dr Hayley Bennett: Barrister and Neuropsychologist * Dr Pauline Langeluddeke: Clinical Psychologist and expert witness * Associate Professor Nicole Vincent: Professor of Law, Neuroscience, and Philosophy, Georgia State University Program: 14:45 - 15:05: Registration and afternoon tea 15:05 - 15:10: Welcome and Introductions 15:10 - 16:15: Presentation of cases and panel discussion 16:15 - 16:45: Q&A 16:45 - 17:00: Summing up and close All are welcome! CAVE Website: mq.edu.au/cave/events Facebook: www.facebook.com/MQCAVE Australian Neurolaw Database: www.neurolaw.edu.au Agency and Moral Cognition Network: http://mq.edu.au/cave/research-clusters/agency-and-moral-cognition-network Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics (CAVE) Department of Philosophy Macquarie University Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia CAVE website: mq.edu.au/cave www.facebook.com/MQCAVE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From arts.cave at mq.edu.au Mon Oct 10 09:47:10 2016 From: arts.cave at mq.edu.au (Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics) Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2016 22:47:10 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] CAVE/Philosophy Seminar: Dominik Duber (Munster), "What's a conception of the (good) life?" Message-ID: Hi all, The Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics (CAVE) and the Macquarie University Philosophy Department will be hosting a seminar by CAVE Visitor, Dominik D?ber (M?nster). What's a conception of the (good) life? by Dominik D?ber (M?nster) Date: Tuesday 25 October 2016 Time: 13:00 - 14:00 Venue: W6A 107, Macquarie University (Visitor info here) What are the limits of legitimate state action in a liberal state that values autonomy and ensures basic liberal rights? Can we establish principles for drawing the line between legitimate and illegitimate state action or that points out matters that the state should or should not get involved in? These are fundamental questions in contemporary Political Philosophy and even within the broadly liberal tradition we can identify two quite different camps by the way they answer this question. The anti-perfectionist camp defends a principle of restraint, saying that while the state may be justified in taking an active role in matters of justice, it has to refrain from any activity that aims at promoting conceptions of the good life or that is justified by considerations of the good. Perfectionists, on the other hand, say that no such principle of restraint should be established, even defending this thesis up to the point that "it is the goal of all political action to enable individuals to pursue valid conceptions of the good" (Raz). Since the great majority of philosophers involved in this 'perfectionism-debate' on both sides do not discuss how the line between considerations of the good life and other issues, e.g. matters of justice, can be drawn, they seem to take for granted that the distinction is clear enough to be applicable in political theory and practice. Motivated by the fundamental role the term "conceptions of the good (life)" plays in the debate between perfectionists and anti-perfectionists, I critically discuss this line of demarcation and scrutinize if it can be spelled out clearly enough to identify two different camps in political philosophy and play a role as a guiding principle in political practice. About Dominik: Dominik D?ber completed his PhD in Philosophy at the University of M?nster in Germany in 2014, entitled "Self-determination and the good life in a democratic state: the paternalism argument against perfectionism." Since 2011, he has been a research fellow at the Centre for Advanced Study in Bioethics at the University of M?nster. He is currently working on a postdoctoral project on the division of labour. All are welcome, no RSVP required. Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics (CAVE) Department of Philosophy Macquarie University Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia CAVE website: mq.edu.au/cave www.facebook.com/MQCAVE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From arts.cave at mq.edu.au Mon Oct 10 09:49:27 2016 From: arts.cave at mq.edu.au (Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics) Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2016 22:49:27 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] VELiM/CAVE Symposium: Conflicts of Interest, 31 October Message-ID: Hi all, You are invited to a jointly hosted symposium with the Centre for Values, Ethics, and Law in Medicine (VELiM), the Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics (CAVE), and the Bias and Research Integrity research node (University of Sydney). All are welcome, but please register on EventBrite. Symposium: Conflicts of Interest Date: Monday 31 October 2016 Time: 13:00 - 17:00 Venue: Medical Foundation Building (K25), 92-94 Parramatta Rd, University of Sydney This symposium brings together a multi-disciplinary group of scholars to explore the ethical and policy implications of financial and non-financial conflicts of interest in medicine and public health. The four sessions will address conceptual and practical implications of conflicts of interest from clinical, policy, scientific and academic perspectives. Speakers: * Jane Williams, "Conflict of Interest in the Assisted Reproduction Technology Industry" * Adam Dunn, "Can we use data to measure and mitigate the clinical implications of competing interests?" * Quinn Grundy, "'The perfect friend': How sales-reps form invisible and indispensable relationships with nurses" * Jane Johnson and Katrina Hutchinson, "Reps in the Ranks - Conflicts of Interest in Surgical Innovation" Respondents include: Wendy Rogers, Lisa Bero, and Wendy Lipworth. Contact: Christopher Mayes and Jane Williams Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics (CAVE) Department of Philosophy Macquarie University Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia CAVE website: mq.edu.au/cave www.facebook.com/MQCAVE -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In this talk I look at the rise of philosophical investigation into the nature of science in England, as manifested in two projects. The first, that of William Whewell, set out a comprehensive philosophy of science designed to avoid the naturalization of the humanities. The second, that of John Stuart Mill, was initially concerned with political questions, but Mill came to realize that he needed to devise a comprehensive philosophy of science to counter that of Whewell if he was to be convincing in this. At the core of these two competing philosophies of science was the question of how science could be conceived in such a way that morality could be shown to have the same level of objectivity as the established sciences. When: Wed 12 Oct 2016 13:00 ? 14:30 Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney Where: Sydney Uni, Muniment Room Calendar: Seminars Who: * Sam Shpall- creator Event details: https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=NG9sbm5kNGFmZzc3aTQ5Z3BlZWNvYTh1bmcgMm1lN2M3ZnIzb21wbDRyaHZrcG1sYTUzNjhAZw Invitation from Google Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email at the account sydphil at arts.usyd.edu.au because you are subscribed for notifications on calendar Seminars. To stop receiving these emails, please log in to https://www.google.com/calendar/ and change your notification settings for this calendar. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to modify your RSVP response. Learn more at https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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When: Thu 13 Oct 2016 15:00 ? 16:30 Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney Calendar: Current Projects Who: * Kristie Miller- creator Event details: https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=XzhkMTQ2YzIxNmtvamNiOWs4a3JqaWI5azZzcjM4YmEyNjUwazZiOXA4OTMzaWRwazg4cDNhYzlnODggZmV2MWxkcjRsa2h2MDM2b2U0aW4yanR0ZGdAZw Invitation from Google Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email at the account sydphil at arts.usyd.edu.au because you are subscribed for notifications on calendar Current Projects. To stop receiving these emails, please log in to https://www.google.com/calendar/ and change your notification settings for this calendar. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to modify your RSVP response. Learn more at https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I discuss whether love is an emotion, a question about love's possible objects, and some general features of rational justifiability whose import here is sometimes ignored. I also provide a deflationary hypothesis about the roots of the dispute. The second aim is to support a version of the view that love is subject to rational evaluation. I discuss an objection based on "trading up" to new loves, as well as a worry about strange cases involving perfect duplicates of our beloveds. Time permitting, I complain that my childlessness puts me at an epistemic disadvantage, and frame some questions about illusions and love pills. Contact: Adam Hochman (adam.hochman at mq.edu.au) or Mike Olson (michael.olson at mq.edu.au) A google calendar with details of other events in this series is available for viewing and subscription by following this link: https://goo.gl/56sotM --- Adam Hochman Macquarie University Research Fellow Department of Philosophy | W6A, Room 733 Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia Staff Profile | http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_philosophy/staff/adam_hochman/ Personal Website | adamhochman.com Academia.edu Page | https://mq.academia.edu/AdamHochman Philpapers Page | http://philpapers.org/profile/48626 T: +61 2 9850 8859 | arts.mq.edu.au [Macquarie University] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The importance of this condition is particularly prominent in new digital forms of currency, such as Bitcoin, and the blockchain protocol that it makes use of. I will consider this problematic in light of Nietzsche's analysis of memory in the second Essay of the Genealogy of Morals, which presents an account of the nature and formation of such a memory in relation to the twinned notions of debt and guilt. Venue: Morven Brown 209 Date and Time: Tuesday 18 October 12:30-2:00 Markos Valaris Senior Lecturer in Philosophy Associate Editor, Australasian Journal of Philosophy University of New South Wales Phone: +(61) 2 9385 2760 (office) Personal webpage: markosvalaris.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: