From kristie_miller at yahoo.com Wed Oct 2 13:44:54 2019 From: kristie_miller at yahoo.com (Kristie Miller) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 13:44:54 +1000 Subject: [SydPhil] On The Importance Of Being Necessary: Michael Plant, 3.00 in the Muniment Room Message-ID: <688F434C-A848-41A6-A930-68EB45206761@yahoo.com> Michael Plant: Thursday @ 3.00 in the Muniment Room On The Importance Of Being Necessary Abstract: This paper motivates and attempts to defends Necessitarianism, the person-affecting view in population ethics on which the only persons who matter are those who exist whatever we do. I begin by outlining Ralph Bader?s recent arguments for the ?same-number? person-affecting view. I claim that, while his arguments are compelling, they undermine his proposed view and instead support Necessitarianism (the ?same-people? person-affecting view). Necessitarianism faces three putative objections: (1) it is intransitive, (2) it gets the wrong answer in ?Non-Identity? cases, (3) the view is implausible unless conjoined with the Procreative Asymmetry, but the Procreative Asymmetry is hard to justify. I show Necessitarianism isn?t intransitive and propose both that, on reflection, it gets the right answer in Non-identity cases and that accepting a Procreative Symmetry is not implausible. Everyone welcome. Associate Professor Kristie Miller ARC Future Fellow Joint Director, the Centre for Time School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry and The Centre for Time The University of Sydney Sydney Australia Room 407, A 14 kmiller at usyd.edu.au kristie_miller at yahoo.com Ph: +612 9036 9663 https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/ArOOCMwvLQTP89MQtwLee6?domain=kristiemiller.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Necessitarianism faces three putative objections: (1) it is intransitive, (2) it gets the wrong answer in ?Non-Identity? cases, (3) the view is implausible unless conjoined with the Procreative Asymmetry, but the Procreative Asymmetry is hard to justify. I show Necessitarianism isn?t intransitive and propose both that, on reflection, it gets the right answer in Non-identity cases and that accepting a Procreative Symmetry is not implausible. When: Thu 3 Oct 2019 15:00 ? 16:30 Eastern Australia Time - Sydney Calendar: Current Projects Who: * kristiemiller4 at gmail.com- creator Event details: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/d0Y8CZYM2VFvRGL5Hz6kRa?domain=google.com Invitation from Google Calendar: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/D8bzC1WZXrigmRoMfGwyp2?domain=google.com You are receiving this email at the account sydphil at arts.usyd.edu.au because you are subscribed for notifications on calendar Current Projects. 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All the best, Alex From: Alexandre Lefebvre Date: Monday, 9 September 2019 at 4:05 pm To: Sydphil List , SydPhil Subject: Machiavelli seminar Dear colleagues, This seminar may be of interest. All the best, Alex A/Prof Alexandre Lefebvre Associate Dean (Student Affairs) Department of Government and International Relations, and Department of Philosophy Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY S205 Quadrangle | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9351 4945 The Italian Studies Research Seminar Series and the Medieval and Early Modern Centre are pleased to introduce Machiavelli Against the Italian Theory: A Reassessment Pier Paolo Portinaro, Universit? degli Studi di Torino Date: Thursday, 3rd of October 2019 Time: 4-5:30pm Venue: SLC Common Room 536, Level 5, Brennan MacCallum Building A18, The University of Sydney Abstract This paper has four purposes: 1) To show how Machiavelli punctually reproduced the realistic approach to the problem of history and politics elaborated in the ancient world by Thucydides, by going beyond a simple theory of material interests and placing on the anthropological level the question of the identity of the stakeholders. 2) To argue how Machiavelli elaborates a reflexive theory of politics, centered on a real theory of conflicts: conflicts that, when they are not driven by greed for wealth or private reputation ambitions, generate institutional innovations that widen the access to public affairs, therefore working in favor, at the same time, of the freedom of individuals and the power of the collective. 3) Discuss the question, placed at the center of the contemporary theoretical debate, of how Machiavelli can provide useful elements for a re-establishment of contemporary democracy (or of a populist democracy? Or of a new republicanism? Or of a constitutional dictatorship?). 4) To highlight some misunderstandings of Machiavelli?s thought originating from a radical reading of his theory of conflict ? misunderstandings that seem to have made the fortune of the so-called Italian Theory. About the speaker Pier Paolo Portinaro studied in Turin with Norberto Bobbio, specialized in Germany with studies on Max Weber and Carl Schmitt with Roman Schnur, Friedrich Tenbruck and Wilhelm Hennis. He taught political science in Freiburg, sociology in Mainz, political philosophy in Pisa and since 1992 political philosophy at the University of Turin. He is a member of the Turin Academy of Sciences. Among his research objects the history and the theory of the State and of democracy in the most diverse meanings (summarized in the volume The labyrinth of institutions in European history, il Mulino, 2007); genocide studies; transitional justice. He dedicated a volume to Political Realism published by Laterza in 1999. He is the author of many studies on the history of Italian political thought, from Marsilio da Padova to elite theorists. Among his most recent books: Breviario di politica, Morcelliana, Brescia 2009, I conti con il passato. Vendetta, amnistia, giustizia, Feltrinelli, Milano 2011, La giustizia introvabile, Celid, Torino 2012, L?imperativo di uccidere. Genocidio e democidio nella storia. Laterza, Roma-Bari 2017, Le mani su Machiavelli. Una critica dell?Italian Theory, Donzelli, Roma 2018, Italia incivile. La guerra senza fine tra ?lites e popolo, Ananke, Torino 2019. For more information, contact: A/Prof Francesco Borghesi ? francesco.borghesi at sydney.edu.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From arts.cave at mq.edu.au Wed Oct 2 16:07:47 2019 From: arts.cave at mq.edu.au (Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 06:07:47 +0000 Subject: [SydPhil] CAVE and MQ Law Workshop: Sex and Consent in the Age of #Metoo (6 Nov, Wed, 8:30am-5pm, Macquarie Uni City Campus) Message-ID: Hi all, Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics and Macquarie Law School invitge you to the "Sex and Consent in the Age of #Metoo Workshop". When: 6 November 2019, Wednesday, 8:30am-4:45pm Where: Macquarie University City Campus, Level 24, 123 Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Event is free, but register for catering purposes by 1 November 2019 5pm via this link: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/UVNQCJyp0qhOz3yWTVSD09?domain=events.mq.edu.au The Senate judiciary hearings for Brett Kavanaugh?s Supreme Court confirmation crystallised the ethical tensions of the #MeToo movement ? namely, the limited power of survivors? voices that may be co-opted by rapacious and salacious media, and the implications of survivor testimony for due process and natural justice. At the same time, the limits of modern sex law ? in the form of Section 61HA the NSW Crimes Act ? are exposed by the current NSW Law Reform Commission review of Consent in Relation to Sexual Offences. After over 40 years of law reform there is a distinct perception that sexual offences simply are not working. This workshop brings together academic, government and NGO service-provider professionals to critically reflect on the state of affairs of the regulation of sexual conduct by the criminal and civil law, and the role of civil society in informing the governance of ethical sexual practices. The workshop will include an update from the NSW Law Reform Commission on the current review of consent laws, along with a series of ?notes from the field?: updates from relevant NGOs working directly in fields of sexual violence and the protection of sexual agency. Keynote speakers: Prof Linda Mart?n Alcoff (University of New York) and Dr Yvette Russell (University of Bristol Law School) Reception speaker: Fiona Patten, MP, Leader of the Reason Party View the program here: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/yVy6CK1qJZtKwz9ycv3GwY?domain=custom.cvent.com *Please note, this event includes the discussion of sexual violence. This workshop is sponsored by the Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics and Macquarie Law School. Cheers, Yves 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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