[SydPhil] University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series, Anca Gheaus, (Central European University)

[Ryan Cox]

Hi everyone,

This week's speaker in the University of Sydney Philosophy Seminar Series is Anca Gheaus, (Central European University)

The title of the talk is "Parental Partiality in Unjust Circumstances: Inheritance as Insurance". Here is an abstract for the talk:

There is broad egalitarian agreement that, in existing societies, inheritance results in distributive injustice and indirectly delegitimises the political process. I assume that we should abolish it and fund, amongst other justice-promoting policies, an adequate and robust safety net. But, I argue, in societies that lack such safety nets parents do no wrong in bequeathing to their children and indeed have weighty moral reason to do so. In such societies, both procreative liability and parental love justify some bequest as insurance against poverty. The justified bequests, while limited both in size and form, may be very substantial in aggregate, and therefore impede egalitarian reforms. I conclude that procreative liability and parental love provide (would-be) parents with special – and powerful – reasons to support adequate public safety nets.

The seminar will take place at 3:30pm on Wednesday Aug 7 in the Philosophy Seminar Room (N494).

Enquiries about the seminar series can be directed to ryan.cox at sydney.edu.au

Ryan Cox
Associate Lecturer in Philosophy
Discipline of Philosophy
School of Humanities
University of Sydney
ryan.cox at sydney.edu.au
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