Description
John Broome, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford, is a leading figure in contemporary moral philosophy. The purpose of this conference is to bring together leading philosophers to engage with themes from his recent work on the nature of (practical and theoretical) normativity, reasons, reasoning and rationality.
Venue
The Chancellery Building, ANU
Registration
Attendance at the conference is free. However, if you plan to attend and are outside the ANU, please e-mail Nic Southwood or Daniel Star.
Conference Dinner
There will be a conference dinner at 7:30pm on Thursday 23 August. The cost will be approximately $50 per head. If you plan to attend (whether inside or outside the ANU), please e-mail Nic Southwood or Daniel Star.
Schedule
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 22 (Ross Hohnen Room, Chancellery Building)
10:00 - 11:15 Jamie Dreier (Brown): "Subjective Reasons and Buck-Passing"
11:15 - 11:45 Morning tea
11:45 - 13:00 Nicholas Southwood (RSSS): "The Normativity of Rationality"
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:45 Andrew Reisner (MacGill): "Why Rational Requirements Are State Requirements"
15:45 - 16:15 Afternoon tea
16:15 - 17:30 Wlodek Rabinowicz (Lund): "Modelling Parity and Incompatibility"
THURSDAY AUGUST 23 (Mills Room, Chancellery Building)
10:00 - 11:15 Geoffrey Brennan (RSSS): "Meta-ethics out of Economics"
11:15 - 11:45 Morning tea
11:45 - 13:00 Daniel Star (CAPPE): "Reasons: Explanations or Evidence?"
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:45 Garrett Cullity (Adelaide): "Reasons and Decisions"
15:45 - 16:00 Afternoon tea
16:00 - 17:30 John Broome (Oxford) "Response"
25-26 August
Philosophy of Biology at
Dolphin Beach 2
Speakers: Christian List (LSE);
Ben Kerr (U Washington),
Peter Godfrey-Smith (Harvard)
Subject: Exploring the
structural parallels between evolutionary theory and social theory.
Contact: Kim Sterelny kimbo@coombs.anu.edu.au
Water policy and management: the role of the social sciences
STEPHEN DOVERS
The Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU
KAREN HUSSEY
The National Europe Centre, Research School of Humanities, ANU
MONDAY 27 AUGUST 2007
ROSS HOHNEN ROOM, CHANCELRY
3.30-5.30PM
Australian water policy and management are undergoing rapid and immense change. Responding to drought, technological advances, climate change and demographic and economic shifts, the 2004 National Water Initiative and 2006 Australian Government water policy statement propose a fundamental shift in how Australians will use and manage water in the future. These directions are broadly supported, but agreeing a new policy agenda is only the start and now that reform agenda must be implemented, by national, state and local governments, by water users, by industry, by catchment authorities, and by Australian citizens and consumers.
The implementation of the national water policy presents many challenges - the creation of water rights and markets, comprehensive water planning, new legislative settings, community participation in water management, linking urban and rural water management, and more. It is also evident that the challenges in implementing the NWI are exacerbated by Australia’s federal system of government, the different systems of management in each of the States and Territories, the different sets of legal arrangements in each of the States and Territories and the limited capacity of the Commonwealth to deal with the management of water resources.
In this seminar, Hussey and Dovers draw on the themes presented in their book, Managing Water for Australia: the social and institutional challenges, and identify the major challenges in achieving sustainable water management and in particular the crucial role of the social sciences in furthering water reform and ensuring the successful implementation of the national water policy.
Discussant: Professor Quinten Graftons (Crawford School) and Professor John Wanna (Political Science, RSSS CASS)
28-29 August
Emotions, Morality, Co-operation in Evolutionary Context
Workshop
Speakers: Ben Kerr (U Washington), Jesse Prinz (U N Carolina), Shaun Nichols (Ariz), Peter Godfrey-Smith (Harvard), Richard Joyce
(Sydney/ANU), Kim Sterelny (ANU/Victoria Wellington)
Subject: Exploring the
evolutionary bases of human emotions and morality.
Time/Place: 9am-6pm 28
Aug, 9-4.15 29 Aug., Lecture Theatre, Innovations Building
Contact: Richard Joyce < rjjoyce@coombs.anu.edu.au>
or Kim Sterelny kimbo@coombs.anu.edu.au
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