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Northwestern University

Society for Ethical Theory and Political Philosophy

First Annual Conference

THURSDAY MAY 1

(All talks in Parkes Hall, Room 122)

9:05-10:25

Consent and the Formula of Humanity

Speaker: Japa Pallikkathayil, Harvard University

Commentator: Katie Padgett-Walsh, Northwestern University  

 

10:40-12:00

The Nature of Inclination

Speaker: Prof. Tamar Schapiro, Stanford University

Commentator: Prof. Marya Schechtman, University of Illinois at Chicago  

 

2:05-3:25

Utility, Autonomy, and the Harm Principle

Speaker: James Sherman, University of Texas, Austin

Commentator: Melissa Yates, Northwestern University  

 

3:40-5:00

Governing without Coercion

Speaker: Rob Hughes, University of California, Los Angeles

Commentator: Chike Jeffers, Northwestern University

 

FRIDAY MAY 18

(All talks in Harris Hall, Room 108)

9:05-10:25

All Too Human

Speaker: Prof. Julie Tannenbaum, National Institutes of Health

Commentator: Prof. Richard Kraut, Northwestern University  

 

10:40-12:00

Authority, Second Personal Reasons, and Value

Speaker: Daniel Groll, University of Chicago

Commentator: Brad Cokelet, Northwestern University

 

1:40-3:00

International Political Obligations

Speaker: Prof. Helga Varden, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Commentator: Prof. Kyla Ebels Duggan, Northwestern University  

 

3:15-5:00

Keynote Lecture

Authority and Second-Personal Reasons for Acting

Speaker: Prof. Stephen Darwall, University of Michigan

Commentator: Prof. Mark LeBar, Ohio University  

 

 

 

SATURDAY MAY 19

 

(All talks in Harris Hall, Room 108)

 

9:05-10:25

On the Kantian Distinction Between Prudential and Moral Commands

Speaker: Prof. Tamra Frei, Michigan State University

Commentator: Prof. Tad Brennan, Northwestern University  

 

10:40-12:00

A Defense of a Particularlist Research Program

Speaker: Uri Leibowitz, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Commentator: Tushar Irani, Northwestern University

 

1:40-3:00

Acting for the Right Reasons

Speaker: Prof. Julia Markovits, Harvard University

Commentator: Prof. Jon Garthoff, Northwestern University  

 

3:15-5:00

Keynote Lecture

Morality Unbounded

Speaker: Prof. Barbara Herman, University of California at Los Angeles

Commentator: Prof. David Sussman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign