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Conference Announcement Theme: Feasibility and the Ethics of War Type: International Workshop Institution: Australia National University Location: Canberra, ACT (Australia) Date: 18.–19.7.2014 __________________________________________________ Recent political theory has cast light on the so-called 'feasibility requirement', that principles to guide political action can be invalidated if they make infeasible prescriptions. This topic has obvious relevance to the morality of war, in which endemic uncertainty and the pressures of combat make acting in accordance with exacting norms extremely difficult. And yet these two fields have barely intersected. This workshop brings together leading figures from both fields to remedy that defect, and consider in depth the role of feasibility considerations in the ethics of war. The workshop is part of the activities of the ARC Discovery Project, Political Normativity and the Feasibility Requirement, the ARC DECRA project Justifying War, and the Centre for Moral, Social, and Political Theory, and has been supported by the RSSS directorate, and the CASS Research Committee. The workshop is open, but numbers will be limited (there is no registration fee). Please RSVP if you would like to attend, to seth.la...@anu.edu.au, cc katy.wil...@anu.edu.au. If you are able to join us for the workshop dinner on the 18th, please let us know. Programme Friday, 18th July 09:45 – 10:15 Reception 10:15 – 11:30 Seth Lazar (ANU) and Laura Valentini (LSE): Idealisation and the Ethics of War 11:30 – 12:00 Morning Tea 12:00 – 13:15 Helen Frowe (Stockholm): TBC 13:15 – 14:15 Lunch 14:15 – 15:30 Toni Erskine (UNSW): ‘Coalitions of the Willing’ and Responsibilities to Protect: Informal Associations, Enhanced Capacities and Shared Moral Burdens 15:30 – 16:00 Afternoon Tea 16:00 – 17:15 Anca Gheaus (Sheffield): TBC Drinks at Fellows, followed by Dinner at Teatro Vivaldi at 19:30 Saturday 19th July 09:15 – 10:30 Saba Bazargan (UCSD): The Problem of Nominal Combatants 10:30 – 11:00 Morning Tea 11:00 – 12:15 David Wiens (UCSD): An Internal Problem for Ideal Theory 12:15 – 13:15 Lunch 13:15 – 14:30 Lars Christie (CSMN): Humanitarian Intervention and Ex ante Justification of Harms 14:30 – 15:45 Holly Lawford-Smith (Sheffield): (Collective) Agent-Relative Feasibility in War 15:45 – 16:15 Afternoon Tea 16:15 – 17:30 Cécile Fabre (Oxford): Feasibility and the Jus Post Bellum: Reparations and Punishment Drinks at Fellows Venue: Hedley Bull Centre 3, Australia National University, Canberra, Australia Organisers: Seth Lazar and Nic Southwood Contact: Seth Lazar School of Philosophy Australia National University Coombs Building 9, Rm 3206 Canberra, ACT 0200 Australia Email: seth.la...@anu.edu.au __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
