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“The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” Archilochus
Boston University School of Law will hold a conference on Ronald Dworkin’s forthcoming book, Justice for Hedgehogs, on September 25-26, 2009. Dworkin himself will give the keynote address on September 25 and a response on September 26. The Boston University Law Review will publish the papers and proceedings.
OVERVIEW:
In Justice for Hedgehogs, Dworkin defends the unity of value - the one big thing he knows - and argues against “several foxy causes”: value skepticism, value pluralism, value conflict, and, in particular, the supposed opposition between the values of self-interest and those of personal and political morality. He argues for the integration of ethics (the principles that tell human beings how to live well) and morality (the principles that tell them how they must treat other people), and for a morality of self-affirmation as against a morality of self-abnegation. In doing so, he develops accounts of the indispensable conditions of living well - dignity, self-respect, and authenticity - and of our moral duties to others regarding aid and harm. He also argues that law is a branch of political morality that is in turn a department of morality more broadly understood. The conference will include the following panels, taking up issues of the sort sketched below.
REGISTRATION/FURTHER INFORMATION:
All - including not only professors, law students, graduate students, and undergraduates but also members of the public) are welcome to attend. There is no registration fee, but if you plan to attend, please RSVP to Andrea Larsen, alarsen@bu.edu. If you have administrative questions about the program, please contact her. If you have academic questions about it, please contact Professor James E. Fleming, jfleming@bu.edu.
PROGRAM:
Friday, September 25
9:15 a.m..-9:30a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
9:30-10:45
I. Truth and Metaethics
Aaron Garrett, Boston University Department of Philosophy
Russ Shafer-Landau, University of Wisconsin Department of Philosophy
Michael Smith, Princeton University Department of Philosophy
Daniel Star, Boston University Department of Philosophy
11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Keynote Address: Justice for Hedgehogs
Ronald Dworkin, New York University School of Law & University College London
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
II. Interpretation
Richard Fallon, Harvard Law School
James Fleming, Boston University School of Law
David Lyons, Boston University School of Law
Lawrence Solum, University of Illinois College of Law
Benjamin Zipursky, Fordham University School of Law
3:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
III. Ethics and Free Will
Anita Allen, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Christine Jolls, Yale Law School
Robert Kane, University of Texas Department of Philosophy
T.M. Scanlon, Harvard University Department of Philosophy
Amartya Sen, Harvard University Departments of Economics & Philosophy
5:00 p.m.-6:15 p.m.
IV. Morality: Aid, Harm, and Obligation
Kwame Anthony Appiah, Princeton University Department of Philosophy
John Goldberg, Harvard Law School
Frances Kamm, Harvard University Department of Philosophy & Kennedy School of Government
Kenneth Simons, Boston University School of Law
Susanne Sreedhar & Candice Delmas, Boston University Department of Philosophy
6:30 p.m.
Reception
Saturday, September 26:
9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
V. Politics and Justice I
Ed Baker, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Hugh Baxter, Boston University School of Law
Linda McClain, Boston University School of Law
Larry Sager, University of Texas School of Law
Robin West, Georgetown University Law Center
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
VI. Politics and Justice II
Robert Bone, Boston University School of Law
Samuel Freeman, University of Pennsylvania Department of Philosophy
Stephen Macedo, Princeton University Department of Politics
Frank Michelman, Harvard Law School
Robert Sloane, Boston University School of Law
Jeremy Waldron, New York University School of Law
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Lunch
Response by Ronald Dworkin
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