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Conference: Rights, Equality, and Justice: A Conference Inspired by the Moral and Legal Theory of David Lyons

Friday, 12 February 2010 in Conferences, Notices by James E Fleming | No comments

Rights, Equality, and Justice:A Conference Inspired by the Moral and Legal Theory of David Lyons

Boston University is proud to honor Professor David Lyons with a conference featuring many outstanding scholars in law and philosophy giving papers and commentaries on important topics about which he has written. Professor Lyons will give a response. Boston University Law Review will publish the papers and proceedings. Information about the conference, along with papers (as we receive them), will be posted on the BU School of Law Web site: http://www.bu.edu/law/events/upcoming/. The conference, which is co-sponsored by the BU School of Law and Department of Philosophy, will be held at BU School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA.

All 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 academic questions about the program, please contact Professor James E. Fleming, jfleming [at] bu.edu.

Friday, March 12:

Welcome and Introduction (1:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m.)

Dean Maureen O’Rourke, Boston University School of Law

I. 1:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

Paper: David Brink, University of California, San Diego Department of Philosophy

“Mill’s Ambivalence about Rights”

Commentator: Wendy Donner, Carleton University Department of Philosophy

Moderator: Daniel Dahlstrom, Chair, Boston University Department of Philosophy

II. 2:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Paper: Nicholas Sturgeon, Cornell University Department of Philosophy

“Mill’s Hedonism”

Commentator: Daniel Star, Boston University Department of Philosophy

Moderator: Stephen Sullivan, Edinboro University Department of Philosophy

III. 4:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Paper: David Copp, University of California, Davis Department of Philosophy

“Corrective Justice as a Duty of the Political Community: David Lyons on the Moral Legacy of Slavery and Jim Crow”

Paper: Aaron Garrett, Boston University Department of Philosophy

Commentator: Richard Boyd, Cornell University Department of Philosophy

Moderator: Nir Eisikovits, Suffolk University Department of Philosophy

Saturday, March 13:

Welcome and Introduction (9:20 a.m.-9:30 a.m.)

Kenneth Simons, Boston University School of Law

IV. 9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.

Paper: Richard Miller, Cornell University Department of Philosophy

“The Interest of the Governed and the Interests of Humanity: The Moral Importance of Borders”

Commentator: William Nelson, University of Houston Department of Philosophy

Moderator: Amelie Rorty, Boston University Department of Philosophy

V. 11:00 a.m.-12:15 a.m.

Paper: A. John Simmons, University of Virginia Department of Philosophy and School of Law

“Disobedience and Its Objects”

Commentator: Susanne Sreedhar, Boston University Department of Philosophy

Moderator: Wendy Gordon, Boston University School of Law

Lunch (12:15 a.m.-1:30 p.m.)

VI. 1:30-2:45 p.m.

Paper: Gerald Postema, University of North Carolina Department of Philosophy and School of Law

“Some Thoughts on the Public Practice of Illegality”

Commentator: James Fleming, Boston University School of Law

Moderator: Jules Coleman, Yale Law School and Department of Philosophy

VIII. Response by David Lyons (3:00-4:00 p.m.)

Introduction by Sterling Harwood, Lincoln Law School

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