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Spring 2014
The workshops are held on Mondays from 3:30 – 6:00 p.m. in Room 102, Mudd Hall (Philosophy Building).
January 27: Alastair Norcross, University of Colorado
Paper for discussion: “Subjects of a Life, the Argument from Risk, and the significance of self-consciousness”
February 10: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Duke University
Paper for discussion: “Free Contrastivism”
March 3: Caspar Hare, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paper for discussion: Excerpts from a draft of “The Limits of Kindess”
March 24: Larry Temkin, Rutgers University
Paper for discussion: Temkin Definitions – Excerpts from Rethinking the Good
April 7: Frances Kamm, Harvard University
Paper for discussion: “Torture: Rescue, Prevention and Punishment”
NOTE: Copies of Professor Kamm’s draft are available upon request from the instructors
April 21: Jeff McMahan, Rutgers University
Paper for discussion: “Proportionality in Defense Against Inflictors of Small Harms”
Background Reading: “The Basis for Moral Liability Defensive Killing”