Politics, The Law, and Ontology
| Dates: | 16 April 2019 - 17 April 2019 |
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| Times: | All day |
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| What is it: | Conferences |
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| Organiser: | School of Social Sciences |
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This workshop, jointly sponsored by the University of Manchester philosophy department and the Mind Association, considers the practical implications of metaphysics on policy, legislation, and practice, and vice versa.
Many of our societies’ legal verdicts and political judgements appear to appeal to metaphysical claims about the world and its contents. Likewise, some of societies’ legal verdicts and political judgements appear to alter social reality in some sense. Our aim at this workshop is to understand this complicated relationship between our metaphysical commitments and our legislative, judicial and political decision-making. To that end, our speakers will be considering the ways in which these domains might alter or impact on one another and discussing specific examples where this has occurred. All attendees should expect to come away with a better understanding of this relationship between politics, the law and ontology.
Tuesday 16th April
- 09:30-9:45 – Registration
- 09:45-10:00 – Welcome
- 10:00-11:15 – Dilara Boga (Bilkent University) & Bill Wringe (Bilkent University): The Difference Armies Make: Corporate Agency in War, in Law, and in the Law of War.
- 11:25-12:40 – Sarah Moth-Lund Christensen (University of Manchester): Machine Compatibilism.
- 12:40-13:40 – Lunch for all attendees
- 13:40-14:55 – Hane Maung (University of Manchester): Voluntary Euthanasia and the Ontology of Mental Disorder
- 15:05-16:20 – Sinkwan Cheng (Habib University): Comparative Ontology, Comparative Ethics, and Comparative Religion: Legal Positions on Suicide in European Countries and in China before the Twenty-First Century.
- 16:20-16:45 – 25 minute break
- 16:45-18:00 – Nathan Wildman (Tilburg University) & Neil McDonnell (University of Glasgow): Virtual Fictionalism and the Puzzle of Virtual Theft.
Wednesday 17th April
- 10:00-11:15 – Mika Vijanen (University of Turku): When Regulators Govern Through Risk - Understanding Ontoregulatory Strategies.
- 11:25-12:40 – Leonie Smith (University of Manchester): Epistemic Rights Abuses and Injustice in the Media: Collective and Individual Agential Duties.
- 12:40-13:40 – Lunch for all attendees
- 13:40-14:55 – Pawel Banas (Jagiellonian University) & Adam Dyrda (Jagiellonian University): Are Legal Kinds Unique?
- 15:05-16:20 – Gabriel Rezende (University Paris 8): Democratic Transitions and Metaphysical Beginnings
- 16:30-17:45 – Jon Bebb (University of Manchester): Normality, Ontology, and Policy Decisions.
- 17:45-18:00 Closing words
Price: Free, but please register on the Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/politics-the-law-and-ontology-tickets-59170923826
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Arthur Lewis Building
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