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Ideas that Matter: A Conference Honoring the Work and Teaching of Joshua Cohen

Ideas that Matter: A Conference Honoring the Work and Teaching of Joshua Cohen
Date
Fri January 20th 2017, 12:00am - Sat January 21st 2017, 12:00am
Event Sponsor
Humanities & Sciences Dean’s Office, Senior Associate Dean for the Humanities and Arts, Stanford Law School, McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, Political Science Department, Philosophy Department
Location
Arrillaga Alumni Center

 

 

Joshua Cohen has made an enduring contribution to social and political thought across a wide range of topics. He is the author of path-setting papers on the nature of democracy, on the value of freedom of expression, and on the place of truth in political justification.  He has also contributed to debates in the philosophy of social science and is the author of a long-awaited book on Rousseau's political thought. More than any other philosopher of his generation, he has connected his work in philosophy with empirical social science as well as the deepest problems of our contemporary world: wars abroad and inequality abroad and at home. Since 1991, he has co-edited The Boston Review with Deb Chasman and has edited a series of important debates on topics  such as multiculturalism, campaign finance reform, and race and incarceration. As he steps back (a little way) from the traditional academy, in order to continue his work with Apple University, this  conference assembles some of his many students and collaborators to celebrate his achievements, and to reflect on his contributions and influence in the academy and beyond. 


Friday Jan 20, 2017

8:45am — Welcome remarks by Debra Satz
 
9:00am — Richard Locke Worker Rights in a World of Global Supply Chains (Margaret Levi, commentator)
 
10:15am — Helena de Bres Exploitation in International Trade (Aaron James, commentator)
 
11:30am— Stuart White Rousseau and the Active Popular Sovereign (Emilee Booth Chapman, commentator)

2:15pm — Archon Fung Who Will Save Democracy? The Republic as a Tragedy of the Commons (John Ferejohn; commentator)
 
3:30pm — Joel Rogers Making Democracy Work: The Case of Cities (Rob Reich, commentator)

4:30pm — Reception



Saturday Jan 21, 2017
 
9:30am — Martha Nussbaum Disgust or Equality: Sexuality Orientation and Indian Law (Eamonn Callan, commentator)

10:45am — Chris Lebron Between Reciprocity and Love: John Rawls and James Baldwin on ‘The Sense of Justice (Seana Shiffrin, commentator)

12:00pm — Chuck Sabel title TBA (Debra Satz, commentator)

2:15pm — Assaf Sharon Deliberative Democracy:  Collective Reason or Individual Liberty (Sarah Song, commentator)

3:30pm — Annabelle Lever Towards a Political Philosophy of Human Rights: Reflections on the work of Joshua Cohen (Juliana Bidadanure, commentator)