Workshop on Moral and Political Philosophy. Sat. Oct 29, 2016

Schedule for Workshop on Moral and Political Philosophy

Stanford University

Oct 29, 2016

Organized by Alison McQueen and David Plunkett

This is a pre-read workshop. Everyone attending a session is expected to have read the paper beforehand.

The broad theme of this workshop is the relationship between contemporary moral and political philosophy and the history of moral and political philosophy.

Format for each session:

10 min comments, 5 min response from speaker, and then Q+A.

9:45am-11am

Kenny Walden (Dartmouth Philosophy), “Incomparable Worth”

with comments from Lindsey Chambers (Stanford Center for Ethics)

11:15am – 12:30am

Daniela Cammack (Stanford Law), “Were the Ancient Greeks Epistemic Democrats?”

with comments from Lucas Stanczyk (MIT Political Science)

12:30-2:30

Lunch

2:30-3:45

Desmond Jagmohan (Princeton Politics), “Machiavelli of the Black Belt: Booker T. Washington and the Politics of Deception”

with comments from David Plunkett (Dartmouth Philosophy)

4-5:15

Kinch Hoekstra (Berkeley Political Science / Law), “Thucydides in the Renaissance and Reformation”

with comments from Alison McQueen (Stanford Political Science)

Workshop is free and open to all.