Freedom and Autonomy Conference
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This conference, the second in an annual series, brings together a wide range of researchers working on autonomy and freedom as topics in moral, social and political philosophy.
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Schedule
Thursday, 24th May
9.30 Arrival
9.45 'Freedom and Self-Determination: From Individual To Group' Kelly Tuke, Doctoral Research Student, University of Bern.
11.15 Break
11.30 'Responsibility and Individual Autonomy' Ben Colburn, Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow.
1 Lunch break
2 'Feminist Intuitions About Oppression and Agency' Carlo DaVia, Lecturer, Fordham University, New York.
3.30 Break
4 Keynote Talk: 'Freedom as Socio-Political Status' John Christman, Professor, Penn State University.
5.30 End
Friday, 25th May
9.30 Arrival
9.45 'Property Rights: Dominating, Not Conditioning, Freedom' Ben Joicey, Independent Scholar, Tokyo.
11.15 Break
11.30 'The Benefits of Coercion: The Coercive Approach to Distributive Justice' Elizabeth Hupfer, Assistant Professor, High Point University, North Carolina.
1 Lunch break
2 'The Ambiguity of Agency: Identified and Resolved' Rutger Claassen, Associate Professor, Utrecht University
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Sem de Maagt, Assistant Professor, Utrecht University.
3.30 Break
4 'The Impossibility of Voluntary Enslavement' Ruxandra Ivanescu, Doctoral Research Student, University of Manchester.
5.30 End
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This conference has been generously funded by the Mind Association and the Birkbeck Philosophy Department.
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Department Of Philosophy