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Spring 2013 Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. Post-Doctoral Fellow, Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, SUNY Buffalo Law School Talk Title: "The Sharia Clause: Islamic Law, Democracy, and Constitutionalism in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring" April 4, 2013 12.00-1.30pm Olson Room, Gowen Hall School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies, University of St. Andrews, Scotland Talk Title: "Severe Poverty as a Systematic Human Rights Violation" April 5, 2013, 3.30-5.30pm Savery 264 Professor of Political Science and founding Director of the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto Talk Title: "Globalizing Global Justice: Democratic Translations of Human Rights and Social Justice" April 12, 2013 4.00-5.30pm CMU120 Reception to follow at 5.30 in CMU 206 Rabinowitz Symposium April 19, 2013 9.00am-5.00pm South Campus Center 316 "Whose Medicine, Whose Care? Troubling Inequalities in the Migration of Health Care" A daylong interdisciplinary symposium addressing differences and inequalities in the global circulation of medical expertise and caregiving labor. Speakers: Lisa Eckenwiler, Brian Hodges and Claire Wendland Register for free here. Information Ethics and Policy Conference April 25-26 2013, 3.30pm-5.30pm HUB 250 "Information Ethics and Public Policy: Intellectual Property, Privacy, and Freedom of Speech" Co-sponsored by the Program on Values in Society, Simpson Center for the Humanities, UW Department of Philosophy, and the iSchool. Schedule, talk titles and list of speakers can be accessed here. Professor of Philosophy, University College, London Talk Title: TBA May 10, 2-13 (time and location TBA) Frankfurt Conference May 31-June 1, 2013 at the Cluster of Excellence on the Formation of Normative Orders, University of Frankfurt "Human Rights, Cosmopolitanism and 'Post-Secular' Society" A joint conference of the Frankfurt cluster, the UW Cluster on Human Interactions and Normative Innovation, and the Program on Values in Society.
PREVIOUS QUARTERS Winter 2013 Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia Talk Title: "Neurotechnology, Ethics, and the Challenges of Stopping and Starting Clinical Trials" Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (Russell Hall, Second Floor) Wednesday, February 27, 1-2.30pm Panel on Human Rights and Male and Female Circumcision March 4, 2013, HUB Room 322 "Circumcision as a Human Rights Issue" Speakers: Robin Judd (Ohio State University), Thomas Schmidt (University of Frankfurt), and Bettina Shell Duncan (University of Washington) Moderator: Michael Rosenthal (University of Washington) Organized by the HI-Norm (Human Interactions and Normative Innovation) Tri-Campus Research Cluster and co-sponsored by the Program on Values in Society Assistant Professor of Ethics and Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands Talk Title: Self-Trust and Trust in Technology March 15, 2013 3.30-5.30pm Savery 364
Autumn 2012 Workshop on Philosophy of Immigration November 2, 2012 9.30-5.30 Savery 408 The Program on Values in Society has invited several leading figures in philosophy of immigration to discuss normative issues surrounding documented and undocumented immigration. Kendrick Professor of Philosophy, joint Professor of Economics, and founding director of Arizona's Freedom Center at the University of Arizona Talk Title: "Idealism as Solipsism" Friday, October 26, 2012, 3:30pm, Savery 264 Laura Harkewicz Affiliate Faculty Member, Program on Values and Biological Futures in a Globalized World Talk Title: "Conflicted Interests: Scientific Uncertainty and Public (Dis)Trust with a Historical Perspective" Monday, September 24, 2012, 10:30-11:20am, Mary Gates 271 Spring 2012 Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. POV Ethics Exploration Prize P. Joshua Griffin won the POV ethics exploration prize, intended to reward work that combines empirical study with normative philosophical reflection. His work – “Resilience, Resistance, and Risk: articulating climate justice at the frontlines” – involves interviewing and fieldwork with the indigenous inhabitants of Kivalina, a village in Alaska facing the effects of climate change. Griffin’s work combines ethnography and cultural anthropology with a serious commitment to philosophical analysis about the justice of climate change. He will use this grant to accompany the inhabitants of Kivalina to a gathering of native stewards dealing with climate change, where he will conduct further interviews about the effects of climate change on native lives. Vice President for the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy Talk Title:“‘Cosmopolitan Responsibility’: Reflections on a New Paradigm of Political Ethics” May 12, 2012, 4pm, Communications 226 Lutz-Bachmann's lecture is the second keynote address of the Cosmopolitan Rights and Responsibilities Conference and is presented by the UW Tri-Campus Human Interactions and Normative Innovation Research Cluster. You can find the the full colloquium announcement and abstract here. Wender-Lewis Professor of Philosophy, Northwestern University Talk Title:“Global Governance and Human Rights” May 11, 2012, 4pm, Communications 120 Professor Lafont's lecture is the first keynote address of the Cosmopolitan Rights and Responsibilities Conference and is presented by the UW Tri-Campus Human Interactions and Normative Innovation Research Cluster. You can find the full colloquium announcement and abstract here. Conference on Cosmopolitan Rights and Responsibilities Friday, May 11, 2012 and Saturday, May 12, 2012 Sessions begin at 9:15 am and continue until 3:30pm, with a break for lunch and the keynote lectures (see above) beginning at 4pm Location: Simpson Center Seminar Room (Communications 202) For additional information and a complete conference schedule, please visit the conference webpage. Associate Professor of Anthropology Talk Title: " Negotiating a Good Outcome: The Many Dimensions of Recovery from Traumatic Limb Loss at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center" May 4, 2012, 3:30pm, Savery Hall 260 Rabinowitz Symposium, April 13 2012 "Disordering Personalities: Psychiatric Diagnosis and Moral Responsibility" South Campus Center, Room 316, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. The podcasts and powerpoint presentations for the Rabinowitz Symposium can be found on the symposium website linked above. Director, Vanderbilt University Center for Medicine, Health, and Society Talk Title: "The Protest Psychosis: Race, Violence, and the Stigma of Schizophrenia" April 12, 2012, 3:30pm, Savery Hall 260 Winter 2012 Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Anthropology Barnard College Talk Title: "Hybrid Bodies and Animal Science: Moral Thinking in Xenotransplant Research" March 9, 2012, 3:30pm, Savery Hall 260
Autumn 2011 Events Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. Thursday, November 17,6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Communications 120 Heller Professor of Political Science Talk Title, "The Weakness of One: Devolution, Responsibilisation, and Citizenship in Neoliberal Rationality"
Spring 2011 Events Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public.
Critical Conversations: Engagement with Ainu and Pacific Northwest Indigenous Issues Thursday, April 14, 3-4:30 p.m. Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture The Program on Values is proud to co-sponsor this panel discussion, featuring participants of the 2009-2010 international cultural exchange hosted by the Burke Museum between the Ainu of Japan and six Pacific Northwest nations. This panel will foster discussion that explores the current issues facing indigenous groups and what lies ahead. Starting with a short film about the exchange, the panel will provide insight into relevant social issues. The audience will be invited to discuss in an open forum. (Co-sponsored by UW Museology Department and The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture) Conference on Fair Trade & Exploitation Friday, May 13, 2011, 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Morning: Parrington Forum (309) Afternnon Final Session: Walker-Ames Room Many companies sell goods that are produced by persons living in poverty and purchased by consumers who would still find these goods worth purchasing even at substantially higher prices. Are the people producing these goods exploited? Are companies ever morally obligated to use supply chains in which persons receive “fair wages” for their labor and “fair prices” for goods? Are consumers ever morally obligated to make their purchases from companies whose suppliers are paid fair wages and prices? What counts as a fair wage or price? And how do institutions fit into the picture?Join us for a discussion of these and related issues.In each of the first three sessions, we will focus on the work of one author. To allow more time for questions and discussion, presentations will be brief. Papers will be available in advance here. These sessions will meet in the Parrington Forum (309) 9:00 – 10:45 AJ Julius (UCLA) “Exploitation and the Possibility of Exchange”; commentator: Matt Zwolinski, via Skype (University of San Diego) 11:00 – 12:45 Aaron James (UC Irvine) “The Benchmark of Equality”; commentator: Helena de Bres (Wellesley) 1:45 – 3:30 Richard Miller (Cornell) “"What Is a Just World Trade Regime?: The Model of Responsible Deliberation"; commentator: Brad McHose (UW) This session will meet in the Walker-Ames Room in Kane Hall. 4:00 – 6:30 What are fair terms of trade? Brief reception to follow. In the final session, there will be a panel presentation of (1) some of the main moral questions regarding fair trade, and (2) some of our visiting authors’ thoughts on these questions. The content of this session will overlap substantially with that of the previous sessions. There will be ample time for questions and discussion.
Susan Avila-Smith Thursday, May 19, 2011, 6:00pm, Kane Hall 120 The Program on Values is proud to co-sponsor this talk with the Clowes Center for Conflict and Dialogue Studies. Susan Avila-Smith is a United States Army veteran and the Director of Women Organizing Women, a support and advocacy organization for survivors of Military Sexual Trauma (MST). She will explain how her own experience with MST led her to a campaign to hold military sex offenders accountable, and to provide relief and veteran’s benefits for other survivors.
Past 2011 Events Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy New York University Talk Title, "Geoengineering as a Response to Climate Change: An Urgent Problem Meets a Bad Concept" January 5, 2011, 3:30 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room *This is the kick-off event of the Geoengineering Seminar: "Geoengineering as a Response to Climate Change: An Urgent Problem Meets a Bad Concept." More information about the seminar can be found at: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~robwood/Geoengineering
Professor of Philosophy, Associate Dean for the Humanities, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Hypatia Co-editor University of Kansas Talk Title, "Commitment as Motivation: Amartya Sen's Theory of Agency" Christopher Preston / John O'Neill Professors of Philosophy University of Montana / University of Manchester Talk Title, "Ethics, policy and geoengineering: an easy day in the mountains" Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 12:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. Mary Gates Hall 251 *This is part of the Geoengineering Seminar: "Geoengineering as a Response to Climate Change: An Urgent Problem Meets a Bad Concept." More information about the seminar can be found at: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~robwood/Geoengineering Professor of Philosophy University of Graz, Austria Talk Title, "The Significace of Historical Emissions" Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 3:30 pm, Savery Hall 260 Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies University of Colorado at Boulder Talk Title, "Fixing the Wrong: Geoengineering and the End of the World" Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 3:30 p.m., Johnson 075 *This is part of the Geoengineering Seminar: "Geoengineering as a Response to Climate Change: An Urgent Problem Meets a Bad Concept." More information about the seminar can be found at: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~robwood/Geoengineering Jeanette Pols Senior Researcher, Medical Ethics Section, Department of General Practice University of Amsterdam Talk Title,"Knowing Patients: Turning Practical Knowledge Into Science" Friday, March 4, 2011, 7:00 pm, Communications 120
Rabinowitz Symposium, April 8, 2011 "Telling Stories, Revealing Narratives: Perspectives on Illness and Care" South Campus Center Room 316, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The UW department of Philosophy and the Program on Values in Society present a day-long interdisciplinary symposium addressing the role of narrative in medicine and ethics. Registration for this event is now closed. A fuller schedule of events, podcasts, as well as additional resources discussed at they symposium can be found here.
Michael Blake participated in the Institute for Law and Philosophy's roundtable on freedom of association at the University of San Diego. In addition, this winter he taped a radio show in Toronto for the CBC on freedom of speech with Arthur Ripstein. Some selections from that show can be hear here: Secularism Part I, Secularism Part II, Democracy Part I, Democracy Part II, The Dog Ate My Homework.
Stephen Gardiner co edited Climate Ethics: Essential Readings (Oxford University Press), with Simon Caney, Dale Jamieson, and Henry Shue which was published in summer 2010. Professor Gardiner's new book, A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change, will be published by Oxford University Press April 2011. The book will be the subject of two panel talks, one at the 2011 Pacific Division Meeting of the APA (American Philosophical Association), and at the Western Political Science Association's Annual Meeting. In addition, Professor Gardiner is co-organizing and speaking at two ethics side-events at the international climate meetings in Cancun, Mexico, in December 2010. Sara Goering is coediting (with Wylie Burke, Kelly Edwards, and Suzanne Holland) a book on justice issues related to the translation (or lack thereof) between genetic discoveries and treatment of disease. The book is tentatively titled, Making Good on the Promise of Genetics: The Challenge of Justice in Translation. Lauren Hartzell has been enjoying her time as a post doc sponsored by the Program on Values in Society. She has submitted three articles for publication, is collaborating with Steve Gardiner on a chapter on intergenerational risk for an upcoming collection on risk theory, and is working on her first book titled, Precautionary Principles: Catastrophes and Climate Change. This fall she will be participating in a workshop on ethics of geoengineering in Montana. Jamie Mayerfeld has two forthcoming publications for 2011:"A Madisonian Argument for Strengthening International Human Rights Institutions: Lessons from Europe,” forthcoming in Luis Cabrera, ed., Global Governance, Global Government: Institutional Visions for an Evolving World System, SUNY Press, 2011 and "The High Price of American Exceptionalism: Comparing Torture by the United States and Europe after 9/11,” forthcoming in Michael Goodhart and Anja Mihr, eds., Human Rights in the 21st Century: Continuity and Change since 9/11, Palgrave/Macmillan, 2011. Additionally, Professor Mayerfeld recently attended a conference at Princeton University celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Law and Public Affairs Program, where he gave a presentation on "Extending Checks and Balances: Why Constitutional Government Requires International Human Rights Law." This past March he published an article entitled "Ruthlessness, Impunity, and the Effacement of International Human Rights Law," in the Santa Clara Journal of International Law. Adam Moore put the final touches on his latest book, Privacy Rights: Moral and Legal Foundations (Penn State University Press) which was published in August of 2010. In this manuscript, Professor Moore offers a definition and defense of individual privacy rights, an account of how these rights should be codified in the law, and an application of the proposed theory to drug testing, computer security, and public accountability. Bill Talbott's second volume on human rights (Human Rights and Human Well-Being) was published by Oxford University Press in October 2010. In this volume, he provides an indirect consequentialst (though not utilitarian) account of moral progress and uses it to explain why the human rights movement represents genuine moral progress and to project the direction of progress in the future. Professor Talbott has been invited to participate in a conference and in other activities at the Cluster of Excellence on Normative Orders at the University of Frankfurt in April and May 2011.
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