ANU Philosophy Seminars

 

Friday 1stAugust

Kit Wellman (CAPPE/ Wash U. St Louis)

‘Immigration and Freedom of Association’

Coffee from 10.40; paper from 11.00

Milgate Room/Milgate Seminar Room

Hope Building, top floor

Abstract:

In this paper I appeal to freedom of association to defend a state's right to control immigration over its territorial boundaries. Without denying that those of us in wealthy societies may have extremely demanding duties of global distributive justice, I ultimately reach the stark conclusion that every legitimate state has the right to close its doors to all potential immigrants, even refugees desperately seeking asylum from incompetent or corrupt political regimes that are either unable or unwilling to protect their citizens' basic moral rights.

 

The Philosophy (Faculties) Seminar Series

Seminars are held on Fridays at 11am in the Milgate Seminar Room (first floor A.D. Hope Building, Room 159). Everyone is welcome to morning tea at 10.40 am in the Milgate Room. The convenor for 2008 is Jeremy Shearmur (ph: 6125 2792; E-mail: Jeremy.Shearmur@anu.edu.au). A list of past seminars is available.      

 

FIRST SEMESTER 2008

29th February Nicholas Griffin, McMaster/RSSS, ‘Psychologism and the Development of Russell's Account of Propositions'

7th March Peter Grundy, ANU ‘Has Flew Redeemed Himself?’

14th March Fiona Jenkins, “Equality as Odious Comparison: Some notes on Butler and Singer”

21st March Good Friday (holiday): no seminar

28th March [Postgrad workshop]

4th April Christian Barry (ANU CAPPE/Faculties), Egalitarian Challenges to Global Egalitarianism: A Critique

11th April Samantha Brennan, UWO/RSSS, ‘Feminist Ethics and Rethinking the Bright Line between the Right and the Good’

teaching break

2nd May Jeremy Shearmur, ANU ‘Imre Lakatos and The Changing Logic of Scientific Discovery'

9th May Brian Garrett, ANU ‘Opening a can of half-baked ideas: Mulhall on Cavell on Malcolm & Cook on Wittgenstein'

16th May Luc Small, ANU 'Evil: The Last Few years'

23rd May Bruin Christensen 'Perception and Self-Consciousness'

30th May Zeljko Ivankovitch TBA

 

SECOND SEMESTER

TBA

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The CAPPE ANU Friday Seminar Series

The CAPPE ANU runs a regular Seminar Series Wednesdays at 16:00 in Arts Meeting Room, Haydon-Allen Building. The current convenor is Daniel Star (e-mail: daniel.star@anu.edu.au, tel: 6125-9628).     

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The Thursday Seminar Series

The Thursday Seminar Series is run by the Philosophy Program, RSSS. Regular seminars are held Thursdays afternoons at 4pm in Coombs. Upcoming papers are advertised on the web. For further information contact the Program Administrator (e-mail: philrsss@coombs.anu.edu.au, tel: 6125-2341).      

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The Philosophy Society Series

The ANU Philosophy Society (PhilSoc) meets to hear and discuss papers by staff, visiting academics and graduate students. Meetings are held Tuesday afternoons at 4pm in Coombs Seminar Room F. Usually there are drinks and nibbles, for a small door charge: $2 for students and the unwaged and $3 for everyone else. Upcoming papers are advertised on the PhilSoc Homepage. .      

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The PhilSoc E-Mail List

Philosophy news, including details of upcoming seminars, is distributed by means of the PhilSoc mailing list. To subscribe send the message 'subscribe philsoc-l <your e-mail>' to majordomo@coombs.anu.edu.au -- eg. 'subscribe philsoc-l Jane.Doe@anu.edu.au'. To unsubscribe send the message 'unsubscribe philsoc-l <your e-mail>' to the same address.      

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