Ethics, Rhetoric and Democracy
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Contemporary Themes in Ethics and Political Philosophy III
PROGRAM
Friday, 24 August 2012
9:25 – 9:45 WELCOME
9:45 – 13:00 FIRST SESSION: Deliberation and Free Speech
Chair: Erik Christensen
Jonas Jakobsen, University of Tromsø
(Dis)respect and Free Speech in Norway after 22.7
Tomasz Jarymowicz, University of Tromsø
The Limits of Free Speech: Deliberative Democracy and Viewpoint Absolutism
Paloma García Diaz, University of Granada
Is It Possible to Listen without Prejudice in Socio-technical Controversies?
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 17:00 SECOND SESSION:Education, Deliberation and the Science of Society
Chair: Roar Anfinsen
Jan Harald Alnes, University of Tromsø
Education and Democracy
Inger-Elin Øye, University of Tromsø
Education, Deliberation and Democracy: German Lessons
Rosario López, University of Málaga
The Language of Experimental Sciences in John Stuart Mill’s Science of Society
Saturday, 25 August
9:15 – 12:30 THIRD SESSION:Political Realism and Normative Issues
Chair: Manuel Toscano
Arne Overrein, University of Tromsø
Historical Experience, Moral Learning and International Law
José María Rosales, University of Málaga
Parliamentarism Through the Lens of Constitutional Debates: Spanish Parliamentary Politics, XIXth to XXth Century
Rafael Cejudo, University of Córdoba
On the Foundations of “Half-measures”: Discussing J.S. Mill’s Pluralism
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 16:45 FOURTH SESSION: Individual and Group Rights and Collective Agency
Chair: Jan Harald Alnes
Sarita Friman-Korpela, University of Jyväskylä
Implications of Human Rights Rhetoric to the Politics of Roma in Finland: Given or Authentic Rhetorical Strategy?
Manuel Toscano, University of Málaga
Should Language Rights Be Considered as Human Rights?On the Concept of Language Rights
Irene Boragno, University of Málaga
Shared Intentions and Actions
Sunday, 26 August
9:15 – 12:30 FIFTH SESSION: Cosmopolitan Themes
Chair: José María Rosales
Tor Ivar Hanstad, University of Tromsø
Justification of Western Warfare after the Cold War:Realism, Cosmopolitanism or Light-nihilism?
Marta Postigo, University of Málaga
The Post-National Europe and the European Union as a Cosmopolitan Project
Melina Duarte, University of Tromsø
Right of Hospitality and Right of Membership: A Critical Review of Kant’s and Benhabib’s Cosmopolitan Accounts on Immigration and Borders
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 16:45 SIXTH SESSION:Ownership, Values and Development
Chair: Tor Ivar Hanstad
Øyvind Stokke, University of Bergen
The Rule of Law Reconsidered:In Defence of Collective Property against the Plunder of the Neoliberal State
Tore Kristian Haaland, University of Oslo
Who Owns It? Land Claims in Latin America: Their Moral Legitimacy and Implications
Fabian Scholze Domingues, UFRGS/Brazil
A Normative Reflection about the Development Process:The Perspectives of Amartya Sen and Celso Furtado
Monday, 27 August
9:15 – 11:30 SEVENTH SESSION:Public Reason and Citizenship
Chair: Marta Postigo
Ana Isabel Dapena Sieiro, University of Santiago de Compostela
Ethical Limits on the Category of Citizenship
Kjersti Fjørtoft, University of Tromsø
Public Reason as an Ideal of Democratic Citizenship
11:30 – 11:45 BUSINESSMEETING: COMMENTS AND FURTHER PLANNING
11:45 – 12:45 Lunch
Organizers
Pluralism, Democracy and Justice Group, University of Tromsø
The Civic Constellation Project (Spanish R+D Plan, FFI2011-23388)
Convenors
Jan Harald Alnes (University of Tromsø) and Manuel Toscano (University of Málaga)