>Subject: CFP: "Human Nature in Law and Political Morality" (fwd)
>Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 18:47:19 +0000
>
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>Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 18:25:23 +0000
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> >Reply-To: "Dr. M. H. Kramer" <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >
> >             CAMBRIDGE FORUM FOR LEGAL & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
> >
> >Conference Announcement:
> >
> >               "Human Nature in Law and Political Morality"
> >
> >                              11-13 July 2002
> >
> >              VENUE:  Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
> >
> >co-sponsored by:
> >      Faculty of Philosophy, Cambridge University
> >      Faculty of Law, Cambridge University
> >      Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, & Humanities
> >      British Academy
> >
> >
> >KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
> >----------------
> >* Brian Barry (Columbia)
> >      "Are People Responsible for Their Culture?"
> >* Gerald Postema (North Carolina)
> >      Title to be announced
> >
> >PANELISTS
> >---------
> >* Paula Casal (Keele)
> >      "Neolithic Injustice"
> >* Antony Duff (Stirling)
> >      "Heroism or Frailty: What the Criminal Law Should Expect of Us"
> >* Susan Hurley (Warwick)
> >      "Imitation and Freedom of Expression"
> >* Susan James (Birkbeck)
> >      "Passion and Politics"
> >* Edward McClennen (LSE)
> >      "Rationality, Rights, and Prudence"
> >* Michael Rosen (Oxford)
> >      "Liberalism and Human Nature"
> >* Hillel Steiner (Manchester)
> >      "Duties to Enforce Rights"
> >* Andrew Williams (Reading)
> >      "Justice, Constructivism, and Human Nature"
> >* Jonathan Wolff (UCL)
> >      "Righting Wrongs and the Human Good"
> >
> >MODERATORS:  Simon Blackburn * Raymond Geuss * Ross Harrison
> >             Matthew Kramer * Onora O'Neill * Nigel Simmonds
> >
> >
> >The conference will examine how views of human nature affect the design
>of
> >laws and political institutions, and how we can use law and political
> >institutions to transform as well as regulate the nature of human beings.
> >Issues to be explored include the following:
> >            -->   the nature of human decision-making;
> >            -->   theories of rationality and their role in the design
>and
> >                  operation of political institutions;
> >            -->   the role of human nature in the formulation and
> >                  implementation of conceptions of distributive justice;
> >            -->   human nature and dispute resolution;
> >            -->   human nature and governmental regulation.
> >The conference is designed to appeal to legal and political philosophers
> >generally, and also to behavioral economists, game theorists, and
>cognitive
> >psychologists who are interested in applications of their disciplines to
> >the design of laws and political institutions or to the construction and
> >implementation of theories of distributive justice.
> >
> >Conference Coordinator: Mark Reiff ([log in to unmask])
> >For Further Information:
> >      WEB:  www.law.cam.ac.uk/cflpp  (with electronic registration form)
> >      E-MAIL:  Matthew Kramer <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >You can register on our Web site or with the e-mail version of the
> >registration form below.  You should please transmit the completed form
>to
> >Matthew Kramer ([log in to unmask]).  Thank you.
> >
> >
> >                             REGISTRATION FORM
> >
> >               "Human Nature in Law and Political Morality"
> >
> >                              11-13 July 2002
> >
> >             Cambridge Forum for Legal & Political Philosophy
> >
> >
> >NAME:
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> >POSITION:
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> >INSTITUTION:
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> >E-MAIL:
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> >MAILING ADDRESS:
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> >
> >CONFERENCE FEE:         Regular 45 pounds              Student 20 pounds
> >(select one)
> >
> >
> >ACCOMMODATION:          Newnham College, 35 pounds/night, with breakfast
> >(if required)
> >                        Churchill College, 57 pounds/night, en-suite,
> >                        with breakfast
> >
> >
> >MEALS:            Dinner  17 pounds per night
> >(if desired)
> >                  Lunch (Friday only)  13 pounds
> >
> >
> >Do you have any special dietary requirements?
> >
> >
> >TOTAL PAYMENT DUE:
> >
> >Please send your registration form and a cheque for the appropriate
>amount
> >(made out to "Human Nature in Law and Political Morality") by 1 July to:
> >                  Dr Matthew Kramer
> >                  Churchill College
> >                  Cambridge  CB3 0DS
> >
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