*Call for Papers*
*Articulations of Justice, Part. 2: Justice and Equality*
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*IPSA RC31 (Research Committee on Political Philosophy)*
*Second Conference*
*July 13-17, 2011, Sydney, Australia*
The modern era is notable for its emphasis on justice as the idée-clef
of political philosophy. Justice has always been the primary virtue of
social institutions. Over the last forty years, under the prompting of
John Rawls, it has become more pervasive than ever.
Does the moral pluralism of modern societies of itself impose a thin,
formal conception of the good society? Does modern pluralism directly
preclude some more substantive normative basis for politics? Can
political philosophy do no more than identify fair terms of cooperation
that accommodate each individual’s pursuit of his or her specific
conception of the good life? Is such a formal conception of the good
society adequate? Can it motivate moral behavior? Is it too elusive to
guide actual decisions?
This broad, modern debate touches on the central problem of articulating
justice so as to (a) embrace the fact of modern plurality, without (b)
falling into an abstract idealism far removed from the concrete,
practical contexts in which justice must apply.
The Research Committee on Political Philosophy (RC31) of The
/International Political Science Association/ (IPSA) seeks to contend
with this difficulty by relating justice to the main ideas underpinning
modern society: Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity - in the language of
1789. ‘Fraternity’ is today more commonly formulated as ‘solidarity’ or
‘community’, and earlier, among the Ancients, as ‘friendship’ (philia,
amicitia, agape, caritas, eros, etc.).
IPSA RC31 is sponsoring a cycle of three conferences:
The *First* (2010) was held in Jena, Germany on the relation of justice
to liberty.
The *Second* (2011) is being held in *Sydney*, Australia on *Justice and
Equality* (13-17 July). The Sydney conference is hosted by Macquarie
University and jointly sponsored by Macquarie and Sydney Universities.
It is also backed by _CRISPP_ (_Critical Review of International Social
& Political Philosophy_) and _The Journal of_ _Political Philosophy_.
The *Third* (2012) conference will attend to questions of Justice and
Fraternity.
Proposals are now invited for the *SYDNEY* conference. All papers should
attend to the relation of justice to equality, whether the approach is
normative or empirical, analytical or historical.
Please send a preliminary *abstract* of no more than *one page, *and no
later* *than *1 November, 2010* to Prof. Preston King
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>, Chair of RC31, and to
the local organizer, Prof. Stephanie Lawson [log in to unmask]
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Professor Richard Bellamy
Department of Political Science
School of Public Policy
University College London
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Philosophy (CRISPP)
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