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MANCEPT

Manchester Centre for Political Theory

University of Manchester

 

Responsibility

in the Non-Ideal World

 

Friday 5 May 2006

 

Harold Hankins Conference Suite

School of Social Sciences

 

 

 

9.30 – 10.00    Registration

 

10.00 – 11.15 Jonathan Wolff (University College London)

‘Should the Disadvantaged Bear the Costs of Their Choices?’

 

11.15 – 11.30 Tea and Coffee

 

11.30 – 12.45 Marc Fleurbaey (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – CERES)

‘Four Approaches to Equality of Opportunity’

 

12.45 – 14.00 Light buffet lunch

 

14.00 – 15.15 Zofia Stemplowska (University of Manchester)

‘Holding People Responsible for What They Do Not Control’

 

15.15 – 15.30 Tea and Coffee

 

15.30 – 16.45 Peter Vallentyne (University of Missouri-Columbia)

‘Responsibility and Brute Luck’

 

Please book early – places are limited

 

This one-day conference will be held in the School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester. The conference fee is £20.00 for academics or £10.00 for postgraduate

students (cheques made payable to the ‘University of Manchester’). This fee is to cover the cost of conference arrangements, refreshments and a light lunch.

To register visit: http://www.socialsciences.man.ac.uk/politics/events/

For more information contact Zofia Stemplowska or Charlotte Jackson

by post, phone, e-mail or visit our website.

 

 

-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Hillel Steiner <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Feb 21, 2006 7:29 AM
To: Terrell Carver <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: Zofia Stemplowska <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Mancept one-day conference

Dear Terrell,

 

Attached is the notice for a one-day conference we're holding in May. I'd be grateful if it could be circulated to your ECPR list. Many thanks.

 

Regards,

Hillel

 

Hillel Steiner FBA
Professor of Political Philosophy
Department of Government
University of Manchester
Manchester  M13 9PL  England
tel: (0) 161 275-4905 (w)
      (0) 161 445-7173 (h)
fax: (0) 161 275-4925 (w)
email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.les1.man.ac.uk/government
http://www.les1.man.ac.uk/philosophy

Professor Terrell Carver
Department of Politics
University of Bristol
10 Priory Road
Bristol
BS8 1TU
United Kingdom
+44 (0)117 928 8826
www.bristol.ac.uk/politics