WORKSHOP IN LAW, PHILOSOPHY, AND POLITICAL THEORY (Law 210.2B)
All classes meet in 202 Barrows Hall (unless otherwise noted), Fridays from 12:00pm-3:00pm. To request a copy of papers contact: amatullahas@berkeley.edu.
Course description:
This course is designed as a workshop for the presentation and discussion of work-in-progress in moral, political, and legal theory. The central aim of the course is to provide an opportunity for students to engage directly with philosophers, political theorists, and legal scholars working on normative questions. Another aim is to create a space that brings together people from different disciplines who have strong normative interests or who speak to issues that philosophers and political theorists should know something about. Toward this goal, we will devote a few sessions to featuring the work of economists, historians, psychologists, sociologists, and other social scientists.
The format of the course will be as follows. For the first two hours of the course, a student will lead off with a 15-minute comment on the presenter’s paper and the presenter will have 5-10 minutes to respond before we open up the discussion to the entire assembled group. The first two hours will be open to non-enrolled students and faculty who wish to participate in the workshop discussion. At the end of the two hours, those who are not enrolled will leave, and for the third hour of the course, the guest presenter will continue the discussion with students enrolled in the course. Enrolled students must serve as a discussant for at least one presenter’s work-in-progress and write several short response papers and a final paper of 12-15 pages. The course is cross-listed with the Philosophy and Political Science Departments.
| January 13 | Professor Joshua Cohen Professor Christopher Kutz |
Introductory meeting |
| January 20 | Group trip to Stanford Map |
Ideas that Matter: A Conference in Honor of the Work and Teachings of Joshua Cohen Location: Arrillaga Alumni Center
Admission: Free and open to the public.
Contact Email: ebennet@stanford.edu
Contact Phone: 6507366247
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January 27 |
Jerry Gaus James E. Rogers Professor of Philosophy The University of Arizona |
“Self-organizing Moral Systems: Beyond Social Contract Theory“ |
| February 3 | Kate A. Manne Assistant Professor Sage School of Philosophy Cornell University |
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| February 10 |
Marion Fourcade |
“The Fly and the Cookie: on the Moral Economy of 21st Century Capitalism” For a copy of the paper email: amatullahas@berkeley.edu |
| February 17 | Jed Purdy Robinson O. Everett Professor of Law Duke Law School |
“The New Inequality, the Great Forgetting, and the Long Environmental Justice Movement” Note to Workshop Participants
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| February 24 | Jennifer A. Doudna Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology UC Berkeley |
“Genome Engineering: What It Is and How It Changes the Future” Professor Doudna will use the recent National Academy of Sciences and Medicine report on germline editing as the basis for her discussion of the ethics of genetic manipulation. The Summary explains the basis of the Report’s recommendations.
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| March 3 | Julia Nefsky Assistant Professor, Philosophy University of Toronto |
“Consumer Choice and Collective Impact“ |
| March 10 | Chiara Cordelli Assistant Professor, Political Science University of Chicago |
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| March 17 | Charles Mills Professor, Philosophy The City University of New York (CUNY) |
“Racial Equality” |
| March 24 | Emmanuel Saez Professor of Economics UC Berkeley |
“Distributional National Accounts: Methods and Estimates for the United States” Co-authors: Piketty and Zucman |
| March 31 | Spring Break | |
| April 7 |
Meir Dan-Cohen |
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| April 14 | Rainer Forst Professor of Political Theory and Philosophy Goethe Universität |
“The Justification of Basic Rights: |
| April 21 | Lea Ypi Professor in Political Theory–Government London School of Economics |
“Legitimacy dictatorship utopia a Marxist perspective on political obligation” |