The Department of Philosophy at Monash University is pleased to announce a workshop exploring what thinking about disability can teach us about different parts of philosophy.

Program

Friday 7 December 2018

0930 Registration opens

1000-1130 Eva Feder Kittay (Stony Brook)

Towards a Humbler Philosophy

1130-1145 COFFEE

1145-1315 Jeanette Kennett (Macquarie)

Crime, Punishment, and Dementia

1315-1415 LUNCH

1415-1545 Stephanie Elsen (Bern)

Taking seriously the political and social value of the concept of disability

1545-1600 COFFEE

1600-1730 David Shoemaker (Tulane)

Disordered, Disabled, Disregarded, Dismissed: Immorality and Exemption

Saturday 8 December 2018

1000-1130 Elizabeth Barnes (Virginia - via Skype)

Wellbeing and the Value of Health

1130-1145 COFFEE

1145-1315 Suzy Killmister (Monash)

The Metaphysical Implications of Moral Status Talk

1315-1415 LUNCH

1415-1545 Linda Barclay (Monash)

Cognitive impairment and the moral imperative of expressive respect

Registration and location

The conference will take place in Meeting Room S901, Building S, at the Monash Caulfield Campus. In the map below, Building S is the multi-story building on Sir John Monash Drive next to Caulfield Railway Station. Though there is no registration fee, all attendees are asked to register by Friday 30th November for catering purposes. To register, and for further information, please email: arts-disability.philosophy@monash.edu

The workshop is organized by Michael Smith, McCosh Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Monash University, and sponsored by the Monash Faculty of Arts Focus Program for Belief, Value, Mind.