Professor, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
Email: susumu.cato[at]gmail.com (replace [at] with @)
Correspondence Address
Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-0033
Research Fields
Social Choice Theory
Political Philosophy (distributive justice & population ethics)
Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE)
Welfare Economics
Organizational Economics
Industrial Organization
News
Jan 21: Co-organizing an international workshop
Title: Inclusiveness and Sustainable Development
Venue: Venue: Sanjō Conference Hall, University of Tokyo
11:50 PM - 12:50 PM: Ayako Ozawa (DBJ) and Tatsufumi Aoyama (DBJ)
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM: Welcoming and Opening Remarks
Susumu Cato (UTokyo) and Jungmin Park (SNU, Department of Social Welfare & PPE)
1:00 PM - 2:20 PM: Session 1 (Sanjō Conference Hall, Two speakers, 40 minutes each)
Eric Weese (UTokyo, Institute of Social Science): Creative Destruction in the European State System: 1000-1850 (With David Schonholzer)
Hyunwoo Hong (CNU, Department of Economics): Climate Justice: Historical Accountability vs. International Paretianism
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM: Coffee/Tea Break
2:40 PM - 4:00 PM: Session 2 (Sanjō Conference Hall, Two speakers, 40 minutes each)
Biung-Ghi Ju SNU, Department of Economics & PPE): Adam Smith Theorem: Justice Leads Prosperity
Ayumi Igarashi (UTokyo): Fair allocation of indivisible items under category constraints
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM: Closing Remarks
Hosted by
Economics Program in Seoul National University (main organizer)
"Methodology of Social Sciences" project of Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo (co-organizer)
Research Institute of Capital Formation, Development Bank of Japan. (co-organizer)
Jan 28, 2025: A new paper has been accepted.
Title: Rational Incompetence of Voters
Journal: Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy
Jan 30, 2025: 2nd Workshop on Social Choice Theory
Feb 7, 2025: A new paper has been accepted.
Title: Positional Conditional Egalitarianism
Journal: Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy
Co-author: Ken Oshitani
Feb 13: A paper has been accepted:
Title: Ex-post approaches to prioritarianism and sufficientarianism
Journal: Theoretical Economics
Co-authors: Matthew D. Adler, Walter Bossert, and Kohei Kamaga
March 6, 2025: ISS Analytical Philosophy Workshop
Program:
10:00-10:15 Opening Remarks
10:15-11:15 Kumie Hattori (University of Tokyo)
Title Retroactive Blame in Law
Chair Kiichi Inarimori
11:15-12:15 Joel A. Van Fossen (Hosei University)
Title Appreciation, Inquiry, and Deliberation: Exploring the Structure of Three Processes [joint work with Daniel Star]
Chair Ken Oshitani
12:15-13:45 Lunch Break
13:45-14:45 Jeroen Hopster (Utrecht University)
Title: Climate Disruption, Legitimate Expectations, and the Value of Stability
Chair Arata Matsuda
14:45-15:00 Coffee Break
15:00-16:00 Susumu Cato (University of Tokyo)
Title: What the Demands of Sustainability Can(not) Be. [joint work with Katie Steele]
Chair Clara Brigitta Riegler
16:00-17:00 Kengo Miyazono (Hokkaido University)
Title A Non-Cognitivist Account of Moral Responsibility and Free Will [joint work with Kiichi Inarimori]
Chair Susumu Cato
May 4: A paper has been accepted:
Title: Effects of Sanctions on Criminalized Prostitution Markets
Journal: Review of Law & Economics
Co-author: Ken Yahagi
June 12, 2025: ISS Analytic Philosophy Workshop
13:00-14:00: Tatsuya Yoshii (Kyoto University) & Jun Otsuka (Zen University) “A Categorical Solution to the Grue Paradox” Chair: TBA
14:10-14:50: Susumu Cato (University of Tokyo) “Revisiting the Okasha-Morreau Problem of Theory Choice” Chair: TBA
15:20-16:20: Eddy Keming Chen (University of California, San Diego) “Exchangeability and Algorithmic Randomness: A New Proof of the Principal Principle” Chair: TBA
16:30-17:30: Alan Hájek (Australian National University) “A Chancy Theory of Counterfactuals” Chair: Masaki Ichinose (Musashino University)
June 26, 2025: A paper has been accepted:
Title: An axiomatic characterization of the proportional threshold methods: A geometric approach
Journal: Social Choice and Welfare
Co-authors: Stéphane Gonzalez, Eric Rémila, Philippe Solal
July 9, 2025: A paper has been accepted:
Title: Welfarism and Continuity in Ethical Theory: A Formal Comparision of Prospect Utilitarianism vs. Sufficientarianism
Journal: Economics and Philosophy
Co-author: Hun Chung