This workshop took place in Southampton on 6 September, 2018. We are very grateful to the Southampton Ethics Centre, the Mind Association, the Society for Applied Philosophy, and the Aristotelian Society for their generous contributions to funding.
Event Details. Decision makers around the world are facing problems regarding global economy and consumption, climate change and environmental protection, and conflicting ideologies and war. The challenge is to come up with responses that are both morally justifiable and practically acceptable. This is complicated by the fact that these decisions will have a huge impact not only on present, but also on future generations’ lives.
How we ought to decide depends on whether permissions, or requirements, that reflect protections to other people apply equally to present and future persons. However, surprisingly little has been said so far about how deontological distinctions apply to decisions that affect future persons.
On the one hand, there is a recent debate in the literature on how we should conceptualise and justify future generations’ rights. On the other hand, there has been renewed interest in the debate on deontological distinctions. New lines of both criticism and defence have been put forward against the definition and normative relevance of deontological distinctions. However, these two exciting debates have not yet been brought together.
This workshop, taking place in Southampton, 6 September 2018, aims to close this gap. It provides a forum for researchers working on intergenerational justice and researchers working on deontological distinctions to present their research and exchange ideas to discuss questions that arise from relating these areas.
Confirmed Speakers and Respondents.
Fiona Woollard, University of Southampton (Respondent: Camilla Colombo, LSE)
Molly Gardner, Bowling Green State University (Respondent: Aart van Gils, University of Reading)
Tim Mulgan, University of Auckland / University of St. Andrews (Respondent: Fionn O'Donovan, University of Southampton)
Charlotte Unruh, University of Southampton (Respondent: Bennet Francis, University of Reading)
Programme. Please find the full programme here.
Abstracts. Please find the abstracts here.
Event Details. Decision makers around the world are facing problems regarding global economy and consumption, climate change and environmental protection, and conflicting ideologies and war. The challenge is to come up with responses that are both morally justifiable and practically acceptable. This is complicated by the fact that these decisions will have a huge impact not only on present, but also on future generations’ lives.
How we ought to decide depends on whether permissions, or requirements, that reflect protections to other people apply equally to present and future persons. However, surprisingly little has been said so far about how deontological distinctions apply to decisions that affect future persons.
On the one hand, there is a recent debate in the literature on how we should conceptualise and justify future generations’ rights. On the other hand, there has been renewed interest in the debate on deontological distinctions. New lines of both criticism and defence have been put forward against the definition and normative relevance of deontological distinctions. However, these two exciting debates have not yet been brought together.
This workshop, taking place in Southampton, 6 September 2018, aims to close this gap. It provides a forum for researchers working on intergenerational justice and researchers working on deontological distinctions to present their research and exchange ideas to discuss questions that arise from relating these areas.
Confirmed Speakers and Respondents.
Fiona Woollard, University of Southampton (Respondent: Camilla Colombo, LSE)
Molly Gardner, Bowling Green State University (Respondent: Aart van Gils, University of Reading)
Tim Mulgan, University of Auckland / University of St. Andrews (Respondent: Fionn O'Donovan, University of Southampton)
Charlotte Unruh, University of Southampton (Respondent: Bennet Francis, University of Reading)
Programme. Please find the full programme here.
Abstracts. Please find the abstracts here.
Registration. Registration for this event is now closed.
Childcare and accessibility. The event is wheelchair accessible. An induction loop can be made available. Accessibility information about the workshop room can be found here: data.southampton.ac.uk/room/85-2207.html
We welcome children and babies to the conference, although a form must be completed for their attendance online through the registration page on the conference website. The University Nursery is OFSTED-regulated and offers a limited number of places for children aged between four months and five years. Advance booking is required for this service and is made on a first-come first-served basis.
Limited funds might be available to help with the costs of childcare and accessibility. Please contact Charlotte Unruh at [email protected] for further information.
Venue and travel. The conference will take place on the University’s Highfield Campus. For information about how to get here, please click here.
The most convenient train station to travel to is Southampton Central, from which you can take a taxi to Highfield Campus (about 15 minutes). Southampton has a small airport, with connections to many other UK cities, and to some on the continent. If you will be travelling by air then a direct flight to Southampton, if available, would probably be your most convenient option. Alternatively, you could fly to Heathrow, Gatwick or London City. From Heathrow, you can either take the National Express bus all the way to Southampton, or get a ‘RailAir’ ticket, which involves getting a coach to Woking or Reading station and catching the train from there to Southampton. You can check the schedule and buy tickets on the National Rail website. From Gatwick or London City, you can take a train all the way to Southampton. Again, check the National Rail website for timetables and tickets. The conference dinner will take place at Baffi Portswood, a 20min walk from campus.
Accommodation.There are plenty of hotels and B&Bs in Southampton, but we recommend booking early. A decent hotel within walking distance of Highfield Campus is Highfield House Hotel.
Conference funding. We are very grateful for their generous support to The Aristotelian Society, the Society for Applied Philosophy, the Mind Association and the Southampton Ethics Centre. The workshop will be organised in accordance with the SWIP-BPA good practice guidelines.
Childcare and accessibility. The event is wheelchair accessible. An induction loop can be made available. Accessibility information about the workshop room can be found here: data.southampton.ac.uk/room/85-2207.html
We welcome children and babies to the conference, although a form must be completed for their attendance online through the registration page on the conference website. The University Nursery is OFSTED-regulated and offers a limited number of places for children aged between four months and five years. Advance booking is required for this service and is made on a first-come first-served basis.
Limited funds might be available to help with the costs of childcare and accessibility. Please contact Charlotte Unruh at [email protected] for further information.
Venue and travel. The conference will take place on the University’s Highfield Campus. For information about how to get here, please click here.
The most convenient train station to travel to is Southampton Central, from which you can take a taxi to Highfield Campus (about 15 minutes). Southampton has a small airport, with connections to many other UK cities, and to some on the continent. If you will be travelling by air then a direct flight to Southampton, if available, would probably be your most convenient option. Alternatively, you could fly to Heathrow, Gatwick or London City. From Heathrow, you can either take the National Express bus all the way to Southampton, or get a ‘RailAir’ ticket, which involves getting a coach to Woking or Reading station and catching the train from there to Southampton. You can check the schedule and buy tickets on the National Rail website. From Gatwick or London City, you can take a train all the way to Southampton. Again, check the National Rail website for timetables and tickets. The conference dinner will take place at Baffi Portswood, a 20min walk from campus.
Accommodation.There are plenty of hotels and B&Bs in Southampton, but we recommend booking early. A decent hotel within walking distance of Highfield Campus is Highfield House Hotel.
Conference funding. We are very grateful for their generous support to The Aristotelian Society, the Society for Applied Philosophy, the Mind Association and the Southampton Ethics Centre. The workshop will be organised in accordance with the SWIP-BPA good practice guidelines.