Ownership and Justice
On September 18-20, 2008, a conference on Ownership and Justice was held at Bowling Green State University. Conferees discussed various principles of justice with respect to questions of the ownership of assets and income. Participants in this conference included Richard Arneson, Professor of Philosophy, University of California San Diego; Thomas Christiano, Professor of Philosophy and Law, University of Arizona; Edward Feser, Instructor of Philosophy, Pasadena City College; Gerald F. Gaus, James E. Rogers Professor of Philosophy, University of Arizona; John Kekes, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, State University of New York at Albany; Eric Mack, Professor of Philosophy, Tulane University; James R. Otteson, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Alabama; Daniel C. Russell, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Wichita State University; David Schmidtz, Kendrick Professor of Philosophy and Joint Professor of Economics, University of Arizona; and George Sher, Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Philosophy, Rice University.
The papers from this conference will be published in Social Philosophy & Policy 27:1.
Liberty and Environmentalism
A conference was held on June 19-22, 2008, in Orlando, Florida to discuss the topic Liberty and Environmentalism. This conference was co-sponsored by Liberty Fund, Inc., and explored the modern environmental movement and its alternatives. Participants in this conference included Jonathan H. Adler, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Business Law & Regulation, Case Western Reserve University School of Law; N. Scott Arnold, Professor of Philosophy, University of Alabama at Birmingham; H. Sterling Burnett, Senior Fellow, National Center for Policy Analysis; J. Baird Callicott, Regents Professor of Philosophy, University of North Texas; Andrew Dobson, Professor of Politics, SPIRE, Keele University, UK; John Hasnas, Associate Professor of Business, Georgetown University; Dwight R. Lee, Ramsey Professor, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia; Michael E. Mann, Associate Professor, Department of Meteorology, Department of Geosciences, and Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI) and Director, Earth System Science Center (ESSC), Pennsylvania State University; Andrew P. Morriss, H. Ross & Helen Workman Professor of Law and Professor of Business, University of Illinois College of Law; Carol M. Rose, Lohse Chair in Water and Natural Resources, James E. Rogers College of Law, The University of Arizona; Charles T. Rubin, Associate Professor of Political Science, Duquesne University; and Mark Sagoff, Pew Scholar in Conservation and the Environment and Senior Research Scholar, Acting Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park.
The papers from this conference will be published in Social Philosophy & Policy 26:2.
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