Convenors
\nGiulio Fornaroli \;(Universidad Nacional Autó\;noma de Mé\;xico)
\nCristiá\;n Rettig \;(Universidad Adolfo Ibá\;ñ\;ez)
\nUp to Date Confirmed Keynote Speakers
\nRenee Bolinger \;(Princeton)\; \;Nicolas Cornell \; \;(Michigan &ndash\; Ann Arbor)\; \;Rowan Cruft \;(Stirling)\; \;Matthew Kramer \;(Cambridge)\; \;Saladin \; Meckled-Garica \;(UCL)\; \;Laura Valentini \;(LMU) \;
The philosophy of rights in the last decades has been both prolific and deeply innovative. The \; will vs. interest debate still informs\, in an always more sophisticated form\, a good part of the \; scholarship. But recent accounts by authors such as Cruft\, Gilbert\, Sreenivasan and Wenar at tempt to overcome or radically reframe the debate. \; \;
\nIn the meantime\, growing attention is being devoted to the concept of a directed duty. It \; is now commonly accepted that the duties correlating with claim-rights are characterized by an \; element of \;direction \;(they are to be discharged \;for \;the right-holder\; they are owed \;to \;them) \; absent in generic ethical duties. \;
\nDirectionality is increasingly taken as a crucial feature in the understanding of the \;nature \; \;of claim-rights. But what directed duties are is far from clear. Some understand directed duties as creating their own separate realm of bipolar or second-personal normativity that is irreduc ible to the third-personal normativity of general ethical norms. Ohers\, however\, (Darwall\, Wal lace) argue that ethics in general is\, at bottom\, a second-personal exercise. \; \;
\nEqually ripe for debate is the relationship between directionality and interest or will \; theories. Is directionality a challenge for traditional will- and interest-accounts of the function \; of rights? Or is it\, by contrast\, an element of claim-rights that will and interest theories are per fectly fit to capture and explain (as argued by both Steiner and Kramer)? \;
\nAnd\, how do these theoretical puzzles in the general philosophy of rights relate to ap plied questions about rights in legal theory? If directionality is indeed the core property of \; rights\, what should we think of those rights that do not seem to involve bipolar normativity? \; Consider rights \;in rem \;such as those found in property or criminal law\, which are directed \;against a collection of duty-bearers\, consisting in the whole world. How should directionality \; be understood here? \; \;
\nA different question that has lately attracted renewed interest concerns \;natural \;rights. \; What role\, if any\, should they play in a general theory of rights? And\, if we do not want to ex press outright skepticism about their function\, what can we say about their \;grounds? \; \;
\nFinally\, is there anything about the concept of a right that determines which entities can \; be holders of rights? Interest and will theorists have traditionally answered differently to this \; question\, and it is far from obvious how authors who take inspiration from directionality can \; use that paradigm to tell us whether non-human animals\, or group agents\, or the future generations and the dead\, or maybe even natural elements and human artefacts can hold rights. \; The workshop welcomes any contribution which aims at answering \;these and related \; questions \;about the nature and function of rights. \; \;
\nTo apply\, please send a \;300-400-word abstract \;to \;rightsmancept2021@gmail.com \;by 15th \;May. We aspire to give around 40 minutes (inclusive of both presentation and Q&\;A) per paper. \; \;
\nRegistration will open in May. All participants must register in order to attend.
\nThis year&rsquo\;s fees are \;
\nAcademics: £\;45 \;
\nGraduate students\, retirees\, and unaffiliated attendees: £\;20 \;
\nNon-speaker/non-presenting attendees: £\;15 \;
\nA small number of bursaries (for graduate students only) are available. Please state in your \; application to our panel whether you intend to apply for a bursary. \;
\nWe look forward to reading your abstracts\, \;
\nGiulio and Cristiá\;n. \;
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