THIRD ANNUAL UPENN ANSCOMBE ARCHIVE CONFERENCE 2024

For the past several years, the University of Pennsylvania has had the privilege of housing and organizing Elizabeth Anscombe's personal archive, which includes over 600 catalogued items. In collaboration with the Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture, we have organized a number of events and conferences that have promoted research on various aspects of Anscombe’s thought.

For this year's conference, we will be exploring the contemporary significance of Anscombe's writings on the topic of Justice. These writings span the course of her career and address many of her major philosophical concerns, such as the nature of moral obligation, the recovery of virtue ethics, the concept of murder and just war, the dignity of human life, and the sources of normativity.

Tentative Schedule:

9:00 – 10:15 John Haldane, "Anscombe, Natural Law: Justice and the Law"

Break

10:30 – 11:45 Katharina Nieswandt, "What Is A Common Good?"

12:45 – 2:00 Joshua Stuchlik, "Title forthcoming"

Break

2:15 – 3:30 David Goodill, "Language and Right: Anscombe on the Recognition of Human Dignity"

Lunch

Break

3:45 – 5:00 Claire Finkelstein, "Title forthcoming"

Long Break

6:00 Dinner