Just Philosophy: A Tribute to Jeff McMahan

We are pleased to announce a two-day conference in honor of Professor Jeff McMahan, marking his retirement from teaching and celebrating his 43 years of work in moral and political philosophy.

McMahan’s contributions to contemporary thinking on issues such as war, self- and other-defense, population ethics, and the moral status of animals, have challenged existing paradigms and opened new horizons of debate amongst moral philosophers, political theorists, and legal scholars.

The conference will take place at Corpus Christi College, where Professor McMahan has served as the Sekyra and White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy and a Professorial Fellow. Each of the keynote talks will be followed by a short commentary. The program will also feature a special address by Larry Temkin, who will share personal reflections on McMahan’s career and the impact he has had on his students, colleagues, and others. 

Keynote speakers (in alphabetical order), chairs, and commentators:  

Speaker: Helen Frowe (Stockholm University)  
Chair: Jonathan Quong (University of Southern California)
Commentator: Kida Lin (University of Oxford) 
  
Speaker: Thomas Hurka (Toronto University) 
Chair: Tom Simpson (University of Oxford)   
Commentator: Alec Walen (Rutgers University)  

Speaker: Shelly Kagan (Yale University)
Chair: David Edmonds (Uehiro Oxford Institute)   
Commentator: Jonas Hertel (University of Oxford)   

Speaker: Frances Kamm (Rutgers University)
Chair: Saul Smilansky (University of Haifa)   
Commentator: Linda Eggert (University of Oxford)  

Speaker: Michael Otsuka (Rutgers University)
Chair: Gustaf Arrhenius (Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm University)    
Commentator: Theron Pummer (University of St Andrews)  

Speaker: Melinda Roberts (The College of New Jersey)
Chair: Tom Sinclair (University of Oxford)      
Commentator: Tim Campbell (Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm University)   

Speaker: Peter Singer (Princeton University, Emeritus & Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore)
Speaker: Francesca Minerva (University of Milan) 
Chair: Nigel Warburton (Freelance philosopher)      
Commentator: James Goodrich (University of Wisconsin, Madison)  

Speaker: Victor Tadros (University of Warwick)
Chair: Cécile Fabre (University of Oxford)    
Commentator: Saba Bazargan (University of California, San Diego) 

For more information, please contact the organizer Elad Uzan (University of Oxford), at  [email protected]