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):  

• Helen Frowe (Stockholm University)  
• Thomas Hurka (Toronto University)
• Shelly Kagan (Yale University)
• Frances Kamm (Rutgers University)
• Michael Otsuka (Rutgers University)
• Melinda Roberts (The College of New Jersey)
• Peter Singer (Princeton University)
• Victor Tadros (Warwick University)

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