Ethics, War, and Intervention

May 30, 2014
Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Birmingham

G51, ERI Building
Pritchatts Park Road
Birmingham B15 2TT
United Kingdom

Speakers:

Kimberly Hutchings
London School of Economics
Jeff McMahan
Rutgers University
Victor Tadros
University of Warwick

Organisers:

Sue Gilligan
University of Birmingham
Heather Widdows
University of Birmingham
Jeremy Williams
University of Birmingham

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The Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) at the University of Birmingham is pleased to invite registration for a one-day interdisciplinary conference on 'Ethics, War, and Intervention', to be held on 30th May, and marking a visit to Birmingham in May by Prof. Jeff McMahan, as Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the IAS, under its ‘Saving Humans’ research theme.

Attendance at the conference is free, but space is limited, and those wishing to attend are advised to register soon (via the link on the right).

Conference programme:

9.30-10.00: Coffee and Registration

10.00-11.00: Prof. Jeff McMahan, ‘Liability, Proportionality, and the Aggregation of Harm’

11.00-12.30: Panel Session 1

• Dr Eamon Aloyo (Hague Institute for Global Justice), ‘The Last of Last Resort'

• Dr Rita Floyd (POLSIS, Birmingham), ‘Just Resort to Securitization'

• Dr Simon Jackson (History, Birmingham), 'Blockade then relief: the politics and law of humanitarian intervention in WW1 Syria’

12.30-1.15: Lunch

1.15-2.15: Prof. Victor Tadros (Law, Warwick), ‘The Uncertainties of War’

2.15-3.15: Panel Session 2 (Doctoral Students)

• Lars Christie (Philosophy, Oslo), 'Humanitarian interventions and collateral damage: Distributing the Cost of Rescue'

• Amanda Cawston (Philosophy, Cambridge), ‘What is Wrong With Alienated Violence?'

• Andrew Forcehimes (Philosophy, Vanderbilt), ‘Luck ad Bellum'

3.15-3.30: Coffee

3.30-4.30: Prof. Kim Hutchings (International Relations, LSE), 'What Would We Do Without World War Two? A Feminist Critique of Cosmopolitan Just War Theory'

Following the conference, at 5pm, Prof. McMahan will deliver a public lecture on the ethics of humanitarian intervention at the Barber Institute of Fine Art. For details of that separate event, and to reserve tickets, please use this page:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jeff-mcmahan-the-ethics-of-humanitarian-intervention-with-comments-on-syria-tickets-10486819359

Jeff McMahan is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University, New York. He is the author of The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life (Oxford University Press, 2002) and Killing in War (Oxford University Press, 2009). He has several other books forthcoming from Oxford University Press, including a collection of essays called The Values of Lives, a book on war intended for both academic and non-academic readers called The Right Way to Fight, and a sequel to his 2002 book called The Ethics of Killing: Self-Defense, War, and Punishment.

For inquiries about this event, please contact [email protected]

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