ANU Workshop on Ethics & Risk

MON 16 JUL

11.00 – 12.15 Supererogation and Sequence
Adam Bales (Cambridge) and Claire Benn (VLJI)
with comments by Shang Long Yeo (ANU)

1.30 – 2.45 Growing Awareness, Belief and Practical Rationality
Katie Steele (ANU) Joint work with H. Orri Stefánsson
with comments by John Cusbert (ANU)    

3.15 – 4.30 Priority, Equality, and Risk
Campbell Brown (LSE)
with comments by Kirsten Mann (ANU)    

5.00 – 6.15 Ambiguity Aversion behind the veil of ignorance

H. Orri Stefánsson (Copenhagen/Stockholm)
with comments by Chad Lee-Stronach (ANU)

TUE 17 JUL

10.00-11.15
Risky Business
Al Hájek (ANU)
with comments by Lara Buchak (Berkeley)    

11.45 – 1.00
Testing for Discrimination and the Risk of Error
Boris Babic (Cal Tech)
with comments by Kate Devitt (QUT)    

2.15 – 3.30
Profiling, Safety, and Legal Standards of Proof
Georgi Gardiner (Oxford)
with comments by Brian Hedden (Sydney)    

4.00 – 5.15
Rights & Epistemic Risks: Beyond Subjective Permissibility
Renée Bolinger (ANU)
with comments by Rahul Kumar (Queen's)

    WED 18 JUL

10.00 – 11.15
Normative Uncertainty and Probabilistic Moral Knowledge
Julia Staffel (Boulder)
with comments by Matt Kopec (ANU)    

11.45 – 1.00
Deontological Decision theory and lesser evil options
Seth Lazar (ANU) Joint work with Peter Graham
with comments by Kerah Gordon-Solmon (Queen's)    

2.15 – 3.30
Epistemic Irrationality and ethical decisions
Brian Talbot (Boulder)
with comments by Frank Jackson (ANU)    

4.00 – 5.15
Risk and Distributive Justice
Ryan Muldoon (Buffalo) Joint work with Pietro Maffetone
with comments by Christian Barry (ANU)