Workshop on Morals, Markets, and Market-Based Societies

The Center for Values and Social Policy at the University of Colorado Boulder, in collaboration with the Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics, will host a pre-read workshop on normative issues concerning markets and market-based societies. The event was originally scheduled to take place in Boulder on April 18-19, 2020 but it will now instead take place online on May 2-3, 2020. The schedule of talks is listed below. If you would like to receive copies of any or all of the papers and get information about how to access and participate in the event online when it occurs, please contact [email protected].

All times are listed in Mountain Daylight Time (GMT-6)

Saturday, May 2

9:30 – 10:45:   Carlo L Cordasco (Sheffield) and Nick Cowan (Lincoln)
“Risk is Our Business: Entrepreneurship, Self-respect and Risk Tolerance”
Commentator: Ittay Nissan (Hebrew University)

11:00 – 12:15:Nicole Hassoun (Binghamton)
“Ethical Consumption and Making a Difference Together”
Commentator: Ben Hale (Colorado)

2:00 – 3:15:Brian A. Berkey (Wharton)
“Boycotts, Justice, and Democratic Values”
Commentator: Caleb Pickard (Colorado)

Sunday, May 3

9:30 – 10:45:Jeffrey Carroll (Virginia)
"Semiotic Objection or Semiotic Impossibility Theorem? On Maguire and Brown’s Critique of Markets”
Commentator: Sam Director (Colorado)

11:00 – 12:15:Jessica Flanigan (Richmond)
“Risk and Liability”
Commentator: Michael Huemer (Colorado)

2:00 – 3:15:Govind Persad (Denver)
“Applying A Market Failures Approach to Professional Ethics”
Commentator: Iskra Fileva (Colorado)

3:30 – 4:45:John Thrasher (Chapman) and Dan Halliday (Melbourne)
“Thinking Clearly About Capitalism”
Commentator: Renaud-Philippe Garner (Colorado)