“Contractualism and Intuitionism” – T. M. Scanlon (Harvard University)
January 10, 2025 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM
Royce Hall 314
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Join us on January 10, 2025 in Royce Hall 314 for a colloquium with T. M. Scanlon, Harvard University. The talk will take place from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception to follow.
Contractualism and Intuitionism
A reexamination of the contractualist theory of right and wrong put forward in What We Owe to Each Other and subsequent papers, considering the reasons for finding the view appealing as well as important problems with it, including overdemandingness, the charge of circularity, and the wholesale exclusion of interpersonal aggregation. A new account of aggregation is proposed.
T. M. Scanlon is Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, emeritus at Harvard University. He has written on many topics in moral and political philosophy, including the nature of morality, moral responsibility, rights, and equality. His books include What We Owe to Each Other (Harvard, 1998) and, most recently, Why Does Inequality Matter? (Oxford, 2018). Morality and Responsibility, a collection of his essays, will be published by Polity Press in early 2025.
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