Invited Speaker: H.P.P. Lötter (Johannesburg)
H.P.P. [Hennie] Lötter is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Johannesburg. Hennie’s research interests are in political philosophy and philosophy of science. He is the author of several articles on poverty, and the monograph "Poverty, Ethics and Justice" (University of Wales Press, 2011). This book has also been subject of two recent symposia in Res Publica (with Darrel Moellendorf, Gillian Brock, and Thaddeus Metz) and the International Journal of Applied Philosophy (with Taddheus Metz, Daryl Glaser, and Tristen Taylor).
Program
Thursday |
1 June 2017 |
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10:00 |
H.P.P. [Hennie] Lötter (University of Johannesburg) |
Poverty and Human Dignity |
11:15 |
Break |
Break |
11:30 |
Christian Neuhäuser (Technical University Dortmund |
Poverty, dignity and self-respect |
12:45 |
Lunch |
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13:30 |
Alfred Archer, Bart Engelen & Alan Thomas (University of Tilburg) |
Shame, Well-Being and Inequality |
14:45 |
Break |
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15:00 |
Hanna-Maria Niemi (University of Eastern Finland) |
Right against Poverty: Can the notion of human dignity help us define socio-economic rights? |
16:15 |
Break |
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16:30 |
Daniel Putnam (Princeton University) |
Poverty as a Social Relation |
17:45 |
End of Day 1 |
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Friday |
2 June 2017 |
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9:30 |
Rocio Lorca (University of Chile) |
The meanings of punishing the poor: from injustice to hostility |
10:45 |
Break |
Break |
11:00 |
Cristian Dimitriu (Forschungskolleg Frankfurt) |
The irrelevance of poverty for the morality of the lending system |
12:15 |
Lunch |
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13:00 |
Zlata Bozac & Viktor Ivankovic (Central European University, Budapest) |
Should We Nudge Charitable Giving? The Nudge Ethos |
14:15 |
Break |
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14:30 |
Anandita Mukherji (Boston University) |
Depriving Capabilities: Global Poverty Alleviation as a Duty Not to Harms? |
15:45 |
End of Day 2 |
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Abstracts
You can read the abstracts below or download a PDF here: PDF Workshop in Philosophy and Poverty 2017