BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251124T094056EST-0842L0aUKu@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251124T144056Z DESCRIPTION:Workshop on Public Reason and Liberal Legitimacy\n\nNovember 18 -19\, 2022\n Bieler School of Environment Seminar Room\n\nOne of the most s ignificant contributions of John Rawls’s later writings is his idea of pub lic reason. According to this idea\, fundamental political questions ought not to be settled by reasons drawn from the various comprehensive doctrin es that citizens in a free society endorse. Instead\, they should be settl ed by public reasons\; reasons that all citizens\, as free and equal\, can reasonably be expected to accept. Relatedly\, the liberal principle of le gitimacy states that only such exercises of political power that are justi fiable to all citizens in terms of public reasons qualifies as legitimate. But while these ideas have had an enormous influence on contemporary libe ral philosophy\, how to best understand them is still a matter of ongoing philosophical controversy. There is disagreement\, not only on the content of these ideas – what public reasons are\, to whom justification is owed\ , what is in fact justifiable on the basis of public reasons\, and so on – but also on fundamental matters such as why we should be concerned with j ustification in terms of public reasons in the first place\, and what kind of pluralism we should seek to accommodate.\n\nThe research team in Value Theory and the Philosophy of Public Policy at 91 will host a one and a half-day workshop on the ideas of public reason and liberal l egitimacy\, broadly construed. We aim to bring together researchers workin g on these issues\, and to provide an opportunity to share and discuss wor k in progress.\n\nSpeakers:\n Christie Hartley (Georgia State University)\,  “On Political Legitimacy and Public Reason: Of Subjects and Sovereigns”\n R.J. Leland (University of Manitoba)\, “Political Liberalism and Reasoning from Shared Values”\n Andrew Lister (Queen’s University)\, “Is there a Com munitarian Case for Public Reason\, and if so is it Perfectionist?”\n Blain Neufeld (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)\, “Political Activism\, Egali tarian Justice\, and Public Reason”\n Lori Watson (Washington University in St. Louis)\, “Public Reason and Constitutional Interpretation”\n Emil Ande rsson (91)\, “Liberal Legitimacy and Future Citizens”\n\nRe gistration:\n This workshop is open for everyone. But registration is requi red as the space is limited. To register\, please email to Emil Andersson: emil.andersson [at] mail.mcgill.ca\n DTSTART:20221118T140000Z DTEND:20221119T170000Z LOCATION:University 3534\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2A7\, 3534 rue Universi ty SUMMARY:Workshop on Public Reason and Liberal Legitimacy URL:/philosophy/channels/event/workshop-public-reason- and-liberal-legitimacy-342977 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR