Fordham Natural Law Colloquium
5:30-6:00 check in, 6:00-7:50 program
Location: Fordham Law School, Bateman 2-01B
Contact Michael Baur and Ben Zipursky for more information.
Contact John Drummond for more information.
The importance of incorporating value pluralism into a theory of justice is recognized in many conceptualizations of justice. This pluralism is often seen as a reason to attend to a range of perspectives, perspectives which can function as a source of information in determining which principles should guide justice. However, philosophy’s ability to properly attend to different perspectives has received extensive attention in the criticisms of various non-ideal theorists, who argue that ideal-theoretical philosophy runs the risk of excluding important aspects of actual social problems. Taking these criticisms on board, this paper builds on non-ideal theory by arguing for a Wittgensteinian family resemblance approach to justice. I will explain how this linguistic practice-embedded understanding of justice can be a helpful tool for non-ideal theory, as it can give us insight into why, in various similar but different cases, the notion of justice is seen as applicable. In light of this approach, I will suggest a reorientation of the pluralist demand towards an empirical starting point.
Th 1/25/24: Kate Manne
Th 2/1/24: Scott Shapiro
Th 2/8/24: Ekow Yankah
Th 2/15/24: Tommie Shelby
Th 2/22/24 Gideon Rosen
Th 2/29/24: Sabeel Rahman
Th 3/7/24: Amy Sepinwall
Th 3/14/24: Erik Encarnacion
Th 3/21/24: Seyla Benhabib
Th 4/4/24: Amalia Amaya
Th 4/11/24: Debbie Hellman
Th 4/18/24: Mala Chatterjee
Th 4/25/24: Liam Murphy
Contact Aditi Bagchi: https://www.fordham.edu/school-of-law/faculty/directory/full-time/aditi-bagchi/
Th 1/25/24: Kate Manne
Th 2/1/24: Scott Shapiro
Th 2/8/24: Ekow Yankah
Th 2/15/24: Tommie Shelby
Th 2/22/24 Gideon Rosen
Th 2/29/24: Sabeel Rahman
Th 3/7/24: Amy Sepinwall
Th 3/14/24: Erik Encarnacion
Th 3/21/24: Seyla Benhabib
Th 4/4/24: Amalia Amaya
Th 4/11/24: Debbie Hellman
Th 4/18/24: Mala Chatterjee
Th 4/25/24: Liam Murphy
Contact Aditi Bagchi: https://www.fordham.edu/school-of-law/faculty/directory/full-time/aditi-bagchi/
Th 1/25/24: Kate Manne
Th 2/1/24: Scott Shapiro
Th 2/8/24: Ekow Yankah
Th 2/15/24: Tommie Shelby
Th 2/22/24 Gideon Rosen
Th 2/29/24: Sabeel Rahman
Th 3/7/24: Amy Sepinwall
Th 3/14/24: Erik Encarnacion
Th 3/21/24: Seyla Benhabib
Th 4/4/24: Amalia Amaya
Th 4/11/24: Debbie Hellman
Th 4/18/24: Mala Chatterjee
Th 4/25/24: Liam Murphy
Contact Aditi Bagchi: https://www.fordham.edu/school-of-law/faculty/directory/full-time/aditi-bagchi/
Th 1/25/24: Kate Manne
Th 2/1/24: Scott Shapiro
Th 2/8/24: Ekow Yankah
Th 2/15/24: Tommie Shelby
Th 2/22/24 Gideon Rosen
Th 2/29/24: Sabeel Rahman
Th 3/7/24: Amy Sepinwall
Th 3/14/24: Erik Encarnacion
Th 3/21/24: Seyla Benhabib
Th 4/4/24: Amalia Amaya
Th 4/11/24: Debbie Hellman
Th 4/18/24: Mala Chatterjee
Th 4/25/24: Liam Murphy
Contact Aditi Bagchi: https://www.fordham.edu/school-of-law/faculty/directory/full-time/aditi-bagchi/
Th 1/25/24: Kate Manne
Th 2/1/24: Scott Shapiro
Th 2/8/24: Ekow Yankah
Th 2/15/24: Tommie Shelby
Th 2/22/24 Gideon Rosen
Th 2/29/24: Sabeel Rahman
Th 3/7/24: Amy Sepinwall
Th 3/14/24: Erik Encarnacion
Th 3/21/24: Seyla Benhabib
Th 4/4/24: Amalia Amaya
Th 4/11/24: Debbie Hellman
Th 4/18/24: Mala Chatterjee
Th 4/25/24: Liam Murphy
Contact Aditi Bagchi: https://www.fordham.edu/school-of-law/faculty/directory/full-time/aditi-bagchi/
Th 1/25/24: Kate Manne
Th 2/1/24: Scott Shapiro
Th 2/8/24: Ekow Yankah
Th 2/15/24: Tommie Shelby
Th 2/22/24 Gideon Rosen
Th 2/29/24: Sabeel Rahman
Th 3/7/24: Amy Sepinwall
Th 3/14/24: Erik Encarnacion
Th 3/21/24: Seyla Benhabib
Th 4/4/24: Amalia Amaya
Th 4/11/24: Debbie Hellman
Th 4/18/24: Mala Chatterjee
Th 4/25/24: Liam Murphy
Contact Aditi Bagchi: https://www.fordham.edu/school-of-law/faculty/directory/full-time/aditi-bagchi/
Th 1/25/24: Kate Manne
Th 2/1/24: Scott Shapiro
Th 2/8/24: Ekow Yankah
Th 2/15/24: Tommie Shelby
Th 2/22/24 Gideon Rosen
Th 2/29/24: Sabeel Rahman
Th 3/7/24: Amy Sepinwall
Th 3/14/24: Erik Encarnacion
Th 3/21/24: Seyla Benhabib
Th 4/4/24: Amalia Amaya
Th 4/11/24: Debbie Hellman
Th 4/18/24: Mala Chatterjee
Th 4/25/24: Liam Murphy
Contact Aditi Bagchi: https://www.fordham.edu/school-of-law/faculty/directory/full-time/aditi-bagchi/