Workshop
SIFA Midterm Conference

Equal Respect for Persons

Its Foundations and Its Implications for Political and Legal Institutions

13-14 December 2007
University of Genova, Italy
Aula Magna di Lettere, via Balbi 2

In Memory of Flavio Baroncelli

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This workshop is the third of a series of three.
The two previous workshops were:

Interpreting Equal Respect
Pavia,  25-26 Jan. 2007


The Philosophy and Politics of Equal Respect
Pavia, 14-15 June 2007





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Thursday 13th


I Session Chair: Carlo PENCO University of Genova
9:00 Opening and Welcome by the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities Michele MARSONET
9:30 Gerald GAUS University of Arizona
Respect for Persons and the Evolution of Morality
10:30 Jens TIMMERMANN University of St Andrews
Morality, Dignity and Respect for Persons: Kantian Reflections
11: 30 Anna Elisabetta GALEOTTI Università del Piemonte Orientale
Respect as Recognition: Some Political Implications

12:30 End of session

II Session Chair: Magali BESSONE University of Rennes I
14:00 Steven SCALET Binghamton University - New York
Two Concepts of Political Respect
15: 00 Italo TESTA University of Parma
The ‘Respect’ Fallacy: Limits of Respect in Public Dialogue

16:00 Coffe break

III Session Chair: Angelo CAMPODONICO University of Genova
16:30 Leah SOROKO University of Toronto
Adjudicating Human Dignity: Towards a Critical Framework
17:30 Vittorio VILLA University of Palermo
Relativism: a Conceptual Analysis


Friday 14th
 
IV Session Chair: Giorgio BARUCHELLO University of Akureyri
9:30 Gianfranco PELLEGRINO LUISS Roma
On the Alleged Limits of Equal Respect
10:30 Emanuela CEVA (IUSS Pavia)
Procedural Respect for Minorities and Dissent
11:30 Laura VALENTINI University College London
Equal Respect and Global Justice: A Kantian Approach

12:30 End of session

V Session Chair: Alberto GIORDANO University of Genova
14:00 Steve DASKAL Virginia Tech
Equal Respect and Welfare Policy
15:00 Ajume WINGO University of Massachusetts, Boston
The Artaesthetic Basis of Equal Respect for Human Beings

16:00 Coffee break

VI Session Chair: Heikki IKÄHEIMO University of Jyväskylä
16:30 Zofia STEMPLOWSKA University of Manchester
How Egalitarian is Equality of Respect?
17:30 Ian CARTER University of Pavia
Respect and the Basis of Equality