Monday, May 17, 2010

Amartya Sen visits Rotterdam

On June 30 and July 1, 2010 professor Amartya Sen visits the Erasmus University
in Rotterdam:


Program
:


Wednesday June 30:
Public lecture by Amertya Sen: ‘On Global Justice’.
(Attendance is free)

Thursday July 1:
Symposium on the Philosophy of Amartya Sen.
(Registration is required)

Speakers:
Ann Cudd (University of Kansas, USA): "Commitment and Explanation: Sen’s Philosophy of Social Science".
Mozaffar Qizilbash (York University, UK, and Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan): "Amartya Sen’s Criticisms of Utilitarianism".
Henry S. Richardson (Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA): "Mapping out Improvements in Justice: Comparing vs. Aiming".
Ingrid Robeyns (Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands): "Equality of Root Capability".

Amartya Sen (Harvard University, USA): Discussion.

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