PhilSoc (12/5) - Kirsten Mann & Christian Barry

[Jerome Luxon]

Hello all, 

The PhilSoc seminar this coming week (12/5) will be a talk from our very own Kirsten Mann & Christian Barry. Please find the title and abstract below. As always, the seminar will be held in room 6.71 on the top floor of the RSSS from 3-4:30, and the zoom link can be found below the title and abstract.

 

Kind Regards,

Jerome

Upcoming PhilSoc: 

19/05/26	Nick Willis	Pre-submission
26/05/26	Maxim Bishev	Confirmation
02/06/26	Jerome Luxon	Confirmation
09/06/26	Thomas Graham	Open to all

Title: Free, Prior and Informed Consent and Indigenous Self-Determination: A Moral Interpretation with Application to Mineral Exploration

Abstract: Free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), articulated in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, is widely invoked as the appropriate standard for interactions with Indigenous communities, especially where commercial projects affect Indigenous lands and resources. Yet FPIC is often under‑realised in practice and under‑specified in theory. What, exactly, does “consent” require? When is consent required, as it is under an FPIC standard, rather than consultation? And how should the demands of “free”, “prior”, and “informed” vary across contexts and be understood in practice? This paper argues that these interpretive questions are best addressed by identifying FPIC’s fundamental moral basis. Our proposal is that FPIC is a necessary element of respecting Indigenous self‑determination understood as internal self‑determination: the authority of a people to shape key dimensions of its collective life, together with protections for the material and cultural conditions under which that authority can be meaningfully exercised over time. This grounding yields a principled account of FPIC’s scope and stringency. On the view we will defend, consent is required where proposed actions would (i) displace Indigenous authority over matters properly subject to Indigenous control or (ii) threaten the conditions of a people’s continued collective agency and cultural continuity. Where those threats are absent FPIC does not apply, but other norms may still require robust consultation. We illustrate the framework with mineral‑exploration cases.

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Jerome Luxon

PhD Candidate

School of Philosophy

Research School of Social Sciences

Australian National University

[Jerome Luxon]

Hello all, 

Reminder that this talk from Kirsten Mann and Christian Barry is on today!

See you all there, 

Jerome

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Jerome Luxon

PhD Candidate

School of Philosophy

Research School of Social Sciences

Australian National University

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[Jerome Luxon]

Apologies, 

Zoom link all. 

Join Zoom Meeting
https://anu.zoom.us/j/83234106824?pwd=EFTvXHrhaU9IMqbxNv4wCNXjs69aUu.1

 

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Jerome Luxon

PhD Candidate

School of Philosophy

Research School of Social Sciences

Australian National University

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