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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:24:27 +1000
From: Stan Marc van Hooft <stan.v...@deakin.edu.au>
Subject: conference announcement

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

Second biennial conference of the International Global Ethics Association

June 26-28, 2008

Hotel Ibis, 15 Therry Street Street, Melbourne, Australia
(http://www.ibishotels.com.au/1564/detail/default.aspx)

Conference Theme

?Questioning Cosmopolitanism?

Today we live in a globalised world with consequent pressures on international
relations and diplomacy. Every individual in advanced industrial societies is
not only a citizen of their state but, in a sense, also of the world.
Accordingly, our ethical responsibilities extend beyond borders in a way that
was seldom considered by writers in the classical Western tradition of ethics.
Today we all have a part to play in addressing problems of global governance,
management of the environment, maintenance of peace, equitable global
distribution of social goods and resources, humanitarian assistance,
intercultural tolerance and understanding, and the protection of human dignity
around the world.
Cosmopolitanism is the view that the moral standing of all people around the
globe is equal. Individuals should not give moral preference to their
compatriots, their co-religionists, fellow members of their demographic
identity groups, their generational groups, or their genders. Is this an
adequate basis for Global Ethics?

Sub-themes
Any of the many problems in global ethics which are of concern to cosmopolitan
thinkers could be discussed within the problematic of cosmopolitanism. These
include:
* The global environment
* Identity politics
* Multiculturalism
* Religion and ?the clash of civilizations?
* Globalization
* Global justice
* Immigration and refugee policy
* Human rights and responsibilities
* Global poverty and wealth
* War, armed conflict and terrorism
* Humanitarian intervention
* The moral status of nation-states and of sovereignty
* The ethics of world governance
* International non-government organizations
* The responsibilities of transnational business corporations
* Economic development ethics
* The ethics of missionary activity
* Cultural rights and the concept of a ?people?
* Intercultural dialogue
* Pacifism and non-violent international relations

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Jiwei Ci
Jiwei Ci is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong and the
author of Dialectic of the Chinese Revolution: From Utopianism to Hedonism,
Stanford: Stanford University Press 1994, and
The Two Faces of Justice, Boston: Harvard University Press 2006.

Thomas Pogge
Professor Pogge is based at Columbia University and is also Professorial Fellow
at the Centre for Public and Applied Ethics at the Australian National
University.
He is the author of
<http://library.deakin.edu.au/search/YPogge%2C+thomas&SORT=D/YPogge%252C+thomas&SORT=D&search=Pogge%252C+thomas&SUBKEY=Pogge%252C%20thomas/1%2C19%2C19%2CB/frameset&FF=YPogge%252C+thomas&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C>World
poverty and human rights: cosmopolitan responsibilities and
reforms<http://library.deakin.edu.au/search/YPogge%2C+thomas&SORT=D/YPogge%252C+thomas&SORT=D&search=Pogge%252C+thomas&SUBKEY=Pogge%252C%20thomas/1%2C19%2C19%2CB/frameset&FF=YPogge%252C+thomas&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C>,
Cambridge: Polity, 2002
<http://library.deakin.edu.au/search/YPogge%2C+thomas&SORT=D/YPogge%252C+thomas&SORT=D&search=Pogge%252C+thomas&SUBKEY=Pogge%252C%20thomas/1%2C19%2C19%2CB/frameset&FF=YPogge%252C+thomas&SORT=D&2%2C2%2C>Realizing
Rawls<http://library.deakin.edu.au/search/YPogge%2C+thomas&SORT=D/YPogge%252C+thomas&SORT=D&search=Pogge%252C+thomas&SUBKEY=Pogge%252C%20thomas/1%2C19%2C19%2CB/frameset&FF=YPogge%252C+thomas&SORT=D&2%2C2%2C>,
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1989
and the editor of Global justice, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2001

Conference Sponsors

Centre for Citizenship & Human Rights
Faculty of Arts
Deakin University
Australia

Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics
University of Melbourne
Australia

Centre for Ethics and Value Inquiry
University of Ghent
Belgium

School of International and Political Studies
Faculty of Arts
Deakin University
Australia

CALL FOR PAPERS

The organisers invite philosophers, ethicists and theorists of international
law, political science, political philosophy, economics, development studies,
and international relations to submit papers in which philosophical research
engages with any of the above issues. Diverse philosophical approaches and
methodologies are welcome and the theme can be broadly interpreted.

It is envisaged that there will be one hour sessions with papers of about 5000
words, and half hour sessions with papers of less than 3000 words. As well, you
will be able to indicate whether you would like your paper to be refereed and
to be part of a refereed publication. There will also be poster sessions, and a
special post-graduate student colloquium, submissions to neither of which will
be refereed.

· Standard papers should be of about 5000 words with a 300 word
abstract. Initial submissions may be of the abstract only.

· Short papers should be of about 3000 words with a 250 word abstract.
Initial submissions may be of the abstract only.

· Abstracts and papers should be submitted to the Organising Committee
with a clear indication as to whether they are for the refereed or non-refereed
track.

· Refereed track papers are to be submitted consistently with the
Author Guidelines of the Journal of Global Ethics
(http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17449626.asp)

· Abstracts and full papers received by May 23rd, 2008 will be
published in a Conference Proceedings CD rom distributed to conference
participants and given an ISBN number so as to count as a valid
academic publication.

· Selected papers from the refereed track may also be published in an
edited commercial publication.

· Authors should submit a short biographical note of no more than 100
words with their abstract or paper.

· Poster presentations are welcome and a poster session will be
scheduled in the conference.

· Graduate students are especially encouraged to attend. A special
session with short paper presentations of about 1000 words from graduate
students will be moderated by a panel of scholars experienced in higher
degree supervision.

· Abstracts and papers should be forwarded to the conference convenor
via email at <mailto:sta...@deakin.edu.au>igea...@deakin.edu.au

Due date for submissions of all abstracts and proposals: March 1, 2008

A conference website with full details and registration fees for the conference
will be set up soon.

I hope to see in Melbourne in June 2008.

Stan

Stan van Hooft, Associate Professor - Philosophy
Deakin University, Burwood, Australia
Phone 03 9244 3973 International: + 61 3 9244 3973
mobile 0437 232 506
fax 03 9244 6755 International: + 61 3 9244 6755
e-mail: stan.v...@deakin.edu.au
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