The Ethics of Self Defense (2013)

The third Bowling Green State University Workshop in Applied Ethics and Public Policy will address the topic of "The Ethics of Self-Defense."  It will take place in Bowling Green, Ohio on April 26-27, 2013. 

Keynote Speaker: Jeff McMahan (Rutgers University)

Workshop Program (if the paper title is highlighted in orange, click on it to download a copy)

Friday April 26.  Location: 315 Bowen-Thompson Student Union

• 8:30 - 9:00 Coffee/Breakfast
• 9:00 - 9:50 Lawrence Alexander, University of San Diego
  “Recipe for a Theory of Self-Defense: The Ingredients, and Some Cooking Suggestions”
• 10:00 - 10:50 Helen Frowe, University of Kent
  “Liability and Necessity”
• 11:00 - 11:30 Refreshments
• 11:30 - 12:20 Peter Vallentyne, University of Missouri
  "Defense of Self and Others Against Culpable Rights-Violators"
• 12:30 - 1:20 Kai Draper, University of Delaware
  “Proportionality in Defense”
• 1:30 - 3:00 Lunch (at The Oaks)
• 3:00 - 3:50 Victor Tadros, University of Warwick
  “Causation, Culpability, and Liability”
• 4:00 - 4:50 Saba Bazargan, University of California at San Diego
  “The Liability of Minimally Responsible Threats"
• 6:30 - 7:30 Social hour
• 7:30 - 9:00 Dinner (201 Bowen-Thomson Student Union)

Saturday April 27.  Location: 207 Bowen-Thompson Student Union

• 9:30 - 10:00 Coffee/Breakfast
• 10:00 - 10:50 Michael Otsuka, University College of London
  “The Moral Responsibility Account of Liability to Defensive Killing”
• 11:00 - 11:50 Ian Fishback, United States Military Academy
  "Moral Intuitions, Institutions, and the Right to Stand One's Ground"
• 12:00 - 1:30 Lunch (at The Oaks)
• 2:00 - 3:20 Keynote Speaker: Jeff McMahan (Rutgers University)
  "The Limits of Self-Defense: Necessity, Proportionality, Guns, and Standing One's Ground"
• 3:30 - 4:00 Refreshments
• 4:00 - 4:50 Kimberly Ferzan, Rutgers University
  “Forfeiture and Self-Defense”
• 5:00 - 5:50 Jonathan Quong, University of Manchester
  “Proportionality in Defensive Harm”

Please direct any general inquiries to:

Ms. Priscilla Ibarra

Tel. 419-372-2117

Email: pibarra@bgsu.edu