Risk, Luck, and Future People: A Workshop with Johann Frick

Date: 

Friday, April 19, 2019, 9:00am to 3:00pm

Location: 

Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics Seminar Room

On Friday, April 19th, we will hold a workshop with Johann Frick, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, on his work on Risk, Luck, and Future People. The workshop will take place from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm in the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics seminar room. Pre-registration is required, and space is limited. To register, click here.

PROGRAM:

8:30 am - 9:00 am: Light Breakfast Available

9:00 am – 10:30 am: Session I - Future People, Procreation, and the Survival of Humanity

Readings

  • “Conditional Reasons and the Procreation Asymmetry”
  • “On the Survival of Humanity”

Commentators

  • Rebecca Henderson, John and Natty McArthur University Professor, Harvard University
  • Lucas Stanczyk, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University

11:00 am – 12:30 pm: Session II - Probabilistic Causation, Risk, and Responsibility

Readings

  • “Probabilistic Causation and the Problem of Aggregate Events”
  • “Risk, Responsibility, and Aggregate Effects”

Commentators

  • Caspar Hare, Professor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Priyanka Menon, PhD Candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University

12:30 – 1:30 pm: Lunch (provided)

1:30 - 3:00 pm: Session III - Moral Luck and Moral Dilemmas

Readings

  • “Moral Dilemmas, Moral Outcome Luck, and the Two Faces of Morality”

Commentators

  • John C.P. Goldberg, Deputy Dean and Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Harvard Law School
  • Gina Schouten, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University and Fellow-in-Residence, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics

program subject to change