Kant claims that
every person has absolute intrinsic worth or value (i.e., dignity); and he also
holds that we’re all rationally obligated to dare to think for ourselves (Sapere
aude!) on all subjects of personal, moral, and sociopolitical significance
(i.e., enlightenment): yet he also defends a legalistic, moralistic, and
retributive theory of crime-&-punishment, including capital punishment. Are
all of these doctrines consistent and coherent? If so, why? Or if not, why not?
And how could any or all of these doctrines be creatively revised, updated, or
replaced for contemporary and near-future application and use? This workshop
will include presentations not only by scholars working in these areas but also
by incarcerated students who are studying Kant’s views.
F R I D A Y, M A Y 1 0 T H
S E S S I O N 1 - C L A
R K E H A L L # 4 0 6 - 9 : 0 0 A .M.- 1 2 : 0 0 P.M.
* Welcome & Opening Remarks
* Sensen, Oliver - “Dignity and
Punishment”
* Lu Jiang, Sun Yat-sen
University - “Kant and Dignity” (Remote)
* José Luis Fernández, Fairfield
University - “The Freeing of Freedom: Harmonizing Justice and Coercion”
(Remote)
S E S S I O N 2 - C L A
R K E H A L L # 4 0 6 - 1 :1 5 - 4 : 0 0 P.M.
* Ekin Erkan, AICA - USA -
“Würde in View: A Defense of Objective Values in Kant” (Remote)
* Caleb Barnes, University of
Scranton - “On Kant in a Concrete Cell” (Remote)
* Hemmo Laiho, University of
Turku - “Dare to know! In post-truth society?”
S A T U R D A Y, M A Y 1 1 T H
S E S S I O N 3 - C L A R K
E H A L L # 4 0 6 - 9 : 0 0 A .M.- 1 2 : 0 0 P .M.
* Karl Ameriks, Notre Dame -
“Difficulties with Dignity”
* Ryan Lee, York University -
“Protecting the Unconditioned Other: Why Kant Supports Capital Punishment”
(Remote)
* Jan Eric Migenda, University
of Wuppertal - “Kant on Dignity, Enlightenment, and Punishment (Remote)
S E S S I O N 4 - C L A R K
E H A L L # 4 0 6 - 1 : 1 5 - 4 : 0 0 P .M.
* Zachary Mondragon, Regis
University - “Immanuel Kant’s Theory of Punishment” (Remote)
* Jonathan Chavez-Munoz, Regis
University - “Kantian and Utilitarian Theories of Punishment (Remote)
* Robert Tierney, University of
Houston - “Retribution and Dignity: Some Steps Toward Rehabilitating Hampton’s
Expressive Theory of
Retribution”
All sessions are Mountain Time.
All sessions are available via Zoom: https://regis.zoom.us/j/94120773023.
Participants must have a registered Zoom account to access the sessions.
This
conference was made possible through the generous support of an anonymous
donor, the Contemporary Kantian Philosophy Project, the North American Kant
Society, and Regis University.