Workshop in Applied Philosophy
Global Justice and Ethics of Exclusion
Northeastern University, Boston, MA, September 28-¡©-30, 2012
Keynote Address by Joseph Carens (University of Toronto)
Questions around inclusion and exclusion are increasingly central to discussions of global justice.
For example, what norms or moral principles ought to be used to determine political
membership? What, if anything, do citizens of democracies owe to people who are forced to
leave their home countries (refugees, stateless people, etc.)? Is exclusion a necessary feature of
contemporary political life or can we imagine a different kind of community? What are the
implications of globalization for norms of inclusion and exclusion?
This workshop is will consider new research on these topics and will bring together ethicists,
philosophers, and others working on theoretical issues related to global justice and the ethics of
exclusion. The workshop is designed to provide speakers with constructive feedback from
colleagues working on related issues.
We invite the submission of abstracts (no more than 750 words) from researchers working on
theoretical topics related to the ethics of exclusion. Possible topics include, but are not limited
to, the following:
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Ethical issues related to refugees, asylum seekers, economic migrants, the forcibly
displaced
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The ethics of political membership and immigration
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Ontological and existential dimensions of statelessness
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Sovereignty and the ethics of exclusion
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Religious ethics on hospitality and “welcoming the stranger”
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Gender, race, and/or disability as categories of global exclusion
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The ethics of humanitarianism and “humanitarian repression”
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Theoretical work on political membership, democracy, and the bases for
inclusion/exclusion
The abstract submission deadline is May 1st, 2012. Abstracts will be reviewed by a program
committee. Those selected for the program will be asked to submit completed papers one
month prior to the workshop, and papers will be made available to workshop participants on the
workshop website. Papers can be of any length, but speakers will be limited to twenty-¡©-five
minutes to present their ideas, followed by thirty minutes of discussion. For more information
about the workshop go to http://www.northeastern.edu/ethics/workshop/