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Conference Announcement Theme: Stones and Lives Subtitle: Proportionality and Non-Human Value in War Type: International Workshop Institution: Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace, Stockholm University Open University American University of Beirut Location: Beirut (Lebanon) Date: 19.–20.11.2018 __________________________________________________ The destruction of cultural property in war zones is of pressing concern. The recent and on-going conflicts in the Middle East have featured both the deliberate, symbolic destruction of cultural artefacts and sites by ISIS, such as the destruction of the Temple of Bel, and the incidental damaging of such sites during combat, such as the damage to the site of Ancient Babylon by the US military. The issues raised by cultural heritage protection are a huge challenge to international law, theories of the ethics of war, and theories of value and heritage. This workshop is co-hosted by the Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace, the Open University, and the American University of Beirut, and sponsored by the Society for Applied Philosophy. It brings together researchers from philosophy, archaeology, law, disaster management, and heritage protection. Topics to be explored include, amongst others, how we ought to compare harms to human beings to damage to objects (or the environment), how we ought to distribute resources between protecting humans and protecting objects, whether one may intentionally harm humans for the sake of protecting non-human values, how we ought to restore heritage in the aftermath of conflict, and how we ought to compensate for damage to heritage sites. Speakers: - Maamoun Abdulkarim (University of Damascus) - Amr Al-Azm (Shawnee State University) - Helen Frowe (Stockholm University) - Bashshar Haydar (American University of Beirut) - Gerald Lang (Leeds University) - Derek Matravers (Open University) - Christina Menegazzi (UNESCO) - Massimo Renzo (King's College, London) - Frederik Rosén (Nordic Center for Cultural Heritage and Armed Conflict) The workshop is free and open to all, but places are limited. Lunch will be provided. The deadline for registration is Monday 12th of November. Please register via the Heritage in War website: https://www.heritageinwar.com Contact: Professor Helen Frowe Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace Stockholm University SE-10691 Stockholm Sweden Email: helen.fr...@philosophy.su.se Web: https://www.heritageinwar.com/workshop-stones-and-lives __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
