Dear all, The next Macquarie University Philosophy seminar will be held jointly with the Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, Macquarie University, and will take place on Tuesday November 6, 11am-1pm.
PLEASE NOTE UNUSUAL VENUE: The venue for this talk is X5B 323 (Seminar Room, Museum of Ancient Cultures). Professor Larry May (University of Washington at St Louis) will present a paper entitled "Genocide, Criminal Trials, and Reconciliation". Abstract: This is a paper about reconciliation in societies that have recently experienced genocide or other human rights atrocities. Currently there are international trials ongoing to prosecute those most responsible for these atrocities. Critics argue that criminal trials often make matters worse for achieving reconciliation in these societies. I will try to refute the arguments of these critics of international criminal trials. Most of my time will be spent rethinking reconciliation, an under analysed concept in political and legal philosophy. In this respect I argue that it is not the victims or the perpetrators that are key, but the bystanders. Robust reconciliation occurs only with the diminishment of the complicity that allows for large-scale atrocities like genocide. Trials, properly conducted, can aid rather than retard this effort. The paper is drawn from the fourth volume of my continuing project on the normative foundations of international criminal law. The first two volumes were published in 2005 and 2007 and the third is forthcoming in 2008 (all from Cambridge University Press). ****** All welcome - we look forward to seeing you there. Mianna ----- Dr Mianna Lotz Lecturer and Seminar Convenor Department of Philosophy Division of Society, Culture, Media and Philosophy Macquarie University Sydney, NSW 2109 Australia tel: (+61 2) 9850 8804 Disclaimer This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of Macquarie University. _______________________________________________ SydPhil mailing list [email protected] List Info: http://lists.arts.usyd.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/sydphil NEW LIST ARCHIVE: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
