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About the workshop:
The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights have invited three leading scholars within the field of philosophy and human rights. In this workshop different aspects of a key question in the philosophy of human rights, viz. the relationship between consequentialism and human rights will be investigated through an individual presentation by the three speakers, each followed by a discussion.
- Martin Hapla (Masaryk University) will present on: 'Consequentialism and Minimization of Normative Reasoning in Human Rights'
- Lars Christie (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences) will present on: 'Ethical priorities in humanitarian aid'
- Tomáš Sobek (Masaryk University) will present on: 'Human Rights Grounded in Moral Relativism'
The workshop will be chaired by Fredrik Hjorthen (University of Oslo)
About the speakers:
Martin Hapla is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Legal Theory at the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University. He is interested in legal philosophy and ethics, in particular the justification of human rights and the application of theories of normative ethics in law. His most recent work: Consequentialism and problem of role morality in legal ethics can be found published in the journal Legal Ethics (tandfonline.com).
Tomáš Sobek is an associate professor at the Department of Legal Theory at the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University. He works on analytical legal philosophy, legal logic and metaethics. His latest work Against Human Rights Skeptics can be found published in the journal Ratio Juris (Wiley Online Library).
Lars Christie is associate professor at Inland School of Business and Social Sciences, Department of Law at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. Lars Christie’s main area of research is moral philosophy, with particular focus on ethics of war and individual self-defense. More generally, he is interested in distributive justice, punishment and desert. He is currently part of the research project Red Lines and Grey Zones: Exploring the Ethics of Humanitarian Negotiation, and recently published the article “Espionage and The Harming of Innocents” in Criminal Law and Philosophy (2024).
Fredrik Hjorthen is a researcher in the project Rule of Law in NAV: Principled Justification (RETTS) at ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo. His academic interests include normative political theory, and he has published on topics such as international justice, humanitarian intervention, cyber war, and climate ethics, including recently (with James Pattison) the article “Proportionality in cyberwar and just war theory” in Ethics & Global Politics. (2023).
Practical information:
The workshop will be held in room 7227, on the 7th floor of Domus Juridica. If you do not have access to the building please contact s.e.fredstad@nchr.uio.no.