Professor H P P Lötter’s
Poverty, Ethics and Justice
Programme for Saturday, 9 November 2013
University of Johannesburg Philosophy Department
Convenor: Prof Thaddeus Metz (079 839 2989)
Logistics: Ms Prema von Reumont (premavr@uj.ac.za)
Humanities Common Room, C-Ring 319, Auckland Park Campus of UJ
•9.00 – 9.05 Prof T Metz (UJ), Welcome
•9.05 – 9.55 Prof Hennie Lötter (UJ), ‘Précis of Poverty, Ethics and Justice’
•9.55 – 11.05 Prof Gillian Brock (U of Auckland), ‘How Should We Discharge Our Responsibilities to Eradicate Poverty?’
•11.05 – 11.20 Break
•11.20 – 12.30 Prof Darrel Moellendorf (Goethe U), ‘Anti-Poverty, Development, and the Limits on Progress’
•12.30 – 13.10 Lunch
•13.10 – 14.20 Prof Daryl Glaser (Wits U), ‘Democracy in Lötter’s Scheme’
•14.20 – 15.00 Mr Peter Mwipikeni (UJ), ‘Evaluating Lotter’s Conception of How Poverty Undermines Democracy’
•15.00 – 15.15 Break
•15.15 – 15.55 Mr Tristen Taylor (UJ), ‘Lotter’s Challenges: Libertarians and Resource Allocation’
•15.55 – 16.35 Ms Amy Meyer (UJ), ‘An Aristotelian Perspective on Issues of Poverty’
•16.35 – 17.15 Prof Thaddeus Metz (UJ), ‘African Values and Poverty, Ethics and Justice’
Venue: TBA
•17.30 – 19.30 Launch of the paperback version of Poverty, Ethics and Justice and supper/drinks in Auckland Park (details to follow)
***All welcome! Attendance at and participation in the workshop is free of charge, but, in order to deal efficiently with logistics, people must register beforehand, ideally by 20 October, by writing Ms Fatima Mathivha <fatimamathivha@gmail.com>.***
