Political Philosophy Reading Group: Christine Sypnowich (Queen's)

Date

Tuesday October 3, 2023
11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Location

Queen's University, Watson 517

Faculty and graduate students are welcome to join, in person, the upcoming meeting of the Political Philosophy Reading Group, to discuss a chapter by our own Christine Sypnowich (Queen's), titled "Taking Responsibility for Egalitarianism".

Further details, as well as Christine's chapter, will be circulated via email. For more information, contact Christine (christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca).

Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy: Sarah Fine (Cambridge)

Date

Monday November 27, 2023
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Location

Watson 517

Members of the Queen’s community are invited to join the final workshop of the 2023 Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy, which will welcome Sarah Fine (Cambridge).

Note that the Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy is a “pre-read” event: guests’ papers are circulated beforehand, and participants who wish to ask questions and contribute to the discussion are expected to have read them. The papers, once available, can be found on the Colloquium’s webpage. The convenors will share the password to access the papers via email.

Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy: Aditi Bagchi (Fordham)

Date

Monday November 13, 2023
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Location

Watson 517

Members of the Queen’s community are invited to join the next workshop of the 2023 Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy, which will welcome Aditi Bagchi (Fordham).

Note that the Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy is a “pre-read” event: guests’ papers are circulated beforehand, and participants who wish to ask questions and contribute to the discussion are expected to have read them. The papers, once available, can be found on the Colloquium’s webpage. The convenors will share the password to access the papers via email.

Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy: Humeira Iqtidar (KCL)

Date

Monday October 30, 2023
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Location

Watson 517

Members of the Queen’s community are invited to join the next workshop of the 2023 Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy, which will welcome Humeira Iqtidar (KCL).

Note that the Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy is a “pre-read” event: guests’ papers are circulated beforehand, and participants who wish to ask questions and contribute to the discussion are expected to have read them. The papers, once available, can be found on the Colloquium’s webpage. The convenors will share the password to access the papers via email.

Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy: Aaron Mills (McGill)

Date

Monday October 16, 2023
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Location

Watson 517

Members of the Queen’s community are invited to join the next workshop of the 2023 Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy, which will welcome Aaron Mills (McGill).

Note that the Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy is a “pre-read” event: guests’ papers are circulated beforehand, and participants who wish to ask questions and contribute to the discussion are expected to have read them. The papers, once available, can be found on the Colloquium’s webpage. The convenors will share the password to access the papers via email.

Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy: Martha Albertson Fineman (Emory)

Date

Tuesday October 3, 2023
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Location

Zoom

Members of the Queen’s community are invited to join, over Zoom, the next workshop of the 2023 Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy, which will welcome Martha Albertson Fineman (Emory).

Note that the Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy is a “pre-read” event: guests’ papers are circulated beforehand, and participants who wish to ask questions and contribute to the discussion are expected to have read them. The papers, once available, can be found on the Colloquium’s webpage. The convenors will share the password to access the papers via email.

Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy: Michael Wilkinson (LSE)

Date

Monday September 18, 2023
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Location

Law Building (128 Union), Room 400

Members of the Queen’s community are invited to join, in person, the first workshop of the 2023 Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy, which will welcome Michael Wilkinson (LSE).

Note that the Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy is a “pre-read” event: guests’ papers are circulated beforehand, and participants who wish to ask questions and contribute to the discussion are expected to have read them. The papers, once available, can be found on the Colloquium’s webpage. The convenors will share the password to access the papers via email.

da Silva, Joel

Photograph of Joel da Silva

Joel da Silva

Ph.D. Candidate

Philosophy

Research Interests:

Political philosophy, nonideal theory, contractualism, affirmative action, rectificatory justice.

Biography:

  • BA, Honours (Philosophy) Wilfrid Laurier University
  • MA (Philosophy) Toronto Metropolitan University

Joel's research begins from the observation that, while political philosophers working in ideal theory have devoted much attention both to the question “what are the correct principles of ideal justice?” and to the question “which particular arrangements/policies satisfy the principles of ideal justice?”, work in nonideal theory has focused almost exclusively on the analogue to the second question - i.e., “which particular arrangements/policies count as just responses to injustice?” It's been roughly a quarter century since the beginning of the "nonideal turn” in political philosophy, yet philosophers have produced remarkably little in the way of systematic answers to the question “what are the correct principles of justice in responding to injustice?"

Ultimately, Joel’s research seeks to highlight the significance of this lacuna in hopes of encouraging others to take up the work of addressing it. His strategy for doing this consists of demonstrating i) why theories of justice in responding to injustice (i.e., theories of "nonideal justice") are needed to bridge the gap between ideal theories of justice and questions of nonideal policy (e.g., whether race-based affirmative action counts as a just response to injustice) and ii) how one might go about constructing a contractualist theory of nonideal justice.