CFLPP Public Lecture: 'Justice as the Virtue of Respect'

The Cambridge Forum for Legal & Political Philosophy will host a Public Lecture by Professor Paul Bloomfield of the University of Connecticut Philosophy Department on 'Justice as the Virtue of Respect' on Thursday, November 18th, at 5:05pm in Lecture Theatre LG17 of the Law Faculty Building.  An abstract of the lecture appears directly below:

"Plato's Republic divided subsequent study of justice in two, as a virtue of people and of institutions. Here, the start of a reunification is attempted. Justice is first understood personally as the mean between arrogance and servility, where just people properly respect themselves and others. Because self-respect is a special instance of respect generally, justice requires a single standard for self and others, treating like cases alike. In understanding justice in terms of respect, structural analogies become apparent between 'recognition' and 'appraisal' respect, on one hand, and Rawls' two principles of justice on the other. The paper closes with a discussion of how mercy is related to justice and an explanation of why just people always look for reasons to mitigate blame and punishment but never to aggravate them."

Everyone is welcome to attend the lecture.  IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND, YOU SHOULD PLEASE BE SURE TO TAKE A LATERAL FLOW TEST FOR COVID-19 IN ADVANCE OF THE LECTURE.  UNLESS YOU HAVE RECEIVED A NEGATIVE RESULT IN SUCH A TEST, YOU SHOULD PLEASE NOT SEEK TO GAIN ENTRY.  WE ARE PERMITTED BY THE UNIVERSITY TO HOLD THIS PUBLIC LECTURE ONLY ON THE CONDITION THAT PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE HAVE RECEIVED NEGATIVE RESULTS IN LATERAL FLOW TESTS.

PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE MUST BE WEARING A FACE MASK THROUGHOUT THE LECTURE.  THANK YOU.