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Northern Political Theory Association

Annual Conference  26th-27th August, 2004

Overview

The Northern Political Theory Association draws together political theorists from a wide range of academic departments (Politics, Philosophy, International Relations, Law, Economics) in the North of the UK. The annual conference aimed to provide a forum for academic staff and postgraduate students to meet in an informal setting with speakers invited locally and from outside the region.

Details are listed below for the 2004 conference.

Programme

Thursday 26th August

13.30-14.45: Elizabeth Frazer (Oxford), 'The Concept of Politics'

15.15-16.45: Postgraduate Paper

17.00-18.15: Matthew Kramer (Cambridge), 'The Limits of the "Ought"-Implies-"Can" Principle: Why Impeccable Precautions are No Excuse'

Friday 27th August

9.30-11.00: Kim Hutchings (LSE), 'Revisiting Beauvoir: The Ethics of Ambiguity and the Second Sex'

11.30-13.00: Andrew Lockyer (Glasgow), 'Children's Rights'