II BRAGA COLLOQUIUM
IN THE HISTORY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Lying and Hypocrisy in Politics and Morality
University of Minho, 12-13 January 2017
PROGRAMME
II BRAGA COLLOQUIUM IN THE HISTORY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
UNIVERSITY OF MINHO, 12-13 JANUARY 2017
TIME
12 JANUARY, THURSDAY
9:00
10:15
REGISTRATION
ROOM
Auditorium ILCH
10:15
10:30
Opening Remarks
Joo Cardoso Rosas
(Dean of the Instituto de Letras e Cincias Humanas, University of Minho)
Pedro Martins
(University of Minho)
PARALLEL SESSIONS
10:30
12:30
1. Lessons from the History of Moral and Political
Philosophy (1/4)
2. Lessons from the History of Moral and Political
Philosophy (2/4)
- Marios Fils (University of Exeter)
Morality and Politics as One: Platos Philosophical Experiment
and its Paradoxes
- Sungwoo Park (Seoul National University)
Platonic Irony as a New Rhetoric: Lying and Hypocrisy for
Democratic Deliberation in Athens
- Rachelle Bascara (Birkbeck College - University of London)
In Defense of Unintentional Hypocrisy
- Albano Pina (Universidade da Beira Interior)
The Contingency of Politics and the Necessity of Hypocrisy
in Machiavellis The Prince
- Arina Zaytseva (Central European University)
Lies and Deceit in Processus Satanae contra genus
humanum of Bartolo da Sassoferrato
- Shreya Bhattacharya and Kankana Saikia (University of
Dehli)
II BRAGA COLLOQUIUM IN THE HISTORY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
UNIVERSITY OF MINHO, 12-13 JANUARY 2017
- Sophia Hatzisavvidou (University of East Anglia)
Experts or Scaremongers? True Discourse from Platos
Parrhesia to Climate Change Deniers
Political Pragmatism and Ethics: Contradiction or
Complementarity? Exploring the Dynamics through
Kautilyas Arthashastra
Chair: Giuseppe Ballacci (University of Minho)
Chair: Alexandra Abranches (University of Minho)
Auditorium ILCH
Sala investigadores CEHUM
12:30
14:00
LUNCH BREAK
PARALLEL SESSIONS
3. Lessons from the History of Moral and Political
Philosophy (3/4)
14:00
16:00
- Diego Rubio (Oxford University)
Post-Truth Politics: The Invisible Decline from St Augustine to
Mr Trump
- Alexandra Abranches (University of Minho)
Humes Virtuous Hypocrisy
- Benjamin Bourcier (Universit catholique de Lille)
Truth and Utility: The Value of Lying and Political Hypocrisy?
Chair: Roberto Merrill (University of Minho)
Auditorium ILCH
II BRAGA COLLOQUIUM IN THE HISTORY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
UNIVERSITY OF MINHO, 12-13 JANUARY 2017
16:00
16:30
COFFEE BREAK
PARALLEL SESSIONS
16:30
18:30
4. Lessons from the History of Moral and Political
Philosophy (4/4)
5. Lying and Hypocrisy, Political Dissatisfaction and
Activism
- Eleonora Travanti (Philipps-Universitt, Marbourg)
Should a Philosopher Really Believe in Eternal Punishments?
Lessings Vindication of Leibnizs Moral Hypocrisy
- Laura Herrero Oliveira (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Hypocrisy and Lies from the Point of View of the Kantian Use
of Reason
- Cristiano Gianolla (University of Coimbra and Sapienza
University of Rome)
Truth, Non-Violence and Purusharthas in Gandhis
Democratic view. A current debate through the epistemologies
of the south
- Paulo Alexandre e Castro (Universidade do Minho)
The Big Bluff Phenomenon or How the Austerity Can Kill
Your Dreams
- Gines Santiago Perles (Universidad catlica de Valencia)
Trust and Loyalty as Antidotes to Political Disaffection
- Javier Gil and Mar Moro (Universidad de Oviedo)
Clearing Out the Squares: Some Difficulties for Getting Rid
of Hypocrisy in the Political Activism
Chair: Alexandra Abranches (University of Minho)
Chair: Bruno Pinheiro (University of Minho)
Auditorium ILCH
Sala investigadores CEHUM
II BRAGA COLLOQUIUM IN THE HISTORY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
UNIVERSITY OF MINHO, 12-13 JANUARY 2017
TIME
13 JANUARY, FRIDAY
PARALLEL SESSIONS
9:00 11:00
6. Lying and Hypocrisy in the International Context
7. Lying and Hypocrisy, Theories and Cases (1/2)
- Michelle Bentley (Royal Holloway - University of London)
International Hypocrisy: Political Behaviour in the Absence of
Morality
- Noemi Rocca (Universidade de Coimbra)
The Politicization of the Intelligence as Foreign Policys Practice
in the US
- Benjamin Boudou (Max Planck Institute for the Study of
Religions and Ethnic Diversity)
Cosmopolitan Hypocrisy: Hospitality between Right, Beneficence
and Conquest in the Modern Law Tradition
- Zeynep Gambetti (Bogazici University)
From Augustine to Austin: Politicizing the Definition of
Lying
- Valentin Beck (Freie Universitt Berlin)
Evaluating Corporate Hypocrisy
- Orlando Coutinho (Universidade do Minho)
The Truth is not for Everyone
Chair: Giuseppe Ballacci (University of Minho)
Chair: Joo Ribeiro Mendes (University of Minho)
Auditorium ILCH
11:00
11:30
Sala investigadores CEHUM
COFFEE BREAK
PARALLEL SESSIONS
Auditorium ILCH
Sala investigadores CEHUM
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II BRAGA COLLOQUIUM IN THE HISTORY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
UNIVERSITY OF MINHO, 12-13 JANUARY 2017
8. Lying and Hypocrisy, Theories and Cases (2/2)
9. Lying and Hypocrisy, Storytelling and Rhetoric
11:30 - Giovanni Damele (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
13:30 Argumentative Hypocrisy and Constituent Debates
- Martin Glick (Georg-August-Universitt Gttingen)
Expressive Theories of Law and Ethical Standards
- Daniel Blanch (Saint Louis University, Madrid)
Transparency or Opacity in Ancient & Modern Political Life:
Are Citizens to Be Truly Informed?
- Kathrin Bouvot (Universitt Wien)
Lying as a Competence?
- Olivia Leboyer (I.E.P. Paris and Laboratoire Pacte,
Grenoble)
The Role of Lies in the Construction of a National Identity
Chair: Daniele Santoro (University of Minho)
Chair: Giuseppe Ballacci (University of Minho)
13:30
15:00
LUNCH BREAK
15:00
17:00
PARALLEL SESSIONS
10. Lying and Hypocrisy in Democracy
11. Lying and Hypocrisy in Moments of Crisis: Populism
and Totalitarianism
- Russel K. Bentley (University of Southampton)
Democratic Responses to Dirty Hands: Beyond Aristotle and
Arendt
- Stephen M. Cooke (University of Leicester)
Democracy and Deterrence
- Alexandru Manoli (Internacional Agency for Source Country
Information)
The Battle of Evermore: Post-totalitarian Rituals and the Ethics
of Antipolitics or about the Lessons Learnt from the Closed
Societies of Eastern European Communism, Seen through
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II BRAGA COLLOQUIUM IN THE HISTORY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
UNIVERSITY OF MINHO, 12-13 JANUARY 2017
- Daniele Santoro (University of Minho)
Lying, Secrecy and Democratic Accountability
Vaclav Havels Lenses
- Zeynep Gambetti (Bogazici University)
Lying in Broad Daylight: Executive Performativity Unbound
- Jos Luis Ventura-Medina (Universidad Central de Venezuela)
Lies and Populism: What Europe can Learn from the
Venezuelan Revolution
Chair: David Alvarez (University of Minho)
Chair: Pedro Martins (University of Minho)
Auditorium ILCH
17:00
17:15
Sala investigadores CEHUM
COFFEE BREAK
PLENARY SESSION
17:15
18:45
Keynote Speech:
RUTH W. GRANT (Duke University)
Lying and Hypocrisy in Politics and Morality
Chair: Pedro Martins (University of Minho)
Auditorium ILCH
