THE LEGITIMATE STATE
   
An International Graduate Student Philosophy Conference
University of Toronto, May 3-5, 2002


Keynote Speaker:
Prof. James Tully
 University of Toronto
The Unfreedom of the Moderns in Comparison to their Ideals of Constitutionalism and Democracy
 
 
Graduate Student Speakers:
Lorraine Besser-Jones
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Liberalism's Quest for the Legitimate State
     Paper
Stefan L. Cojocaru
University of Florida at Gainesville
State, Anarchy, and Culture
   Abstract
    Paper
Michael Ferry
Georgetown University

Is the Difference Principle Fair? A Look at
Rawls' Defense of Economic Inequality
  Abstract
    Paper
Thaddeus J. Kozinski
Catholic University of America

At the Limit of Politics
  Abstract
    Paper
Troy Kozma
University of Illinios at Chicago

Assimilation, Tribalism, and the Nation: A
Critique of Kymlicka's 'Flourishing' Argument
  Abstract
    Paper
David Taylor
University of Iowa

Secession and Political Obligation
  Abstract
    Paper
Kathy Walker
York University

Confronting Legitimacy
  Abstract
    Paper
Eric Wampler
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mobs, Tyrants, and Parents: Plato on
the Legitimacy of the State
  Abstract
    Paper
   
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