The 9th Workshop für Politische Philosophie (Workshop in Political Philosophy) will be held on January 14 and 15, 2027 at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich in Room M210 (ZEPP Seminar Room) in the University Main Building on Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1. This edition of the series is organized by David P. Schweikard, Laura Valentini, and Fabian Wendt. Like every year, the submitted abstracts were double-blind peer reviewed.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14
10:00-10:15 Welcome
10:15-11:00 Tony Reeves (Binghamton University): Original Authority and the Claim to Public Justification: A Foundation for Liberal Toleration
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-12:15 Mac Willners (Stockholm University): The Choiceworthlessness of Transformative Heroism (coauthored with Meradjuddin Khan Oidermaa)
12:15-13:00 Dahee Kim (Seoul National University): Equal Liability to Govern: Democratic Equality and the Watchstanding People
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-14:45 Fabian Wendt (Virginia Tech): How to Make Sense of a Presumption in Favor of Liberty
14:45-15:30 Hauke Behrendt (Ulm University): Three Demands of Equal Standing: A Trilemma for Relational Egalitarianism?
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-16:45 Ludvig Beckman (Stockholm University): Institutional Corruption and Legitimate Authority
16:45-17:30 Cosmin Vraciu (University of Vienna): Rights and the Civil Condition
17:30-17:45 Break
17:45-18:30 Brian Kogelmann (Purdue University): Economic Growth as a Good Play of the Game
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15
10:15-11:00 Gil Hersch (Virginia Tech/Pompeu Fabra University): Weighting Waiting
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-12:15 Lovro Savić (University of Oxford) and Kritika Maheshwari (TU Delft): Public Goods, Weakest Links and Risk Imposition
12:15-13:00 Kiyoharu Sakakibara (University of Tokyo): Beyond Liberty-Based Arguments for Basic Income: Status, Respect, and the Form of Income Security
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-14:45 David P. Schweikard (Aarhus University): Defective Dependence on the Supererogatory
14:45-15:30 Brian Talbot (University of Colorado, Boulder): Is Fit the Correct Notion for the Ethics of Collective Action?
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-16:45 Laura Valentini (LMU Munich): The Political is Personal: A Kant-inspired Perspective
16:45-17:30 Evrensel Sebep (University of Bern): Civilians and Collective Liability: A New Framework for Just War Theory
17:30-17:45 Break
17:45-18:30 Kalle Grill (Umeå University): Paternalistic Voting
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14
10:00-10:15 Welcome
10:15-11:00 Tony Reeves (Binghamton University): Original Authority and the Claim to Public Justification: A Foundation for Liberal Toleration
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-12:15 Mac Willners (Stockholm University): The Choiceworthlessness of Transformative Heroism (coauthored with Meradjuddin Khan Oidermaa)
12:15-13:00 Dahee Kim (Seoul National University): Equal Liability to Govern: Democratic Equality and the Watchstanding People
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-14:45 Fabian Wendt (Virginia Tech): How to Make Sense of a Presumption in Favor of Liberty
14:45-15:30 Hauke Behrendt (Ulm University): Three Demands of Equal Standing: A Trilemma for Relational Egalitarianism?
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-16:45 Ludvig Beckman (Stockholm University): Institutional Corruption and Legitimate Authority
16:45-17:30 Cosmin Vraciu (University of Vienna): Rights and the Civil Condition
17:30-17:45 Break
17:45-18:30 Brian Kogelmann (Purdue University): Economic Growth as a Good Play of the Game
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15
10:15-11:00 Gil Hersch (Virginia Tech/Pompeu Fabra University): Weighting Waiting
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-12:15 Lovro Savić (University of Oxford) and Kritika Maheshwari (TU Delft): Public Goods, Weakest Links and Risk Imposition
12:15-13:00 Kiyoharu Sakakibara (University of Tokyo): Beyond Liberty-Based Arguments for Basic Income: Status, Respect, and the Form of Income Security
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-14:45 David P. Schweikard (Aarhus University): Defective Dependence on the Supererogatory
14:45-15:30 Brian Talbot (University of Colorado, Boulder): Is Fit the Correct Notion for the Ethics of Collective Action?
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-16:45 Laura Valentini (LMU Munich): The Political is Personal: A Kant-inspired Perspective
16:45-17:30 Evrensel Sebep (University of Bern): Civilians and Collective Liability: A New Framework for Just War Theory
17:30-17:45 Break
17:45-18:30 Kalle Grill (Umeå University): Paternalistic Voting
