PhD-course (3 ECTS) under the Centre for the Experimental-Philosophical Study of Discrimination (Danish National Research Foundation).
The PhD-course aims to cover (i) the concept of discrimination in part exemplified by appearance discrimination, (ii) central wrongness-accounts, including Mental-State-Based Accounts, Objective-Meaning Accounts, and Harm-based accounts, and (iii) approaches to study discrimination experimentally
Teachers: Didde Boisen Andersen (VIVE), Andreas Bengtson, Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre, Bjørn Gunnar Hallsson, Søren Flinch Midtgaard, Francesca Minerva, Viki M.L. Pedersen, Simone Sommer Degn, and Søren Serritzlew
A. Generic and group discrimination
Altman, Andrew. 2020. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (20 pages)
Eidelson, Benjamin, Discrimination and Disrespect (Oxford Scholarship Online, 2015), chap.1 (26 pages)
Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper. 2013. Born Free and Equal?: A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Nature of Discrimination (Oxford Scholarship Online), chap. 1. (44 pages)
(Pages for A: 90).
B. Appearance Discrimination
Mason, Andrew. 2017. Appearance, Discrimination, and Reaction Qualifications. The Journal of Political Philosophy 25(1): 48-71 (24 pages)
Mason, Andrew and Minerva, Francesca. 2020. Should the Equality Act 2010 be Extended to Prohibit Appearance Discrimination? Political Studies: 1-18. DOI: 10.1177/0032321720966480. (18 pages)
Mason, Andrew (2021). What is wrong with everyday lookism? Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 1-21 (22 pages)
Midtgaard, Søren Flinch (2022). ‘I’m Just Stating a Preference!’ Lookism in Online Dating Profiles’, Moral Philosophy and Politics (23 pages)
(Pages for B: 87).
C. Direct and Indirect Discrimination
Khaitan, Tarunabh (2018) “Indirect Discrimination” in Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Discrimination (London and New York: Routledge). (11 pages)
Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper. 2013. Born Free and Equal?: A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Nature of Discrimination (Oxford Scholarship Online), chap. 2. (25 pages)
Pedersen, Viki M.L. (2022) “Freeze the Biological Clock: Discrimination, Disrespect, and Fertility Preservation via Social Freezing,” Journal of Applied Philosophy, 456-470. (15 pages)
Thomsen, Frej Klem (2018) “Direct discrimination” in Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Discrimination (London and New York: Routledge). (10 pages)
(pages for C: 61).
(Pages for Day 1 A-C: 238).
A. Mental-State-Based Accounts
Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper. 2013. Born Free and Equal?: A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Nature of Discrimination (Oxford Scholarship Online), chap. 4 (26 pages)
Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper (2018) “Respect and Discrimination” in Heidi M. Hurd (ed.), Moral Puzzles and Legal Perplexities: Essays on the influence of Larry Alexander (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press). (16 pages)
(Pages for A: 42).
B. Objective-Meaning Accounts
Hellman, Deborah (2018) “Discrimination and social meaning” in Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Discrimination (London and New York: Routledge). (10 pages)
Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper. 2013. Born Free and Equal?: A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Nature of Discrimination (Oxford Scholarship Online), chap. 5 (24 pages)
(Pages for B: 34)
C. Harm-Based Accounts
Arneson, Richard (2006) “What Is Wrongful Discrimination?”, San Diego Law Review, 43 (4): 775-807 (33 pages)
Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper. 2013. Born Free and Equal?: A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Nature of Discrimination (Oxford Scholarship Online), chap. 6 (37 pages)
(Pages for C: 70)
D. Climbing the mountain: the relation between the various wrongness accounts
Thomsen, Frej Klem (2022) “No Disrespect—But that Account Does Not Explain the Wrongness of Discrimination,” Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy (forthcoming) (25
pages)
Slavy, Adam and Parr, Tom (2015) “Harmless Discrimination,” Legal Theory, 21 (2): 100-114. (14 pages)
(Pages for D: 39)
(Pages for Day 2 A-D: 185 pages)
A. Folk intuitions regarding disrespect and harm in relation to discrimination
Paper, TBA (25 pages)
B. Folk intuitions regarding central criteria for legitimate reaction qualifications
Paper, TBA (25 pages)
C. Discrimination and comparators
Paper, TBA (25 pages) 13.00-14.00
D. The relevance of “what the people think?”
Kahane, G. (2013). The armchair and the trolley: An argument for experimental ethics. Philosophical Studies, 162, 421-445. (25 pages)
Kauppinen, Antti (2015) “The Rise and Fall of Experimental Philosophy,” in Experimental Philosophy vol. II (Oxford Scholarship Online). (31 pages)
Lindauer, M. (2020). Experimental philosophy and the fruitfulness of normative concepts. Philosophical Studies, 177, 2129-2152. (24 pages)
(Pages for Day 3 A-D: 155 pages)
By participating in this course students acquire the following abilities:
The course is open to PhD-candidates involved in a relevant field, e.g., Political Science, Philosophy or Psychology.
Responsible senior scholar: Søren Flinch Midtgaard
ECTS: 3
Period: 2-4 August 2023
Level: PhD-Course
Form: Presentations by scholars, internal and external, and discussions
Syllabus: 578 pages
Exam: 1500 words essay
Language: English
Department: Political Science, Centre for the Experimental-Philosophical Study of Discrimination
Faculty: BSS
Location: Aarhus University, Room TBA, Aarhus, Denmark
Readings; Active participation in classes; 1500 words essay on a topic within the course (to be handed in to Søren Flinch Midtgaard - midtgaard@ps.au.dk – at the latest 14 days after the conclusion of the course. Will be assessed and commented on by one of the teachers of the course).
Participation fee is 995 DKK and covers:
You sign up for participation by mail to Søren Flinch Midtgaard (midtgaard@ps.au.dk) before May 1 2023.
We will distribute a link to pay the registration fee by email.
Please notice the system only accepts payment by card (visa, master etc.) unless you are employed by a Danish institution and can provide an EAN number for an invoice.
Participants will have to make their own arrangements regarding travel and accommodation.
