Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen to give a Keynote at the workshop "New Work on Discrimination" at Yale University
On April 19 2026 Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen will give a keynote on “Direct Discrimination” at the workshop on "New Work on Discrimination" hosted by Yale University and sponsored by Center for Law and Philosophy at Yale Law School.
The workshop is organized by Lily Hu, Yale University & Daniel Wodak University of Pennsylvania.
Program
Friday April 17
Talk 1: 3 pm–4.30 pm Steve Coyne, Interpretive Drift, Comments: Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre
Keynote 1: 5–6.30 pm Renée Jørgensen, Predictive Models, Comments: Kathleen Creel
Dinner 7–9 pm Saturday
April 18
Talk 2: 9.30–11 am Keshav Singh, Affirmative Action, Comments: Myraeka D'leeuwen
Keynote 2: 11.30–1 pm Adam Hosein, Economic Class Discrimination, Comments: Christian Nakazawa
Lunch: 1–2 pm
Talk 3: 2–3.30 pm Anthony Sangiuliano, Compounding Injustice, Comments: Zinhle Mncube
Keynote 3: 4–5.30 pm Deborah Hellman, Equity and Equality, Comments: Shalom Chalson
Dinner: 6–8 pm
Sunday April 19
Talk 4: 9.30–11 am Florence R Adams, Market-Shaped Fairness, Comments: Meredith Sheeks
Keynote 4: 11.30–1 pm Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, Direct Discrimination, Comments: Ying Huang
Details (from the conference website)
Discrimination remains a largely neglected topic in philosophy. This is surprising in several respects. Discrimination is of central relevance to a wide range of subdisciplines in philosophy. But since the emergence of anti-discrimination law in the late twentieth century, almost all scholarship on discrimination theory has taken place in law journals; these works mainly focus on matters of legal doctrine. Moreover, several recent developments—political changes (such as the recent weaponization of anti-discrimination norms and law), technological progress (such as the explosive growth of machine learning and AI in reshaping our social world), and theoretical developments (such as new work that presses on the conceptual boundaries of discriminatory action)—make the topic more philosophically significant than ever.