PANEL 8- Revisiting the Public Interest
Convenors: Daniele Santoro and João Cardoso Rosas
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Public interest arguments have garnered increasing attention in recent years, especially in the justification of whistleblowing disclosures, anti-corruption laws, public policies regulating public safety and national security, as well as in the movements of civil resistance against the public and private abuse of power. However, despite its relevance, the analysis of public interest in the current politico-philosophical literature is often scattered and piecemeal. This panel invites contributions on the normative and conceptual aspects of public interest arguments.
Among the questions we would like to discuss are:
If you want to apply, please submit an abstract, of 400-500 words along with five keywords, of your paper prepared for peer review by 17 April 2022. We will respond by 28 April 2022. All proposals must be submitted online through our website using the Abstract submission Form (please, click “Submit Abstract” and fill the form).
This panel is part of the project "The Public Interest: A Politico-Philosophical Investigation", funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (EXPL/FER-ETC/1226/2021).
All inquiries about the panel should be sent to [email protected]
Public interest arguments have garnered increasing attention in recent years, especially in the justification of whistleblowing disclosures, anti-corruption laws, public policies regulating public safety and national security, as well as in the movements of civil resistance against the public and private abuse of power. However, despite its relevance, the analysis of public interest in the current politico-philosophical literature is often scattered and piecemeal. This panel invites contributions on the normative and conceptual aspects of public interest arguments.
Among the questions we would like to discuss are:
- How does the public interest differ from the individual interests?
- What is the relationship between justice and the public interest? Is the public interest a non-ideal conception of justice?
- Does the public interest require a conception of the common good?
- Is the public interest a “political, not metaphysical” concept?;
- Is the public interest exclusively a matter of policy (for instance, in the distribution and regulation of public goods); or shall we also consider rights and constitutional principles a matter of public interest?;
- What constitutes the ‘public’ in a public interest argument?;
- Does the public interest require democracy? Is the public interest essentially the interest of a democratic majority?
If you want to apply, please submit an abstract, of 400-500 words along with five keywords, of your paper prepared for peer review by 17 April 2022. We will respond by 28 April 2022. All proposals must be submitted online through our website using the Abstract submission Form (please, click “Submit Abstract” and fill the form).
This panel is part of the project "The Public Interest: A Politico-Philosophical Investigation", funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (EXPL/FER-ETC/1226/2021).
