Marie Bastin (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) Although reflections on inheritance are rarely at the heart of contemporary philosophical questions about social justice, libertarian theories give them a relatively important place in their analysis.

François Blais (Université Laval) Epistemic theory of democracy and the “voters’ ignorance” The Condorcet jury theorem (CJT) was generally considered to be of little use to justify or even attempt to improve democracy. The truth conditions of this theorem are simply too far removed from political realities. In their latest work An Epistemic Theory of Democracy Robert E.

Stéphane Courtois (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières) Are Hate Speech Bans Useless? An Appraisal of Eric Heinze’s Arguments. Most Western democracies and international institutions have currently adopted a range of policies aimed at regulating hate speech. However, the kinds of target groups that hate speech regulations seek to protect have not been clearly defined yet.

Pierre Pestieau The purpose of this talk is to defend the idea that the role of the welfare state has probably never been as important as it is today, but that this implies that it is renewed to meet the challenges presented by the various social fractures. The major source of these fractures is undoubtedly the breakdown of the social elevator.