Existe-t-il un droit à être « bien nourri » ? Existe-t-il un droit à s’alimenter selon ses propres préférences ? Par exemple, existe-t-il un droit à manger de la viande si on le désire ? Dans quelle mesure serait-il juste de contraindre les choix alimentaires des citoyens en vue d’atteindre des objectifs tels que le bien-être des générations futures ou la préservation du bien-être animal ?

Social norms evolving By Jack Vromen, EIPE (Erasmus University Rotterdam) Following Lewis’ (1969) seminal account of conventions, several scholars have used game theory to shed light on how social norms evolve. In my talk I will show that the way in which this is done also has evolved.

"The aim of this seminar is to present some preliminary results of the MSCA project EUFREEDOMS, and to discuss them with renowned academics in the political theory of the EU. EUFREEDOMS aims to examine the philosophical underpinnings of the four freedoms of the EU internal market (the free movement of persons, goods, capital, and services).

Mardi intime de la Chaire Hoover par Juan Olano

Mardi intime de la Chaire Hoover par Michael Otsuka (Rutgers University) It strikes many as intuitive that we should satisfy people’s equal claims to a scarce and indivisible good (e.g., a life-saving drug) by giving each the highest equal lottery chance of receiving the good. This seems a fair and reasonable means of treating people as equals.

Mardi intime de la Chaire Hoover par Mathieu Hauchecorne How are political ideas produced? How do they circulate between different sectors of the social world, or between countries? Why do some ideas endure or become dominant while others disappear? What links do political theory and academic knowledge have with ordinary political discourse?

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Dans quelle mesure faudrait-il empêcher les pouvoirs publics de s’endetter, et de déplacer ainsi vers les générations futures de lourds fardeaux financiers ? Est-il possible de concilier démocratie et contraintes portant sur les déficits publics ? Si oui, quelles formes de contraintes relatives à l’endettement et aux déficits pourraient être compatibles avec une démocratie effective ?

Mardi intime de la Chaire Hoover par Andrès Salazar A prevalent argument to justify immigration restrictions stems from special associative duties and compatriot partiality. Institutional actors often employ strategies to protect our compatriots from the costs and risks associated with immigration, leading to highly restrictive immigration policies.

Robin Philips (UCLouvain) Multidimensional composite indicators of wellbeing: applications in economic history  Although economists and social scientists have widely contributed to the so-called ‘Beyond GDP’ debate, the view that current measures of economic growth are inadequate to measure well-being and multidimensional indicators, economic history has not been prominent in these debates.