EPLab • Reading Group

Andreas Bengtson on “Can Relational Egalitarians Supply Both an Account of Justice and an Account of the Value of Democracy or Must They Choose Which?”

Democracy and Intergenerational Justice Reading Group

The next session of the Democracy and Intergenerational Justice Reading Group will be hosted by Andreas Bengtson who will be presenting a paper co-authored with Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, “Can Relational Egalitarians Supply Both an Account of Justice and an Account of the Value of Democracy or Must They Choose Which?” (forthcoming).


The Democracy and Intergenerational Justice Reading Group will meet every month as part of the EPLAB research project “Present Democracy for Future Generations” (PTDC/FER-FIL/6088/2020) to discuss a published paper, or work in progress related to the project’s theme.


For anyone wishing to attend in person, the group will be at room CAN SC. Bring your own laptop/mobile phone and audioset for Zoom connection and perfect hearing! To join the session on Zoom, click here.


If you are interested in joining the group’s mailing list, receiving updates to the schedule, Zoom invitations, and the selected papers prior to the meetings, please write to devoncass@fcsh.unl.pt.


The Democracy and Intergenerational Justice Reading Group is co-organised by Devon Cass, Inês Cisneiros, José Pereira and Zachariah Tailor.

Next sessions
16 Nov – Nicola Mulkeen
Are Premier and English Football League Academies Exploiting Kids? (work in progress)

19 Dec – Axel Gosseries
Intergenerational Metaphors: what's the point?
Presentation based on the chapter "Intergenerational Metaphors" published in S. Gardiner (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Intergenerational Ethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.