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Speaker: Professor Michelle Madden Dempsey (Villanova University)
Chair: Dr Mark Dsouza (¹û¶³Ó°Ôº)

About the talk

By viewing wrongs (and related concepts) from three distinct normative perspectives (moral, political, and legal), we can better understand what it means for conduct to count as a wrong. Further, these normative perspectives provide a framework in which to evaluate various responses to wrongs and wrongdoing, such as calling to account, blaming, and punishing. This paper aims primarily to explain these normative perspectives and the framework they provide – but along the way, it also explains the difference between prima facie and pro tanto wrongs, public and private wrongs, and distinctions between fault, blameworthiness, and guilt.

About the speaker

at (Pennsylvania, USA). Her scholarship focuses primarily on criminal law philosophy and feminist philosophy, with the occasional side quest into general jurisprudence. She is the co-editor-in-chief (with Matt Matravers, York) of the journal,Ìý, co-general editor (with Jeremy Horder, LSE) ofÌý, and is a co-founder and executive committee member ofÌý.

This event is in-person only.

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