Speaker & Commentators
Speaker
Prof. David Enoch (University of Oxford & Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
The main speaker, David Enoch, was appointed Professor of the Philosophy of Law at the University of Oxford in 2023 as well as Pauline and Max Gordon Fellow and Professorial Fellow of Balliol College. Concurrently, he has held the Rodney Blackman Chair in the Philosophy of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem since 2015, where he has been a member of the faculty since 2003, jointly appointed in philosophy and law. His research spans moral, political, and legal philosophy within the analytic tradition. Prof. Enoch's work in metaethics champions "Robust Realism," positing objective, universal moral truths. In political philosophy, he critiques Rawlsian liberalism while developing a pragmatic, non-Rawlsian alternative. His legal philosophy challenges conventional approaches to jurisprudence and explores normative legal questions. Prof. Enoch's ethical inquiries, which will be the focus of his Lecture in Munich, cover diverse topics including moral deference, consent, and autonomy.
Commentators
Prof. Dorothea Gädeke (Free University of Berlin)
Prof. Dorothea Gädeke has been appointed Professor for the Theoretical and Legal Foundations of Politics at the Free University of Berlin in August 2024. Previously, she has been an Associate Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at Utrecht University and a research associate within the Cluster of Excellency ”Normative Orders” at Goethe-University Frankfurt. She has held visiting positions at the University of Johannesburg as well as Princeton University and received her PhD from Goethe-University Frankfurt. Gädeke's research focuses on a range of topics at the intersection of political philosophy, social philosophy, and legal and constitutional theory. Her research is driven by a desire to comprehend and address pressing social and political issues. Gädeke specializes in analyzing domination and structural injustices, and how these are linked to practices of freedom, democracy, and the rule of law.
Prof. Rae Langton (University of Cambridge)
Prof. Rae Langton is the Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Newnham College. Her research focuses on speech acts, social justice, and moral philosophy. Langton has authored influential works including "Kantian Humility" (Clarendon Press, 1998) and "Sexual Solipsism" (Oxford University Press, 2009). Born in India and a graduate of the University of Sydney and Princeton University, she has held prestigious positions as Professor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Langton is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the British Academy.
Prof. Robert Simpson (University College London)
Prof. Robert Simpson is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at University College London, specializing in social and political philosophy, ethics, and epistemology. His main line of research seeks to reconcile the liberal commitment to free speech with the need to regulate types of communication that may harm societies and individuals. Simpson has published work in some of the leading international journals such as Mind, Ethics, Law and Philosophy, Episteme and many others. He obtained his PhD from the University of Oxford, and before joining UCL, he was a lecturer at Monash University.