Schedule & Required Readings

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Friday, November 16th
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast - Shuster Room, Silverman 147
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.	Welcome Remarks - Dean Michael Fitts, University of Pennsylvania Law School Session 1: The Logic of Threats and Deterrence Shuster Room, Silverman 147 Moderator: Sharon Lloyd, Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern California Presentation: Jules Zacher, Attorney-at-Law Readings: Thomas Schelling The Strategy of Conflict, Chapters 1 & 2, 1960 Gregory Kavka Moral Paradoxes of Nuclear Deterrence, Chapters 1 and 2, 1987. Frederick Kroon “Deterrence and the Fragility of Rationality”, Ethics, 1996.
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 - 12:30 p.m.	Session 2: Two Models of Deterrence: Expected Utility and Constrained Maximization Shuster Room, Silverman 147 Moderator: Jens Ohlin, Associate Professor of Law, Cornell University Readings: Gregory Kavka Moral Paradoxes of Nuclear Deterrence, Chapter 3, 1987. Stephen Darwall Rational Agent, Rational Act, Philosophical Topics, 1986. David Gauthier “Deterrence, Maximization and Rationality”, The Security Gamble, 1984. Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons, pp. 12-24, 1984. David Gauthier “Rationality and the Rational Aim”, Reading Parfit, 1997.
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch - Levy Conference Room, Silverman 245
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.	Break/Transportation to Club Quarters 1628 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19103
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.	Session 3: *Deterrence, Intentions and Resolute Choice* The Racquet Club of Philadelphia 215 S. 16th Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 Moderator: Joseph Mintoff, Senior Lecturer, The University of Newcastle Readings: Gregory Kavka The Toxin Puzzle, Analysis, 1983. David Gauthier, “Rethinking the Toxin Puzzle”, Rational Commitment and Social Justice, 1998. Michael A. Bratman Toxin, Temptation and the Stability of Intention, ational Commitment to Social Justice, 1998. Ken Levy On the Rationalist Solution to Kavka’s Toxin Puzzle, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 2009 Joseph Mintoff, “Can Intentions Make Actions Rational?”, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 2002.
6:00 p.m.	Cocktails and Dinner at The Racquet Club of Philadelphia 215 S. 16th Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 Keynote Address: Sean Kanuck, National Intelligence Officer for Cyber Issues within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Sean Kanuck Sovereign Discourse on Cyber Conflict Under International Law, Texas Law Review, 2010.
Saturday, November 17th
9:00 - 9:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast - Shuster Room, Silverman 147
9:30 - 11:00 a.m.	Session 4: Prevention, Preemption and Credible Threats Shuster Room, Silverman 147 Moderator: Claire Finkelstein, Algernon Biddle Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania Readings: David Gauthier Assure and Threaten, Ethics, 1994. Duncan MacIntosh, “Assuring, Threatening, a Fully Maximizing Theory of Practical Rationality, and the Practical Duties of Agents”, Manuscript Claire Finkelstein & Leo Katz, “Contrived Defenses and Deterrent Threats: Two Facets of One Problem”, Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, 2008 (Edited). Russell Christopher, “An Infinite Regress of Impermissible Threats: An Argument Against the Traditionalist View of Deterrent Threats”, Manuscript. John Hare, “Credibility and Bluff”, Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Humanity: The Fundamental Questions, 1982.
11:00 - 11:30 a.m.	Break
11:30 - 1:00 p.m.	Session 5: Deterrence, Law Enforcement, and the Permissiblity of Threatening Shuster Room, Silverman 147 Moderator: Russell Christopher, Professor of Law, The University of Tulsa College of Law Readings: Larry Alexander “The Doomsday Machine: Proportionality, Punishment and Prevention”, The Monist, 1980 (Edited). Warren Quinn “The Right to Threaten and the Right to Punish”, Philosophy and Public Affairs, 1985. Claire Finkelstein “Threats and Preemptive Practices”, Legal Theory, 1999. Paul Robinson and John Darley “Does Criminal Law Deter? A Behavioral Science Investigation”, Legal Studies, 2004 (Edited). Justin Logan “The Bottom Line on Iran: The Costs and Benefits of Preventive War versus Deterrence”, Policy Analysis, 2006. Kevin Govern “National Solutions to an International Scourge: Prosecuting Piracy Domestically as a Viable Alternative to International Tribunals” University of Miami International & Comparative Law Review, 2011. (Edited)
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.	Lunch - Levy Conference Room, Silverman 245
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.	Session 6: Deterrence and Cybersecurity Shuster Room, Silverman 147 Moderator: Randall Dipert, Professor of Philosophy, University of Buffalo Readings: Randall Dipert The Ethics of Cyberwarfare, Ethics and Emerging Military Technologies, 2010. James Cook Cyberation and Just War Doctrine: A Response to Randall Dipert, Journal of Military Ethics, 2010. Daniel Rosenfield Rethinking Cyberwar, Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society, 2009. Vincent Manzo, “Deterrence and Escalation in Cross-domain Operations: Where Do Space and Cyberspace Fit?”, Joint Force Quarterly, 2012.