Program for Human Dignity and Well-being

March 23, 2020

• 13:00 → 15:50
  Session I
  Chair: Yukinobu Kitamura (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 13:00（20m）
    Opening Remarks
    Speakers: Toshiaki Watanabe (Director of IER, Hitotsubashi University) , Yasushi Kato (Organizers, Hitotsubashi University) , Reiko Gotoh (Organizers, Hitotsubashi University)
  • 13:20（1h 10m）
    Dividing the Moral Labor of Respecting Human Dignity
    Speaker: Henry Richardson (Georgetown University)
  • 14:30（10m）
    Coffee Break
  • 14:40（1h 10m）
    Belief-Free Preference Aggregation
    joint with Satoshi Nakada, Shmuel Nitzan and Norio Takeoka
    Speaker: Takashi Ui (Hitotsubashi University)
• 15:50 → 16:10（20m）
  Coffee Break
• 16:10 → 17:50
  Session II
  Chair: Norio Takeoka (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 16:10（30m）
    A Theory of Moral Authority: Moral Choices Under Moral Network Externality
    joint with Avner Greif
    Speaker: Øivind Schøyen (JSPS, Hitotsubashi University)
  • 16:40（10m）
    Coffee Break
  • 16:50（1h）
    Intuitive Beliefs
    Speaker: Jawwad Noor (Boston University)
• 18:00 → 19:30（1h 30m）
  Working Dinner

March 24, 2020

• 09:25 → 10:40
  Session III
  Chair: Takashi Ui (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 09:25（5m）
    Welcome Remarks
    Speaker: Koichi Tadenuma (President, Hitotsubashi University)
  • 09:30（1h 10m）
    Toward Utilitarian Moral Sentiments for an Ethically Sophisticated Impartial Benefactor (tentative)
    Speaker: Peter Hammond (University of Warwick)
• 10:40 → 11:00（20m）
  Coffee Break
• 11:00 → 12:40
  Session IV
  Chair: Daisuke Hirata (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 11:00（50m）
    Critical-level Sufficientarianism
    joint with Walter Bossert and Susumu Cato
    Speaker: Kohei Kamaga (Sophia University)
  • 11:50（50m）
    Equity Principles and Interpersonal Comparison of Well-being
    Speaker: Norihito Sakamoto (Tokyo University of Science)
• 12:40 → 14:00（1h 20m）
  Lunch
• 14:00 → 15:40
  Session V
  Chair: Yuichi Yamamoto (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 14:00（50m）
    Climate Change Justice: Historical Accountability and Equal Treatment
    Speaker: Biung-Ghi Ju (Seoul National University)
  • 14:50（50m）
    Equity and Time Consistency for Intertemporal Social Decisions
    Speaker: Kaname Miyagishima (Aoyama Gakuin University)
• 15:40 → 16:00（20m）
  Coffee Break
• 16:00 → 18:10
  Session VI
  Chair: Chiaki Moriguchi (Hitotsubashi University)
  • 16:00（50m）
    The Necessity of Time Inconsistency for Intergenerational Equity
    joint with Tapan Mitra and Kuntal Banerjee
    Speaker: Geir Asheim (University of Oslo)
  • 16:50（10m）
    Short Coffee Break
  • 17:00（1h 10m）
    Market Virtues and Respect for Human Dignity
    joint with Luis Calderon and Robert Talisse
    Speaker: John Weymark (Vanderbilt University)
• 18:10 → 18:30（20m）
  Closing Remarks: Philosophy in/for Economic Theory
  Speaker: Reiko Gotoh (Hitotsubashi University)
• 18:30 → 20:30（2h）
  Dinner (by invitation only)

Directions

The closest st. to the venue Hitotsubashi University is JR Kunitachi st. Unfortunately, the nearest accommodation is around Tachikawa st., which is next stop of Kunitachi st.

1. From Airports to Accommodation at Tachikawa by Airport Limousine (Bus)
   Bus is not running so frequently and takes longer compared with trains, but it takes you to Palace Hotel Tachikawa via Tachikawa st. without any change from airports.
   From Narita Int. Airport: ~ 3 hours, 3,600 JPY, click here for further info.
   From Haneda Int. Airport: ~ 2 hours, 1,550 JPY, click here for further info.
2. From Airports to Accommodation at Tachikawa by Trains
   From Narita Int. Airport: N’EX (to Tokyo st. or to Shinjyuku st. ) + JR Chuo Line, ~ 2 hours, 3,640 JPY
   From Haneda Int. Airport: Tokyo Monorail + JR Yamanote Line + JR Chuo Line, ~ 1.2 hours., 1,210 JPY (to Tachikawa st.) or 1,130 JPY (to Kunitachi st.)
3. Between Accommodation at Tachikawa and Venue at Kunitachi
   one stop 3 min (140 JPY, JR Chuo Line) + 10 min. walk
4. From Tokyo st. to Kunitachi st.
   ~ 50 min., 550 JPY JR Chuo Line
5. Campus map of Hitotsubashi University
6. Palace Hotel Tachikawa

N’EX
All seats are reserved. Please purchase reserved seat limited express ticket to Tokyo st. or to Shinjyuku st. in addition to basic fare ticket to your final destination, Kunitachi st. (venue) or Tachikawa st. (accommodation). For further detail, please check this page.

Tokyo Monorail
It’s running almost every 4 min. in average. You can purchase a ticket to final destination, Kunitachi st. (venue) or Tachikawa st. (accommodation) at the airport by touching “Transfer Ticket” on the initial screen of the ticket machine and then “JR LINE”. For further information, please check here.

JR Yamanote Line
It’s a circular railway.

JR Chuo Line
We can choose from local train, rapid train and special rapid train. Be careful that special rapid train stops at Tachikawa st. (accommodation), but does not stop at Kunitachi st. (venue). If you take special rapid train from Tokyo or Shinjyuku st., please transfer at Kokubunji st. following English announcement in the train.

Campus Map of Hitotsubashi University

Palace Hotel Tachikawa
Tachikawa st. and the hotel is connected with Pedestrian deck. It’s about 3 min. walk.
In front of the hotel, there is a bus stop of Airport Limousine from Narita and Haneda Int. airport.
Address: 2-40-15, Akebono-cho, Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo 190-0012 Japan
Phone: +81 (0)42 527 1111
Access map is here.