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This document provides the programme for the II Braga Colloquium on the History of Moral and Political Philosophy held on January 12-13, 2017 at the University of Minho in Portugal. The colloquium focused on the topic of "Lying and Hypocrisy in Politics and Morality" and included parallel sessions on lessons from history, theories and cases of lying and hypocrisy, and applications to democracy, populism, and international relations. Keynote speeches were given each day with topics exploring political behavior, rhetoric, and ethics.

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II BRAGA COLLOQUIUM

IN THE HISTORY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

Lying and Hypocrisy in Politics and Morality
University of Minho, 12-13 January 2017

PROGRAMME

II BRAGA COLLOQUIUM IN THE HISTORY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

UNIVERSITY OF MINHO, 12-13 JANUARY 2017

TIME

12 JANUARY, THURSDAY

9:00
10:15

REGISTRATION

ROOM

Auditorium ILCH

10:15
10:30

Opening Remarks
Joo Cardoso Rosas
(Dean of the Instituto de Letras e Cincias Humanas, University of Minho)
Pedro Martins
(University of Minho)
PARALLEL SESSIONS

10:30
12:30

1. Lessons from the History of Moral and Political

Philosophy (1/4)

2. Lessons from the History of Moral and Political

Philosophy (2/4)

- Marios Fils (University of Exeter)

Morality and Politics as One: Platos Philosophical Experiment
and its Paradoxes
- Sungwoo Park (Seoul National University)
Platonic Irony as a New Rhetoric: Lying and Hypocrisy for
Democratic Deliberation in Athens
- Rachelle Bascara (Birkbeck College - University of London)
In Defense of Unintentional Hypocrisy

- Albano Pina (Universidade da Beira Interior)

The Contingency of Politics and the Necessity of Hypocrisy
in Machiavellis The Prince
- Arina Zaytseva (Central European University)
Lies and Deceit in Processus Satanae contra genus
humanum of Bartolo da Sassoferrato
- Shreya Bhattacharya and Kankana Saikia (University of
Dehli)

II BRAGA COLLOQUIUM IN THE HISTORY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

UNIVERSITY OF MINHO, 12-13 JANUARY 2017

- Sophia Hatzisavvidou (University of East Anglia)

Experts or Scaremongers? True Discourse from Platos
Parrhesia to Climate Change Deniers

Political Pragmatism and Ethics: Contradiction or

Complementarity? Exploring the Dynamics through
Kautilyas Arthashastra

Chair: Giuseppe Ballacci (University of Minho)

Chair: Alexandra Abranches (University of Minho)

Auditorium ILCH

Sala investigadores CEHUM

12:30
14:00

LUNCH BREAK

PARALLEL SESSIONS
3. Lessons from the History of Moral and Political
Philosophy (3/4)

14:00
16:00

- Diego Rubio (Oxford University)

Post-Truth Politics: The Invisible Decline from St Augustine to
Mr Trump
- Alexandra Abranches (University of Minho)
Humes Virtuous Hypocrisy
- Benjamin Bourcier (Universit catholique de Lille)
Truth and Utility: The Value of Lying and Political Hypocrisy?
Chair: Roberto Merrill (University of Minho)
Auditorium ILCH

II BRAGA COLLOQUIUM IN THE HISTORY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

UNIVERSITY OF MINHO, 12-13 JANUARY 2017

16:00
16:30

COFFEE BREAK

PARALLEL SESSIONS

16:30
18:30

4. Lessons from the History of Moral and Political

Philosophy (4/4)

5. Lying and Hypocrisy, Political Dissatisfaction and

Activism

- Eleonora Travanti (Philipps-Universitt, Marbourg)

Should a Philosopher Really Believe in Eternal Punishments?
Lessings Vindication of Leibnizs Moral Hypocrisy
- Laura Herrero Oliveira (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Hypocrisy and Lies from the Point of View of the Kantian Use
of Reason
- Cristiano Gianolla (University of Coimbra and Sapienza
University of Rome)
Truth, Non-Violence and Purusharthas in Gandhis
Democratic view. A current debate through the epistemologies
of the south

- Paulo Alexandre e Castro (Universidade do Minho)

The Big Bluff Phenomenon or How the Austerity Can Kill
Your Dreams
- Gines Santiago Perles (Universidad catlica de Valencia)
Trust and Loyalty as Antidotes to Political Disaffection
- Javier Gil and Mar Moro (Universidad de Oviedo)
Clearing Out the Squares: Some Difficulties for Getting Rid
of Hypocrisy in the Political Activism

Chair: Alexandra Abranches (University of Minho)

Chair: Bruno Pinheiro (University of Minho)

Auditorium ILCH

Sala investigadores CEHUM

II BRAGA COLLOQUIUM IN THE HISTORY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

UNIVERSITY OF MINHO, 12-13 JANUARY 2017

TIME

13 JANUARY, FRIDAY
PARALLEL SESSIONS

9:00 11:00

6. Lying and Hypocrisy in the International Context

7. Lying and Hypocrisy, Theories and Cases (1/2)

- Michelle Bentley (Royal Holloway - University of London)

International Hypocrisy: Political Behaviour in the Absence of
Morality
- Noemi Rocca (Universidade de Coimbra)
The Politicization of the Intelligence as Foreign Policys Practice
in the US
- Benjamin Boudou (Max Planck Institute for the Study of
Religions and Ethnic Diversity)
Cosmopolitan Hypocrisy: Hospitality between Right, Beneficence
and Conquest in the Modern Law Tradition

- Zeynep Gambetti (Bogazici University)

From Augustine to Austin: Politicizing the Definition of
Lying
- Valentin Beck (Freie Universitt Berlin)
Evaluating Corporate Hypocrisy
- Orlando Coutinho (Universidade do Minho)
The Truth is not for Everyone

Chair: Giuseppe Ballacci (University of Minho)

Chair: Joo Ribeiro Mendes (University of Minho)

Auditorium ILCH
11:00
11:30

Sala investigadores CEHUM

COFFEE BREAK

PARALLEL SESSIONS
Auditorium ILCH

Sala investigadores CEHUM

II BRAGA COLLOQUIUM IN THE HISTORY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

UNIVERSITY OF MINHO, 12-13 JANUARY 2017

8. Lying and Hypocrisy, Theories and Cases (2/2)

9. Lying and Hypocrisy, Storytelling and Rhetoric

11:30 - Giovanni Damele (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

13:30 Argumentative Hypocrisy and Constituent Debates
- Martin Glick (Georg-August-Universitt Gttingen)
Expressive Theories of Law and Ethical Standards

- Daniel Blanch (Saint Louis University, Madrid)

Transparency or Opacity in Ancient & Modern Political Life:
Are Citizens to Be Truly Informed?
- Kathrin Bouvot (Universitt Wien)
Lying as a Competence?
- Olivia Leboyer (I.E.P. Paris and Laboratoire Pacte,
Grenoble)
The Role of Lies in the Construction of a National Identity

Chair: Daniele Santoro (University of Minho)

Chair: Giuseppe Ballacci (University of Minho)

13:30
15:00

LUNCH BREAK

15:00
17:00

PARALLEL SESSIONS

10. Lying and Hypocrisy in Democracy

11. Lying and Hypocrisy in Moments of Crisis: Populism

and Totalitarianism

- Russel K. Bentley (University of Southampton)

Democratic Responses to Dirty Hands: Beyond Aristotle and
Arendt
- Stephen M. Cooke (University of Leicester)
Democracy and Deterrence

- Alexandru Manoli (Internacional Agency for Source Country

Information)
The Battle of Evermore: Post-totalitarian Rituals and the Ethics
of Antipolitics or about the Lessons Learnt from the Closed
Societies of Eastern European Communism, Seen through
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II BRAGA COLLOQUIUM IN THE HISTORY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

UNIVERSITY OF MINHO, 12-13 JANUARY 2017

- Daniele Santoro (University of Minho)

Lying, Secrecy and Democratic Accountability

Vaclav Havels Lenses

- Zeynep Gambetti (Bogazici University)
Lying in Broad Daylight: Executive Performativity Unbound
- Jos Luis Ventura-Medina (Universidad Central de Venezuela)
Lies and Populism: What Europe can Learn from the
Venezuelan Revolution

Chair: David Alvarez (University of Minho)

Chair: Pedro Martins (University of Minho)

Auditorium ILCH
17:00
17:15

Sala investigadores CEHUM

COFFEE BREAK

PLENARY SESSION
17:15
18:45

Keynote Speech:
RUTH W. GRANT (Duke University)
Lying and Hypocrisy in Politics and Morality
Chair: Pedro Martins (University of Minho)
Auditorium ILCH