Depopulation: an ethical perspective
Join us for the annual Auguste Comte lecture which this year will be delivered by Luara Ferracioli, a leading thinker on the philosophy of immigration and the philosophy of the family.
Reduced birth rates in key economies could lead to population collapse by 2100. Demographic change disrupts retirement systems, income distribution, and government services like healthcare and aged care. How should liberal states respond to this challenge?
The lecture explores the ethical complexities around potential solutions like boosting fertility, delaying retirement, and increasing skilled migration.
Meet our speaker and chair
Luara Ferracioli is a leading thinker on the philosophy of immigration and the philosophy of the family. She is Associate Professor in Political Philosophy at the University of Sydney and has held appointments at Oxford, Princeton, and Amsterdam. Her first book, Liberal Self-Determination in World of Migration, was published in 2022 with Oxford University Press. Her latest book, Parenting and the Goods of Childhood, was published in 2023 with Oxford University Press.
Alex Voorhoeve is Professor of Philosophy and the incoming Vice-President (and Pro Vice-Chancellor) for Faculty Development at LSE. He works on the theory and practice of distributive and procedural justice in health. He has held positions at Harvard, Princeton, the National Institutes of Health, U.S., and Nuffield College, Oxford and has worked as a consultant researcher on justice in health to the WHO and the World Bank.
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