BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.7.3//EN TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-32@visions-for-the-future.sites.uu.nl DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260609T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260609T163000 DTSTAMP:20260609T150905Z URL:https://visions-for-the-future.sites.uu.nl/events/speaker-series-with- dr-yara-al-salman/ SUMMARY:Speaker Series with Dr. Yara Al Salman DESCRIPTION:\nShared empowerment: A defence of group ownership\n\n\n\n\nhtt ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEpf9Zl4GQk&\;feature=youtu.be\n\n\n\n\nAb out the session: This paper develops and defends a conception of group own ership\, an institution that has so far been neglected in the philosophica l literature on property. On the conception I defend\, group ownership is the exclusive position of authority that is held by a private and democrat ically organised group to decide how an object may be used\, within limits set by law. Drawing on empirical studies of natural and agricultural reso urce management\, I show that group ownership is valuable because it helps to realise people’s freedom from domination. This happens in two steps: first\, group ownership regimes help their members to efficiently secure the capabilities they need to withstand arbitrary power. Second\, the inst itution gives people control over the decisions that affect such capabilit ies. In a slogan: group ownership puts people in charge of their own empow erment. Under conditions I specify\, this makes the institution superior t o other types of property.\n\n\n\nAbout the speaker: Yara Al Salman is ass istant professor in Ethics and Political Philosophy. Her main research int erests are in political philosophy\, and are about property\, freedom and domination\, and more recently professional ethics for civil servants. Yar a obtained her PhD in 2022 for the thesis Sharing in Common: A Republican Defence of Group Ownership\, which was awarded with distinction (cum laude ) and for which she received two national awards.\n\n\n\nIf you would like to receive calendar invites with the links to all our speaker series even ts and receive updates on our project please email us at a.c.moiteirodasne ves@uu.nl. \;\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR