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  • David Owens
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  • Fiona Woollard
  • Frances Kamm
  • Gerald Lang
  • Gilbert Harman
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  • Iwao Hirose
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• Readings

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    Rethinking the Good: Moral Ideals and the Nature of Practical Reasoning
    Larry S. Temkin
    
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    From Normativity to Responsibility
    Joseph Raz
    
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    Ethics and Moral Philosophy
    Thom Brooks
    
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    Ethics and Humanity: Themes from the Philosophy of Jonathan Glover
    N. Ann Davis, Richard Keshen and Jeff McMahan
    
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    Reflective Knowledge
    Ernest Sosa
    
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    Know How
    Jason Stanley
    
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    New Waves in Ethics
    Thom Brooks
    
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    Ethics for Enemies: Terror, Torture, and War
    F. M. Kamm
    
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    On What Matters
    Derek Parfit
    
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    Semantic Relationism
    Kit Fine
    
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    Reliable Reasoning: Induction and Statistical Learning Theory
    Gilbert Harman and Sanjeev Kulkarni
    
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    Beyond Humanity?
    Allen E. Buchanan
    
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    Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality
    Patricia S. Churchland
    
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    Equality and Tradition
    Samuel Scheffler
    
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    Climate Ethics
    Stephen Gardiner, Simon Caney, Dale Jamieson and Henry Shue
    
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    The Character of Consciousness
    David J. Chalmers
    
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    Secular Philosophy and the Religious Temperament
    Thomas Nagel
    
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    Well-Being and Death
    Ben Bradley
    
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    The Beloved Self: Morality and the Challenge from Egoisim
    Alison Hills
    
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    Depth: An Account of Scientific Explanation
    Michael Strevens
    
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    The Case for Contextualism
    Keith DeRose
    
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    When Truth Gives Out
    Mark Richard
    
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    The Idea of Human Rights
    Charles R. Beitz
    
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    Willing, Wanting, Waiting
    Richard Holton
    
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    The Idea of Justice
    Amartya Sen
    
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    Harming Future Persons: Ethics, Genetics and the Nonidentity Problem
    Melinda A. Roberts and David T. Wasserman
    
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    What Is Good and Why: The Ethics of Well-Being
    Richard Kraut
    
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    Content and Justification
    Paul A. Boghossian
    
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    Thoughts: Papers on Mind, Meaning, and Modality
    Stephen Yablo
    
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    Normativity
    Judith Jarvis Thomson
    
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    How We Get Along
    J. David Velleman
    
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    Self-Constitution: Agency, Identity, and Integrity
    Christine M. Korsgaard
    
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    Appearances of the Good: An Essay on the Nature of Practical Reason
    Sergio Tenenbaum
    
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    Killing in War
    Jeff McMahan
    
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    Experimental Philosophy
    Joshua Knobe and Shaun Nichols
    
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    Disadvantage
    Jonathan Wolff and Avner de-Shalit
    
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    Reconciling Our Aims: In Search of Bases for Ethics
    Allan Gibbard
    
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    Moral Dimensions: Permissibility, Meaning, Blame
    T. M. Scanlon
    
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    The Philosophy of Philosophy
    Timothy Williamson
    
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    Authority and Estrangement
    Richard Moran
    
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    Moral Psychology, Volume 1
    Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
    
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    The Reflective Life
    Valerie Tiberius
    
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    Moral Literacy
    Barbara Herman
    
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    On Human Rights
    James Griffin
    
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    Experiments in Ethics
    Kwame Anthony Appiah
    
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    Reasons without Rationalism
    Kieran Setiya
    
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    Moral Realism: A Defence
    Russ Shafer-Landau
    
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    The Way We Eat
    Peter Singer and Jim Mason
    
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    Metaphysical Essays
    John Hawthorne
    
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    10 Moral Paradoxes
    Saul Smilansky
    
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    Normativity and the Will
    R. Jay Wallace
    
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    Ideal Code, Real World
    Brad Hooker
    
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    The Nature of Normativity
    Ralph Wedgwood
    
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    Structures of Agency: Essays
    Michael E. Bratman
    
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    The Second-Person Standpoint
    Stephen Darwall
    
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    Ethics and the A Priori
    Michael Smith
    
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    Weighing Lives
    John Broome
    
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    Reasons and the Good
    Roger Crisp
    
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5th Annual Midwest Ethics Society Conference
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Missouri State University
Springfield, Missouri

Keynote Speaker:
Geoffrey Sayre-Mccord
University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Papers On Any Topic In Applied Ethics, Normative Ethical Theory, Or Metaethics Will Be Considered.

Please Submit A Titledabstract Of 200–300 Words By March 7, 2011, To:

Andrew Johnson
Philosophy Department
Missouri State University
901 South National Avenue
Springfield, Mo 65897
E-Mail: Andrewjohnson (at) Missouristate.Edu
(E-Mail Submissions Welcome)

Authors Of Accepted Abstracts Will Be Notified In Mid-March And Invited To Present A 3,000–4,000-Word Paper.

Valuing Lives: A Conference on Ethics in Health and the Environment
March 5, 2011
New York University

Various policy issues in environmental and health-related matters force policymakers to trade human lives against other values. We are bringing together scholars from philosophy, law and economics for a one-day conference to discuss whether and how this can be done in a morally permissible manner. The conference will feature original, unpublished papers of high quality.

Registration is now open at
http://bioethics.as.nyu.edu/object/bioethics.events.20110305.valuingli ves

The conference program is available at
http://bioethics.as.nyu.edu/object/bioethics.conferenceprogram

1-3 July 2011, Hulme Hall, University of Manchester

The SAP 2011 Annual Conference will be an open themed applied philosophy conference (papers will be considered from the full range of topics in applied philosophy). Plenary speakers include Connie Rosati (Arizona), Katie McShane (Colorado), Marilyn Fiedman (Charles Sturt), Kasper Lippert Rasmussen (Aarhus), and Hugh LaFollette (South Florida, St Petersburg).

SUBMISSION PROCESS for PROPOSED PAPERS

Please submit a 3000 word paper ACCOMPANIED BY a 500 word abstract to be considered for inclusion in the programme.

Papers (with accompanying abstract) can be submitted here:

http://www.appliedphil.org/view/proposal.html

University of Colorado, Boulder
August 4-7, 2011

The Center for Values and Social Policy in the Philosophy Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder is pleased to invite paper proposals for the fourth annual RoME congress. Papers from all areas of ethics and political theory are invited. To encourage the participation of junior scholars, the University of Colorado will be awarding a Young Ethicist Prize of $500 for most meritorious submission. The prize competition is open to any participating untenured philosopher (including, but not limited to, tenure-track faculty, instructors, and graduate students).

March 26, 2011
McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Invited Speakers:
Gustaf Arrhenius (Stockholm)
Ben Bradley (Syracuse)
Rahul Kumar (Queen’s)

How do we decide the optimal size of future population? What is the value of a future individual’s life? What do we owe to future individuals? Is social contract with future individuals possible? Is it better or worse to add an extra person to the world? How do we weigh the life of a present person and the life of a future person? This workshop will offer an opportunity to discuss these fundamental ethical questions and to examine the recent theoretical discussions provoked by Derek Parfit (Reasons and Persons), John Broome (Weighing Lives), Tim Mulgan (Future People) and so on.

The NYU Center for Bioethics invites you to attend a public lecture by Thomas Pogge, Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs, Yale University; Research Director, Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature, University of Oslo

Friday, November 5, 2010
4:00-6:00 pm
5 Washington Pl., Room 202
(NE Corner of Washington Place at Mercer Street)
RSVP required-reception to follow.

‘Making Medicines Accessible For All: The Health Impact Fund as a Model of Structural Reform’

From Rob Reich:

Stanford University
Spencer Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Equality of Opportunity and Education

The McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society at Stanford is seeking two post doctoral scholars for a project focused on issues of equality of opportunity and the public provision of education. These fellowships have been created with funding by the Spencer Foundation. The fellows will join the community of post doctoral fellows at the Center but will be selected on the basis of their fit with a new multi-year project on Equality of Opportunity and the Public Provision of Education. Scholars with a PhD (from disciplines such as philosophy, education or one of the social sciences) or a JD with research interests related to (any of) the following questions are encouraged to apply:

The NYU Center for Bioethics, in conjunction with the NYU Environmental Studies Program, will be hosting ‘Valuing Lives: A Conference on Ethics in Health and the Environment’ on Saturday, March 5, 2011.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Various policy issues in environmental and health-related matters force policymakers to trade human lives against other values. Original, unpublished papers from philosophers, economists and legal scholars that address whether and how this can be done in a morally acceptable manner are welcomed. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: commensurability of human life and environmental values; compensation for harms to health; polling, public deliberation, and the appeal to expertise in evaluative matters; prioritizing the life and health of the young and the poorly-off; discounting future lives; saving identifiable lives vs. saving statistical lives; the precautionary principle; the human dignity objection to measuring the value of human life.

Date: November 10-11, 2010
Location: UCL (Nov 10) and Senate House, University of London (Nov 11)

November 10
Ethics of Risk Workshop
Location Gavin De Beer Lecture Theatre
9.30 Registration

10.00 Dave Holly “Models of Moral Reasoning and Risk”

11.15 Madeleine Hayenhjelm ‘The Fair Distribution of Risk’

12.30 Lunch

1.30 Mike Otsuka and Alex Voorhoeve ‘The Priority View And Cases Involving Risk’

2.45 Tea

3.15 Jo Wolff ‘Five Types of Risky Situation’

November 11, 2010
Moral Decision Making Under Uncertainty
Location: Senate Room, Senate House, Malet Street
9.30 Registration

University of Stirling
7-9 September 2011

It is often said that contemporary liberal democracies such as Britain and the USA face a crisis of over-criminalization: too much conduct is criminalized, too hastily, without adequate thought about the aims it should serve. The result is a disorganized, unprincipled criminal law, which subjects too many people to the threat of arrest and punishment. But normative theorists of criminal law, who have made major advances in systematic work on such issues as punishment and criminal responsibility, have made comparatively little systematic progress on this problem. The Criminalization Project, an AHRC-funded project involving researchers from the Universities of Stirling, Glasgow, Warwick and York aims to remedy this lack, by bringing together philosophers, lawyers and political scientists to discuss the various dimensions of the problem of criminalization.

I recently gave an interview for Big Think on erasing memories Eternal Sunshine-style for their series on “Dangerous Ideas.” They are running this series throughout the month of August, and other people in the series include Stephen Hawking, Noam Chomsky, Richard Posner, and Gary Becker.

The entire series, which is still ongoing, can be found here, and my portion on erasing memories can be found here. Below is a video of the interview.

The Annual Dutch Conference on Practical Philosophy brings together ethicists and political philosophers as well as philosophers and researchers working in related fields to present and discuss work in practical philosophy. A central meeting place for members and Ph.D. students of the Netherlands School for Research in Practical Philosophy (Onderzoekschool Ethiek), it warmly welcomes non-members and researchers in practical philosophy from outside The Netherlands.

Conference dates: 8 and 9 October, 2010
Venue: Het Kasteel, Groningen, The Netherlands
Keynote speakers: Onora O’Neill (Cambridge), Michael Smith (Princeton)

Registration: EUR 275 (members), EUR 350 (non-members), EUR 200 (Ph.D. students)

The Journal of Applied Philosophy will henceforward award an annual prize of £1,000 to the best article published in the year’s Volume. The first award will be made in respect of Volume 28 (2011). The judgment as to the best article will be made by the editors of the Journal.

The Journal of Applied Philosophy provides a unique forum for philosophical research which seeks to make a constructive contribution to problems of practical concern. Open to the expression of diverse viewpoints, the journal brings critical analysis to these areas and to the identification, justification and discussion of values of universal appeal. The Journal of Applied Philosophy covers a broad spectrum of issues in environment, medicine, science, policy, law, politics, economics and education.

The NYU Center for Bioethics, in conjunction with the NYU Environmental Studies Program, will be hosting ‘Valuing Lives: A Conference on Ethics in Health and the Environment’ on Saturday, March 5, 2011.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Various policy issues in environmental and health-related matters force policymakers to trade human lives against other values. Original, unpublished papers from philosophers, economists and legal scholars that address whether and how this can be done in a morally acceptable manner are welcomed. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: commensurability of human life and environmental values; compensation for harms to health; polling, public deliberation, and the appeal to expertise in evaluative matters; prioritizing the life and health of the young and the poorly-off; discounting future lives; saving identifiable lives vs. saving statistical lives; the precautionary principle; the human dignity objection to measuring the value of human life.

The Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC) is holding a workshop entitled “Eliminative and Manipulative Agency in the Ethics of Self-Defence.”
Date: June 15, 2010
Location: Old Indian Institute, James Martin 21st Century School, Oxford
Time: 0900-1800

SPEAKERS
Dr. Helen Frowe (Sheffield): ‘Threats And Bystanders’
Dr. Gerald Lang (Leeds): ‘Self-Defence And Agency’
Dr. Seth Lazar (Oxford): ‘Scepticism About The Eliminative/Manipulative Agency Distinction’
Professor Victor Tadros (Warwick): ‘Duty And Liability’

RESPONDENTS
Jo Firth (Oxford)
Dr. Jon Quong (Manchester)
Dr. David Rodin (Oxford)
Guy Sela (Oxford)

The Bowling Green Workshop in Applied Ethics and Public Policy

Call for Abstracts
“Freedom, Paternalism and Morality”
April 1-2, 2011
The Bowling Green Workshop in Applied Ethics and Public Policy will take place in Bowling Green, Ohio on April 1-2, 2011. Keynote speakers will be Gerald Dworkin (University of California at Davis) and Douglas Husak (Rutgers University)
Those interested in presenting a paper are invited to submit a 2-3 page abstract (double-spaced) by September 1, 2010. We welcome submissions in all areas in applied ethics and philosophical issues relevant to public policy. Special consideration will be given to papers relevant to this year’s conference theme: Freedom, Paternalism, and Morality.
Only one submission per person is permitted. Abstracts will be evaluated by a program committee and decisions made in early October 2010. Please direct all abstracts and queries to: pibarra@bgsu.edu

Professor Jeff McMahan at Rutgers University recently gave a talk at the NYU Center for Bioethics and the Department of Philosophy on “Gene Therapy, Cognitive Disability, and Abortion.”

With his permission, a podcast of his talk can be found here:

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An abstract of his talk is as follows:

Nathan Nobis (Morehouse College, Atlanta) asked me to post the following:

I have created a survey to try to identify which topics are most commonly addressed in introductory ethics courses that have a contemporary moral issues or problems component. If (and only if) you teach a course that focuses on practical issues (with little to no discussion of moral theory) or has a mix of theory and problems (either a unit on theory and then problems or a mix of theory and problems throughout), please fill out this survey below:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ethics-course-survey
Results will be posted here:
https://sites.google.com/site/nobisphilosophy/ethics-course-survey

Readers may know that I’ve recently taken up an associate professorship in the Center for Bioethics with an affiliation in the philosophy department at NYU. The Center runs a Master’s Program in Bioethics and is holding an open house on

Thursday, March 4, 2010
5:30-7:30 PM
285 Mercer Street, 9th Floor
(Between Waverly and Washington Pl.)
New York, NY 10003

If you are interested in pursuing graduate studies in Bioethics, this will be a good opportunity to meet with the faculty and students and discuss the range of Program options and career benefits. Food and refreshments will be served.

JOURNAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY:
An International Journal of Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy
(ISSN 1740-4681)

Volume 7, Number 1 (2010)

ARTICLES

William Sin, ‘Trivial Sacrifices, Great Demands’, pp. 3-15

Lina Papadaki, ‘What is Objectification?’ pp. 16-36

M. B. E. Smith, ‘Does Humanity Share a Common Moral Faculty?’ pp. 37-53

Jonathan Seglow, ‘Associative Duties and Global Justice’, pp. 54-73

Miriam Ronzoni, ‘Constructivism and Practical Reason: On Intersubjectivity, Abstraction, and Judgment’, pp. 74-104

Kenneth R. Westphal, ‘From “Convention” to “Ethical Life”: Hume’s Theory of Justice in Post-Kantian Perspective’, pp. 105-32

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