October 13, 2011

CFP: Ethics and Politics Conference at Northwestern
By S. Matthew Liao

SOCIETY FOR THE THEORY OF ETHICS AND POLITICS
Northwestern University
6th Annual Conference
May 17–19, 2012

Keynote speakers:
Harry G. Frankfurt (Princeton)
T. M. Scanlon (Harvard)

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October 11, 2011

CFP: British Society for Ethical Theory 2012
By S. Matthew Liao

2012 CONFERENCE
University of Stirling, UK
Mon 9th – Wed 11th July 2012

Keynote Speakers:
Sarah Broadie (St Andrews)
Frances Kamm (Harvard)

Papers are invited for the 2012 annual conference of the British Society for Ethical Theory, to be held at the University of Stirling, following directly on from the Joint Session. The subject area is open within metaethics and normative ethics. Papers on topics in applied ethics, moral psychology or the history of ethics may also be considered provided they are also of wider theoretical interest.

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September 14, 2011

CFP: Fordham Graduate Conference
By S. Matthew Liao

The Truth of Ethics
February 24-25, 2012
Fordham University

Keynote Speaker:
Prof. Stephen Darwall (Yale University)

Papers of high quality relating to the topic “the Truth of Ethics,” broadly construed are invited. Paper topics may address issues in moral epistemology, normative and meta-ethical theory, competing theories of truth, moral psychology, applied ethics, and other related areas.

Sample questions include:

What does moral reasoning tell us about the nature of reason in general?

Do moral propositions have truth values? If so, how do we know them?

If not, then what is their status?

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September 6, 2011

CFA: Kantian Ethics and Moral Life
By S. Matthew Liao

International conference
KANTIAN ETHICS AND MORAL LIFE 2012

Venue: City Campus, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Date: 20-21 September 2012
Organizers: University of Antwerp, Ghent University & Tilburg University

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Marcus Duewell (Universiteit Utrecht)
Paul Guyer (University of Pennsylvania)
Barbara Herman (UCLA)
Pauline Kleingeld (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)
Jens Timmermann (University of St. Andrews)

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

In addition to the plenary sessions there will be room for presentations of short papers (20-30 min). If you wish to contribute, please send an abstract of 500 words to liesbet.vanhaute (at) ua.ac.be. The deadline for submission is 30 September 2011. Participants whose abstract is accepted will be asked to send in a full paper by May 2012.

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August 14, 2011

Conference Honoring Barbara Herman at Cornell
By S. Matthew Liao

Deliberation, Improvisation and the Moral Life: A Conference Honoring the Work of Barbara Herman
Friday 9th to Sunday 11th September 2011
A.D. White House, Cornell University

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Prof. Allen Wood (Indiana) “Leaving Consequentialism Behind”

SPEAKERS
Prof. Marcia Baron (Indiana)
Prof. Rae Langton (MIT)
Prof. Peter Railton (Michigan)
Prof. Joseph Raz (Columbia and Oxford)
Prof. Seana Shiffrin (UCLA)

To register, please send an email with your name and affiliation to Ian McKay at ijm7 (at) cornell.edu

For conference flyer and updates, please follow this link: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/epl/

Conference Organizers: Erin Taylor (Cornell University) and Andrew McGonigal (University of Leeds).

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June 29, 2011

Conference on Bernard Williams in Chicago
By S. Matthew Liao

“Ethics and the Place of Philosophy: The Legacy of Bernard Williams’s Critique”

University of Chicago
October 28th-29th 2011

Speakers
Sarah Broadie (St. Andrews)
Raymond Geuss (Cambridge)
Alasdair MacIntyre (Notre Dame)
Richard Moran (Harvard)
Samuel Scheffler (NYU)

Commentators
Agnes Callard
James Conant
Gabriel Lear
Robert Pippin
Candace Vogler

Introductory & Closing Remarks
Jonathan Lear
Martha Nussbaum

Registration for the event is free, but is required for all participants. As space is limited, you are encouraged to register as soon as possible; this can be done at:
bernardwilliams.wordpress.com

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June 22, 2011

Philosophy in funny places
By Saul Smilansky

An invited piece of mine on philosophy in Israel, “Letter from Israel“, has just come out in The Philosopher’s Magazine (TPM); naturally it has an ethical dimension and some of you might find it interesting.

Preceding this “Letter from Israel” were reports on philosophy in various other exotic lands. I’ve found many to be fascinating. Check out, for example, the

“Letter from Singapore”

The “Letter from Iceland”

The “Letter from Turkey”

From South-Africa

And from Italy…

There have also been “letters” from China, Malta, and so on – just Google your favorite country and you might get lucky.

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June 6, 2011

Thomson’s Loop Case and Order Effect
By S. Matthew Liao

In “Putting the Trolley in Order: Experimental Philosophy and the Loop Case” (forthcoming in Philosophical Psychology), Alex Wiegmann, Joshua Alexander and Gerard Vong and I applied the methods of experimental philosophy to Judith Jarvis Thomson’s famous Loop Case. As the readers will know, Thomson used the Loop Case to cast doubt on the intuitively plausible Doctrine of Double Effect. Many philosophers share Thomson’s intuitions about this case (see, e.g. Kamm 2007 and Scanlon 2008), though not all (see, e.g. Otsuka 2008 and my paper in 2009). In fact, Frances Kamm developed the Doctrine of Triple Effect (DTE) in order to explain Loop intuitions.

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May 31, 2011

The Study of Character Website
By S. Matthew Liao

The Character Project at Wake Forest University has launched a new website devoted to the academic study of character and related notions of virtue and vice. The website can be found here: http://www.studyofcharacter.com/

This site presents recent books, journal articles, and events pertaining to research on character, as well as faculty webpages, blogs, centers, encyclopedia entries, and other resources. The focus is on recent work in the fields of psychology, philosophy, and theology. It would certainly be appreciated it if people linked to this page. Also, updates and corrections are welcome; please send any such information to character (at) wfu.edu.

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May 25, 2011

2011 RoME Call for Commentators
By S. Matthew Liao

Fourth Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (RoME)
University of Colorado, Boulder
August 4-7, 2011
Boulder, Colorado

An international conference geared to offer the highest quality, highest altitude discussion of ethics, broadly conceived

Call For Commentators

The Center for Values and Social Policy in the Philosophy Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder is pleased to invite philosophers to comment on main program papers at the fourth annual RoME Congress. See the preliminary main conference program below for a list of selected papers. As this program is finalized, it will be necessary to assign commentators to each paper. Ideally papers are matched up with experts and critics. That’s where you come in.

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May 21, 2011

Uncertainty in Morality and Law: Conference Organized by the Law and Philosophy Forum at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem
By David Enoch

An upcoming conference on uncertainty in morality and law, The Hebrew U, June 15-17.
All the details are available on the conference website, here: http://law.huji.ac.il/calendar.asp?act=event&event_id=924&cat=494&thep age=iruim

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April 7, 2011

BSET 2011 Schedule
By S. Matthew Liao

A tentative schedule for the 2011 British Society for Ethical Theory Conference is now out, with several Ethics-Etc Contributors on the programme.

Monday 11th – Wednesday 13th July
St Anne’s College, Oxford
http://www.bset.org.uk/2011.html

Keynote Speakers
Mike Otsuka (UCL)
Susan Wolf (UNC Chapel Hill)

Submitted Papers

A Locative Analysis of “Good For”
– Guy Fletcher (Oxford)

Medusa’s Gaze Reflected: A Darwinian Dilemma for Anti-Realist Theories of Value
– Abraham Garber (Iowa)

Direction of Fit
– Alex Gregory (Reading)

A Lover’s Shame
– Ward Jones (Rhodes)

Rule Consequentialism and Disasters
– Leonard Kahn (US Air Force Academy)

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April 4, 2011

CFP: 3rd Arizona Workshop in Normative Ethics
By S. Matthew Liao

There is a call for abstracts for the Third Annual Arizona Workshop on Normative Ethical Theory that will be held in Tucson, Arizona on January 5-7, 2012. Abstracts are welcome in any area or on any topic in normative ethical theory (to be distinguished as well as possible from metaethics and applied ethics).

Abstracts should be 2-3 double-spaced pages and are due no later than June 1, 2011. Please send abstracts by email to Mark Timmons, mtimmons (at) u.arizona.edu. Those who presented at the 2010 workshop will not be eligible to present until 2013.

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February 22, 2011

CFP: Midwest Ethics Society Conference
By S. Matthew Liao

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.

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February 1, 2011

Oxford Symposium to Honour Philippa Foot
By S. Matthew Liao

Symposium on Moral Philosophy, to honour the memory of Philippa Foot, F.B.A., died 3 October 2010.

Dates: Friday 18th March and morning of Saturday 19th March 2011
Venue: Somerville College, Oxford, U.K. OX2 6HD.

Papers will be given by
Sarah Broadie, University of St Andrews (title to follow)

Anthony Kenny, University of Oxford (title: Morality, Law and Virtue)

Gavin Lawrence, UCLA (title: The Deep and the Shallow)
Anselm Müller, formerly University of Trier (title: Can Virtue be Taught?)

Michael Thompson, University of Pittsburgh (title to follow)

Ralph Wedgwood, Merton College, Oxford (title: Intention and Outcome: Defending Double Effect)

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January 14, 2011

Which philosophy journal is best?
By Thom Brooks

Readers are encouraged to visit this link where they can vote for their favourite philosophy journals. The choice is fairly comprehensive with nearly 130 journals listed and more added daily. There have been more than 10,000 votes registered and there will be preliminary results announced here when 50,000 votes is reached. So visit this link — and remember to vote early and often!

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January 5, 2011

CFP: Ethical Theory and Political Philosophy Conference at Northwestern
By S. Matthew Liao

5th Annual Conference of the Society for Ethical Theory and Political Philosophy
Northwestern University
May 19–21, 2011

Keynote speakers: Philip Pettit and R. Jay Wallace

Conference website (with call for papers): http://www.philosophy.northwestern.edu/conferences/moralpolitical/

Submissions from both faculty and graduate students are invited. Essay topics in all areas of ethical theory and political philosophy will be considered, although some priority will be given to essays that take up themes from the works of Philip Pettit and R. Jay Wallace. The submission deadline is February 15, 2011.

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December 13, 2010

CFP: 4th Annual Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress
By S. Matthew Liao

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).

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October 27, 2010

Chair in Ethics and Political Philosophy at Syracuse
By S. Matthew Liao

From Ben Bradley:

The Philosophy Department at Syracuse University invites applications from senior figures to assume the Guttag Professorship of Ethics and Political Philosophy following the retirement of Guttag Professor Michael Stocker in May 2011.

Duties normally include both graduate and undergraduate teaching, research, advising, and committee service. Salary and exact balance of duties negotiable. Applications from women and minority candidates are particularly encouraged. Informal expressions of interest may be sent to Robert Van Gulick, Chair, Guttag Search Committee, Department of Philosophy (rnvangul (at) syr.edu). For formal consideration, candidates must complete an online Dean/Senior Executive/Faculty application (https://www.sujobopps.edu), and attach a CV and contact information for three letters of recommendation.

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October 13, 2010

Workshop on Michael Smith
By S. Matthew Liao

Michael Smith: “Meta-Ethics, Action Theory, Consequentialism”
Location: Bielefeld, Germany
Date: November 16th – 18th 2010

Tuesday, November 16th: META-ETHICS
9.00 – 12.00: In Defence of The Moral Problem
14.00 – 17.00: Beyond the Error Theory

Wednesday, November 17th: ACTION THEORY
9.00 – 12.00: The Possibility of Philosophy of Action
14.00 – 17.00: Scanlon on Desire and the Explanation of Action

Thursday, November 18th: CONSEQUENTIALISM
9.00 – 12.00: Two Kinds of Consequentialism
14.00 – 17.00: On Normativity

More detailed information is available at
http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/philosophie/smith/

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