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		<title>CFP: Morality and the Cognitive Sciences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[7th International Symposium of Cognition, Logic and Communication 6-8 May 2011, Riga, Latvia INVITED ORGANIZERS: Michael Bishop (Florida State University), Stephen Stich (Rutgers University) INVITED SPEAKERS include: Michael Bishop (Florida State University) Luc Faucher (Université du Québec a Montréal) Joshua Knobe (Yale University) Edouard Machery (University of Pittsburgh) Dominic Murphy (University of Sydney) Shaun Nichols [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/08/27/cfp-morality-and-the-cognitive-sciences/</link>
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		<title>Conference on Cora Diamond&#8217;s Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Professor Sandra Laugier (Sorbonne): This conference is meant as an homage to Cora Diamond&#8217;s work in ethics, and focuses on its European reception. Her work has been translated in French and Italian in the recent years. &#8220;Ethics, Imagination, and Forms of Life&#8221; 13-15 September 2010, Amiens, France Pôle cathédrale, Placette Lafleur Amphithéâtre Carré de [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/08/27/conference-on-cora-diamonds-work/</link>
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		<title>CFP: Criminalization Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/08/27/cfp-criminalization-conference/</link>
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		<title>CFP: Reasons of Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[International Conference, Institute of Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), 30 May-1 June 2011 This conference’s title is ambiguous on purpose. The relationship between love and reasons for action is highly interesting and complicated. It is not clear how love is related to reasons. Love might be a response to certain normative reasons, since it seems [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/08/14/cfp-reasons-of-love/</link>
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		<title>Eternal Sunshine and other Dangerous Ideas on Big Think</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently gave an interview for Big Think on erasing memories Eternal Sunshine-style for their series on &#8220;Dangerous Ideas.&#8221; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/08/07/eternal-sunshine-and-other-dangerous-ideas-on-big-think/</link>
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		<title>CONF: Problem with Priority?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometime ago, Mike Otsuka (UCL) mentioned here that Derek Parfit will be responding to an article by him and Alex Voorhoeve entitled &#8216;Why It Matters That Some Are Worse Off Than Others: An Argument against the Priority View&#8217; here on Ethics Etc, with further responses from Mike and Alex, once Derek&#8217;s book, On What Matters, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/08/07/conf-problem-with-priority/</link>
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		<title>CFP: North Carolina Philosophical Society</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The North Carolina Philosophical Society announces its call for papers for its upcoming meeting on February 25 &#038; 26, 2011 at Appalachian State University. The keynote speaker will be Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Chauncey Stillman Professor in Practical Ethics at Duke University. Papers in any area of philosophy designed for a presentation time of about 20-30 minutes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/07/29/cfp-north-carolina-philosophical-society/</link>
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		<title>Grant Opportunities at the Character Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Professor Christian Miller (Wake Forest) and his colleagues have recently been awarded a $3.67 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation for The Character Project, an exploration of the nature of character. Christian asked me to let you know that $2 million will soon be devoted to three separate funding competitions, one of which will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/07/19/grant-opportunities-at-the-character-project/</link>
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		<title>2nd Annual Dutch Conference on Practical Philosophy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/07/15/2nd-annual-dutch-conference-on-practical-philosophy/</link>
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		<title>JAP Prize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Journal of Applied Philosophy will henceforward award an annual prize of £1,000 to the best article published in the year&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/07/07/jap-prize/</link>
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		<title>7th Annual Metaethics Workshop in Wisconsin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The program for the 7th Annual Metaethics Workshop has been finalized and can be found here. It looks fantastic! The workshop will be held on Sept 24-26, 2010 in Madison, WI. Registration is free and all are welcome. If you would like to attend, please email Professor Russ Shafer-Landau (shaferlandau -at- wisc.edu).]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/06/19/7th-annual-metaethics-workshop-in-wisconsin/</link>
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		<title>Shah on Mental Agency and Metaethics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Professor Nishi Shah (Amherst) recent gave a paper, which he co-wrote with Matt Evans (NYU), at the Oxford Moral Philosophy Seminar entitled &#8220;Mental Agency and Metaethics.&#8221; A copy of Nishi&#8217;s talk can be found here. Professor Shah would welcome any comments/suggestions. Here’s an abstract of his talk: Beliefs, desires, and intentions, are the central constituents [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/06/18/shah-on-mental-agency-and-metaethics/</link>
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		<title>Thomas on Practical Reasoning, the First Person, and Impartialism about Reasons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Professor Alan Thomas (Tilburg University) will be giving a talk on Monday, June 7, at the Oxford Moral Philosophy Seminar entitled &#8220;Practical Reasoning, the First Person and Impartialism about Reasons.&#8221; A copy of Professor Thomas&#8217;s talk can be found here. Professor Thomas would welcome any comments/suggestions. Here’s an abstract of his talk: This paper considers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/06/07/thomas-on-practical-reasoning-the-first-person-and-impartialism-about-reasons/</link>
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		<title>NYU Conference on Valuing Lives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The NYU Center for Bioethics, in conjunction with the NYU Environmental Studies Program, will be hosting &#8216;Valuing Lives: A Conference on Ethics in Health and the Environment&#8217; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/06/07/nyu-conference-on-valuing-lives/</link>
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		<title>Experiment Month</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Experiment Month initiative is a program designed to help philosophers conduct experimental studies. If you are interested in running a study, you can send your study proposal to the Experiment Month staff. Then, if your proposal is selected for inclusion, they will conduct the study online, send you the results and help out with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/06/07/experiment-month/</link>
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		<title>Workshop on the Ethics of Self-Defence at Oxford</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC) is holding a workshop entitled &#8220;Eliminative and Manipulative Agency in the Ethics of Self-Defence.&#8221; 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’ [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/05/27/workshop-on-the-ethics-of-self-defence-at-oxford/</link>
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		<title>Call for Abstracts: The Bowling Green Workshop in Applied Ethics and Public Policy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/05/25/call-for-abstracts-the-bowling-green-workshop-in-applied-ethics-and-public-policy/</link>
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		<title>CONF: Judy Thomson&#8217;s Normativity at MIT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT will host a one day conference on Judy Thomson&#8216;s recent book Normativity. All are welcome. Date: Friday 11 June 2010 Location: Stata Center (map), MIT. Room 32-d461 (take the elevator in the Dreyfoos Tower to the Fourth Floor; map) Schedule: 10.30 &#8211; 12.00 Peter Railton (Michigan) 1.00 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/05/20/conf-judy-thomsons-normativity-at-mit/</link>
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		<title>Memorials for Jerry Cohen in June</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Myles Burnyeat, John Roemer, T. M. Scanlon, and Philippe Van Parijs will be speaking at a memorial for Jerry Cohen on Saturday, June 19, at 2.15 pm, in the Codrington Library of All Souls College, Oxford. There will also be a reception in Jerry’s memory at the UCL Philosophy Department on Thursday, June 17, at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/05/19/memorials-for-jerry-cohen-in-june/</link>
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		<title>2010 BSET Registration Open</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Registration is now open for the 2010 conference of the British Society for Ethical Theory, to be held at the University of Nottingham, 7th-9th July. (This is the period directly before the 2010 Joint Session.) Details of the programme and registration forms are available here: http://www.bset.org.uk/nextconference.html Keynote speakers: Jamie Dreier (Brown) Tim Mulgan (St. Andrews) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethics-etc.com/2010/05/11/2010-bset-registration-open/</link>
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