British Society for Ethical Theory conference

Date(s)
Wednesday 7th (09:30) - Friday 9th July 2010 (18:30)
Description

The British Society for Ethical Theory is an academic organisation dedicated to philosophical research in normative ethics, meta-ethics, and moral psychology. Their annual conference is the leading forum for the discussion of ethical theory in the UK philosophy calendar.

Keynote Speakers

  • James Dreier (Brown)
  • Tim Mulgan (St Andrews)

Submitted Papers

  • "Value Incomparability and Indeterminacy" – Cristian Constantinescu (Cambridge)
  • "A New Theory of Well-Being" – Jennifer Hawkins (Duke)
  • "Sentimentalism and Deontological Intuitions"
    – Antti Kauppinen (Amsterdam/Trinity College Dublin)
  • "Faith in Humanity" – Ryan Preston-Roedder (Chapel Hill)
  • "Fairness Between Competing Claims" – Ben Saunders (Oxford)
  • "Should We Be Sorry That We Exist?" – Saul Smilansky (Haifa)
  • "Can We Believe the Error Theory?" – Bart Streumer (Reading)
  • "Thick Concepts and Variability" – Pekka Vayrynen (Leeds)
  • "Taking the Ideal out of Nonideal Theory: Institutional Design as Failure Analysis"
    – David Wiens (Michigan)

Register before 11 June to avoid late fee. Final registration is 23 June.

For more information, visit www.bset.org.uk or download the provisional schedule for the conference.

Department of Philosophy

University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

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