Organizers:
Dr. Stefan Fischer & Prof. Dr. Jacob Rosenthal
Topic:
Does morality have a point or function, and if so, what is it? Can we learn anything about the nature of morality by asking for its point? And what, if anything, would a point of morality imply for normative ethics and metaethics? The aim of the conference is to bring together moral philosophers who work in a broadly „Humean“ tradition and in a broadly „Kantian“ tradition, and who currently tackle these and related questions in their writings.
Invited Speakers:
- Carla Bagnoli (Modena and Reggio Emilia)
- David Copp (Davis)
- Sebastian Köhler (Frankfurt)
- Jimmy Lenman (Sheffield)
- Ida Miczke (Warsaw)
- Herlinde Pauer-Studer (Vienna)
- Tilla Resheff (Duisburg-Essen)
- Nick Smyth (Fordham)
Program:
Day 1 (Thursday, 5 June)
9:20-9:30: Welcome/Introduction (Fischer/Rosenthal)
9:30–10:45: David Copp: Does Morality Have a Point?
11:00–12:15: Jimmy Lenman: Improving the World
-Lunch Break-
13:30–14:45: Sebastian Köhler: Functions for Expressivists
15:00–16:15: Tilla Resheff: The Function of Morality within Evolutionary Moral Realism
16:30–17:45: Stefan Fischer: The Point of Morality and the Autonomy of Normative Ethics
Day 2 (Friday, 6 June)
9:30–10:45: Carla Bagnoli: Morality as a Peculiar Institution
11:00–12:15: Herlinde Pauer-Studer: The Relational Resources of Kants Practical Philosophy
-Lunch Break-
13:30–14:45: Jacob Rosenthal: Morality as Deriving from Mutual Recognition
15:00–16:15: Ida Miczke: Should Morality be Action-Guiding?
16:30–17:45: Nick Smyth: What is the Function of Morality in the Digital Age?
All abstracts as well as the workshop program as a pdf-file can be found here.
Participation is free, but we kindly ask you to register in advance (stefan.fischer@uni-konstanz.de; jacob.rosenthal@uni-konstanz.de).