In recent years\, the enhancement of human welfare\, well-being or happiness
have become focal concern in public discourse\, among professional bodies and
government think tanks\, policy makers and philosophers\, at national\,
European and global levels. The question of how to conceptualise\, assess and
measure welfare is crucial to ethical debates over social justice. Welfare
is also a key concept in many academic disciplines\, including philosophy\,
psychology\, economics and highly relevant for the law as well.
Emergent issues about welfare that need further discussion include:
The Institute of Applied Ethics at the University of Hull\, UK is organising \;an interdisciplinary workshop on these questions on \;28 and 29 November\, 2013 \;and is now calling for paper proposals. \;This workshop will be an occasion for in-depth discussion of a \;relatively small numbers of papers (about ten) which will be circulated to \;participants in advance.
\nAbstracts would be especially welcome on the themes above\, although \;submissions on any aspect of the nature and measurability of welfare will be \;considered. We are planning to publish selected papers from the workshop in \;a journal special issue.
Please send abstracts (approx. 300 words) for consideration to Peter Cserne \;(p.cserne@hull.ac.uk) and Tony Ward (A.Ward@hull.ac.uk) by \;31 July. \;Decisions will be communicated early August. If your abstract is selected \;you will be asked to provide a short paper (3\,000-5\,000 words) by \;31 October \;to be circulated among participants.
For any question about \;the workshop\, please contact Peter Cserne (p.cserne@hull.ac.uk).