BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260405T040709Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20141009T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20141010T130000 SUMMARY:Love as the source of morality UID:20260405T092351Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-4s97k TZID:Europe/Brussels LOCATION:Antwerpen\, Belgium DESCRIPTION:

There is a natural connection between love and morality. Both are manifestations of the social nature of human beings and expressions of what binds people. In many cultural traditions (including but not limited to the Christian tradition) moral wisdom is connected to a love of humankind. Yet there also seems to be an inherent tension between love and morality\, since love requires a personal relationship whereas the moral standpoint is essentially impartial and therefore often thought to be impersonal. Many philosophers believe that personal relationships imply a form of partiality that is incompatible with the moral standpoint. Following\, amongst others\, Bernard Williams and Michael Stocker\, there seems to be a general consensus in contemporary analytic moral philosophy that somehow indeed love and morality are in tension.

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The Symposium starts from the assumption that this consensus may have blinded moral philosophers to the ways in which love and morality are connected. More in particular\, it wants to examine the idea that morality presupposes love\, or that love in a sense is the source of morality.

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Registration: Participation is free\, but places are limited. Register by sending an e-mail to the organiser: \;Katrien.Schaubroeck@uantwerpen.be

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