BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T181809Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20170115T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20170115T120000 SUMMARY:Self-Control Through Accountability To Others UID:20240328T181934Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:School V\, St Salvator's Quad\, North St\, St Andrews\, United Kingdom\, KY16 9AL DESCRIPTION:
We invite proposals for talks at this workshop\, which will feature keynote papers by Natalie Gold (KCL)\, Katherine Hawley (St Andrews)\, and David Owens (KCL).
\nTopic \;Self-control can be bolstered by strategic management of our social and physical environment\, as well as through sheer strength of will. Explicitly making ourselves accountable to other people &ndash\; announcing goals or making promises &ndash\; seems like a useful addition to the self-control arsenal: it enables us to enlist both our sense of obligation\, and our awareness of potential pride or shame. This form of self-control raises a number of intriguing philosophical questions:
\nParticipants at the workshop are invited to address any of these questions\, or indeed other questions relating to the practice of attempting self-control through making oneself accountable to others.
\n\nPractical Details \;We invite submission of 1000-word abstracts\, for papers suitable for presentation in 25 minutes. Abstracts should be prepared for anonymous review\, and sent to arche@st-andrews.ac.uk by 15th January 2017.
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