BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260616T154710Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171215T051500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171216T120000 SUMMARY:A Conference in Memory of Derek Parfit UID:20260621T011629Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Los_Angeles LOCATION:New Brunswick Theological Seminary\, 35 College Avenue\, United States\, 08901 DESCRIPTION:

Registration is free but required. Registration deadline: Friday\, December 8\, 2017. \;

Friday\, December 15\, 2017

10:15 a.m. \;&mdash\; \;Welcoming Remarks and Introduction

10:30-11:15 a.m. &mdash\; Sharon Street (New York University)\, \;&ldquo\;Realism\, Nihilism\, and the Concept of a Normative Reason&rdquo\;

11:15-11:45 a.m. &mdash\; Discussion Chair: Thomas Hurka (University of Toronto)

11:45-12:00 \;&mdash\; \;Coffee break \; 12:00-12:45 p.m. &mdash\; Jeff McMahan \;(University of Oxford)\, \;&ldquo\;Doubts about Parfit&rsquo\;s No-Difference View&rdquo\;

12:45-1:15 p.m. &mdash\; Discussion Chair: Stephanie Beardman (Princeton University)

1:15-2:30 p.m. &mdash\; Lunch \; 2:30-3:15 p.m. &mdash\; Elizabeth Harman (Princeton University)\, \;&ldquo\;Abortion and the Non-Identity Problem&rdquo\;

3:15-3:45 p.m. &mdash\; Discussion Chair: Johann Frick (Princeton University) \;

3:45-4:00 p.m. \;&mdash\; \;Coffee break \; \;

4:00-4:45 p.m. &mdash\; Samuel Scheffler (New York University)\, &ldquo\;Temporal Neutrality and the Bias toward the Future&rdquo\;

4:45-5:15 p.m. &mdash\; Discussion Chair: Alex Guerrero (Rutgers University)
\;

Saturday\, December 16\, 2017 \;

10:30-11:15 a.m. &mdash\; \;Peter Singer \;(Princeton University) \;and \;Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek \;(University of Łó\;dź)\, \;&ldquo\;Parfit on Act-Consequentialism&rdquo\; \;

11:15-11:45 a.m. &mdash\; Discussion Chair: \;Melinda Roberts \;(The College of New Jersey) \;

11:45-12:00 p.m. \;&mdash\; \;Coffee break \; \;

12:00-12:45 p.m. &mdash\; \;Mark Johnston \;(Princeton University)\, \;&ldquo\;Does \;Reasons and Persons \;(Part 3) Undermine Ethics?&rdquo\;

12:45-1:15 p.m. &mdash\; Discussion Chair: \;Rahul Kumar \;(Queen's University) \;

1:15-2:30 p.m. &mdash\; Lunch \; \;

2:30-3:15 p.m. &mdash\; Frances Kamm \;(Harvard University)\, \;&ldquo\;Parfit on the Irrelevance of Deontological Distinctions&rdquo\;

3:15-3:45 p.m. &mdash\; Discussion Chair: Dale Jamieson \;(New York University) \;

3:45-4:00 p.m. \;&mdash\; \;Coffee break \; \;

4:00-4:45 p.m. \;&mdash\; \;Larry Temkin (Rutgers University)\, \;&ldquo\;Box Ethics&rdquo\;

4:45-5:15 p.m. \;&mdash\; \;Discussion Chair: Ruth Chang (Rutgers University)

Concluding Remarks \; \;

For Conference Reservations\, Directions\, and Area Accommodations\, please refer to the official event page.

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