Rights and Reasons

Moral rights occupy a central place in contemporary moral theorizing. At the same time, a promising hypothesis in the theory of normativity is that normative phenomena (including moral phenomena) can be explained in terms of reasons, i.e., in terms of the factors that count in favour of actions or attitudes. The aim of this workshop is to investigate and discuss the relation between moral rights and normative reasons.

The workshop will focus on (but is not limited to) questions such as the following:

·  What are the connections between moral rights, moral duties, and moral reasons?

·  Can rights be analysed in terms of reasons or should rights be regarded as reason-providing?

·  What (if anything) do reasons-based analyses of rights imply for the justification of moral rights and for first-order moral theory?

·  What can our best accounts of moral rights contribute to our understanding of normative reasons?

Participation is free, but registration is required and places are limited.

Registration: rightsandreasons(at)uni-bielefeld(dot)de

Please direct your inquiries to dmitry.ananiev(at)uni-bielefeld(dot)de

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