Masterclass on The Right and the Good

Audience: Final year undergraduates and MA students

Questions about the right and the good are central to both ethics and epistemology. In normative and applied ethics, we try to identify which actions are right and which outcomes, states of affairs and characters are good. In metaethics, we ask how to understand judgments about the right and the good, and the relationship between these notions. In epistemology, there has been much recent interest in questions about what it is right to believe, about epistemic goodness, and about the relationship between these notions and other epistemic notions, such as knowledge and justification.

Southampton philosophers with expertise in these areas include Alex Gregory, Conor McHugh, Jonathan Way, Daniel Whiting, and Fiona Woollard. The masterclass will feature talks by Southampton philosophers and selected student presentations.

10 stipends are available to help with travel expenses. To apply, please submit a short (1500-2500 word) essay on a topic relevant to the subject of the master class along with a brief expression of interest, stating your reasons for wishing to be considered. Essays on any aspect of epistemology or of normative, applied, or meta-ethics are welcome. Student papers to be presented will be selected from among those awarded stipends. Deadline for receipt of applications is 10th November 2012.

Registration for the master class is free. To register, send an email with an expression of interest to Jonathan Way: [email protected]. Registration closes on 17th November 2012.