Kant in Canada REGISTRATION INVITATION

Join us for a two-day workshop on Kant’s philosophy with leading experts, junior scholars, and graduate students, all working in Canada! 

Below is a program of presentations. The schedule may change, but all speakers are confirmed. Registered attendees will be kept abreast of any changes to the schedule. Venues for all talks will be shared with registered attendees closer to the conference dates.

To register, please email Logan Ginther at [email protected].

PROGRAM OF PRESENTATIONS

Wednesday, Dec. 4

11:00am-12:00pm - Sergio Tenenbaum and Owen Ware (Toronto) – “Autonomy, the Kingdom of Ends, and the Highest Good”

12:00pm-1:00pm - Sylvie Loriaux (Laval) – “Kant on Civil Subordination and Duties to Self”

1:00pm-2:00pm – Catered lunch

2:00pm-3:00pm - Logan Ginther (McMaster) – “Developing the Moral Motive: Kant on Love of One’s Neighbour”

3:00pm-4:00pm - Noah Buckle (Toronto) – “Kant on Disposition and the Propensity to Evil”

4:00pm-5:00pm - Emily Carson (McGill) – “Kant and du Châtelet on the Status of Geometry”

6:00pm-7:30pm - Public Keynote Lecture by Arthur Ripstein (Toronto) - “Giving Laws to Ourselves”

Thursday, Dec. 5

10:00am-11:00am - Jacob Weinrib (Queen’s) – “The Constitutional Significance of Human Dignity: What Exactly?”

11:00am-12:00pm - Jean-Francois Letourneau (Laval) - “A Contextualist Reading of Kant’s Writings on Human Biodiversity”

12:00pm-1:00pm – Catered lunch

1:00pm-2:00pm - Corey Dyck (Western) – “Maria von Herbert and Kantian Moral Pessimism”

2:00pm-3:00pm - Martina Favaretto (Toronto) – “Kant on Emotions and Moral Worth”

3:00pm-4:00pm - Alice Pinheiro Walla (McMaster) - “Kantian Hospitality as a Communication Right”