Toronto Workshop on Moral Psychology and Moral Theory

The Toronto Workshop on Moral Psychology and Moral Theory will take place at the University of Toronto on November 7–8, 2026.

The workshop aims to bring together philosophers, psychologists, and legal scholars working on questions about the relationship between empirical research on moral cognition and the foundations of moral theory. The goal is to foster interdisciplinary discussion about how empirical work in fields such as psychology, neuroscience, and evolutionary theory bears on moral judgment and the evaluation of moral beliefs.

Invited speakers include:

• Paul Bloom (Psychology, University of Toronto / Yale University)

• Joshua Knobe (Philosophy and Psychology, Yale University)

• Liane Young (Psychology, Boston College)

• Roseanna Sommers (Law and Psychology, University of Michigan)

• Brendan de Kenessey (Philosophy, University of Toronto)

There will also be five papers selected based on the submission of abstracts. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:

• experimental philosophy
• the psychology of moral cognition
• causal cognition and moral judgment
• the neuroscience of moral judgment
• evolutionary approaches to morality
• empirical work bearing on normative ethics or metaethics
• methodological questions about the role of empirical research in moral theory
• debunking arguments and related challenges to moral belief

For more information, please contact the organizer, Andrew Sepielli (Philosophy, University of Toronto), at [email protected].