The New Methods of Ethics, Conference 1

Department of Philosophy, University of Birmingham

15-16 September, 2016

LG14, Learning Centre, University of Birmingham Campus

15 September, Thursday

13.00-14.15 “Footing the Cost of Normative Contingency”

Jack Woods (Leeds)

14.30-16.00 “Metaethics from the First-Person Perspective”

Keynote Speaker: Catherine Wilson (CUNY/York)

16.15-17.30 “How to Debunk Moral Beliefs”

Victor Kumar (Toronto) and Joshua May (Alabama, Birmingham)

18.00-... Drinks and Dinner

16 September, Friday

9.30-11.00 “TBA”

Keynote speaker: Antti Kauppinen (Tampere)

11.15-12.30 “Casual Slaughters and Purposes Mistook”

Abby Jaques (MIT)

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-15.00 “Moral Rationalism: A Limited Defence”

Keynote Speaker: Shaun Nichols (Arizona)

15.15-16.30 “Consequentialism and the Evaluation of Action Qua Action”

Andrew Sepielli (Toronto)

This conference is funded by the AHRC (as a part of the ‘Building Bridges in Ethics’ project) and the College of Arts and Law at the University of Birmingham. Its purpose is to showcase and discuss some of the most interesting recent work on the new methodological debates in moral philosophy. The conference is open to all, and there is no attendance fee (refreshments will be free, but drinks and dinner will not be included). Because of limited space available, if you intend to attend the workshop, please email Dr Jussi Suikkanen ([email protected]) to book a place.