Neutrality: Reasons, Values, and Times

The aim of the conference is to bring together theorists working on the neutral/relative divide. This divide marks a fault line in normative ethics and rational choice theory.

Below is the program:

July 13

9:00-10:30

David Brink

 Special Concern and Personal Identity

10:45-11:45

 Brian Hedden

 Individual Time Bias and Social Discounting

12:45-1:45

Preston Greene

'It Doesn't Matter Because One Day It Will End'

1:50 -2:50

 Mary Coleman

 Time Bias, Agent Bias, and the Nature of Action

3:05-4:05

Travis Timmerman

 Actualism, Possibilism, and Blameworthy Behavior

4:10-5:40

Douglas Portmore

Maximalismversus Actualism and Possibilism

 July 14

9:00-10:30

Michael Smith

 Constitutivism, neutral vs relative values and reasons, and conditional vs unconditional values and reasons

10:45-11:45

Andrew Forcehimes & Luke Semrau

 Goods, Agents, and their Persistence Over Time

12:45-1:45

Thaddeus Metz

 To What Extent is Life’s Meaning Neutral

1:50-2:50

 Marius Baumann

Consequentializing: A New Interpretation

3:05-4:05

Matthew Hammerton

A Trilemma for Deontologists

4:10-5:40

 Julia Driver

Deferred Promises