Moral Responsibility

Little is as relevant as moral responsibility for our sense of self and the interactions with others. How and why do we hold people accountable? When is it fair to punish a wrongdoer? What are the cognitive mechanisms that drive responsibility ascriptions? What are the moral and legal implications of scepticism about responsibility? How does the presence of agency modulate our sense of responsibility? This multidisciplinary workshop on Moral Responsibility brings together philosophers, psychologists and cognitive scientists to discuss these fundamentals of human cognition.

Speakers: Monika Betzler (LMU), Cory Clark (Durham), Gregg Caruso (SUNY), Mario Gollwitzer (LMU), Richard Holton (Cambridge), Frederike Beyer (Queen Mary), Mario De Caro (Roma Tre/Tufts), and Joshua Shepherd (Barcelona/Carleton)