International Conference
Morality's Reward
New Approaches to Reconcile Morality with Individual Well-Being
University of Konstanz (Germany)
Department of Philosophy
September 7 - 8, 2023
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Aims and Objectives
The search for forceful vindications of morality can never get out of fashion. But the idea to vindicate morality from a self-interested standpoint is indeed one ...
Background
A look into the history of ethics reveals that morality’s relationship to individual well-being has been a matter of controversy for millennia. The ancient Greeks...
Structure
This two-day conference investigates whether Butler’s hope can be fulfilled and is divided into two sessions: a session about the concept of well-being...
Program
September 7 – Conference Day 1:
The Concept of Well-Being
Location: Conference Room K 7 |
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09:15 – 09:30: |
Welcome and Introduction |
09:30 – 10:40:
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Brad Hooker (University of Reading, UK): "Well-Being and Fittingness" |
10:40 – 11:10: |
Coffee Break |
11:10 – 12:20:
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Guy Fletcher (University of Edinburgh, UK) - online: “All’s Well that Ends Well?” |
12:20 – 14:00: |
Lunch Break |
14:00 – 15:10:
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Ole Martin Moen (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway): “Was Aristotle a hedonist about well-being?” |
15:10 – 15:40: |
Coffee Break |
15:40 – 16:50:
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Susanne Burri (University of Konstanz, Germany): “Death, Wellbeing, and Morality” |
19:00: |
Conference Dinner at Constanzer Wirtshaus |
Program
September 8 – Conference Day 2:
Morality and Well-being
Location: Conference Room K 7 |
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09:15 – 09:30: |
Introduction |
09:30 – 10:40:
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Roger Crisp (University of Oxford, UK): “The profoundest problem of ethics” |
10:40 – 11:10: |
Coffee Break |
11:10 – 12:20:
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Lisa Schmalzried (Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics, Germany): “Why should I care?” |
12:20 – 14:00: |
Lunch Break |
14:00 – 15:10:
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Paul Bloomfield (University of Connecticut, USA): “Self-Respect as the Reward of Morality” |
15:10 – 15:40: |
Coffee Break |
15:40 – 16:50:
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Melanie Spangehl (University of Konstanz, Germany): “The Benefit of Morality is the Quality of Pleasure” |
19:00: |
Conference Dinner at Wessenberg Haus |
Speakers
Guy Fletcher
Guy Fletcher is senior lecturer in Philosophy at The University of Edinburgh, where he has worked since 2011, initially as a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow and later as regular faculty. His research interests are in practical philosophy in general and philosophy ...
Roger Crisp
Roger Crisp is Director of the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Anne’s College, Oxford. He is the author of Mill on Utilitarianism, Reasons and the ...
Lisa Schmalzried
Lisa Schmalzried studied philosophy at LMU Munich and the University of St. Andrews. She received her doctorate at the LMU Munich and her Venia Legendi for philosophy at the University of Lucerne. She is currently the academic head of the international doctoral...
Brad Hooker
Brad Hooker is a Professor at the University of Reading in England.
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Paul Bloomfield
Paul Bloomfield is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Connecticut since 2013. His areas of specialization range from Metaphysics to Meta-Ethics, Normativity and Normative Ethics. Among his publications are the books Moral Reality (2001)...
Ole Martin Moen
Ole Martin Moen is Professor of Ethics at Oslo Metropolitan University. His latest articles include “Palliative Farming” (Journal of Ethics), “The Ethics of Emergencies” (Philosophical Studies), "Pessimism Counts in Favor of Human Enhancement" (Neuroethics), and “Why ...
Susanne Burri
Susanne Burri is an Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessorin) at the University of Konstanz in Germany. She holds a PhD in Philosophy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), an MSc in Economics & Philosophy from the LSE, and a BA in...
Melanie Spangehl
Melanie Spangehl is a PhD student at the University of Konstanz. She received her BA in Philosophy and Politics and her MA in Philosophy at Konstanz and is currently a fellow of the State Graduate Funding (Baden-Wurttemberg). Her research interests are in moral...
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