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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

Sponsored by: and

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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

09:15 – 09:30:

Welcome and Introduction

09:30 – 10:40:

 

Brad Hooker (University of Reading, UK):

"Well-Being and Fittingness"

10:40 – 11:10:

Coffee Break

11:10 – 12:20:

 

Guy Fletcher (University of Edinburgh, UK) - online:

“All’s Well that Ends Well?”

12:20 – 14:00:

Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:10:

 

Ole Martin Moen (Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway):

“Was Aristotle a hedonist about well-being?”

15:10 – 15:40:

Coffee Break

15:40 – 16:50:

 

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

09:15 – 09:30:

Introduction

09:30 – 10:40:

 

Roger Crisp (University of Oxford, UK):

“The profoundest problem of ethics”

10:40 – 11:10:

Coffee Break

11:10 – 12:20:

 

Lisa Schmalzried (Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics, Germany):

“Why should I care?”

12:20 – 14:00:

Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:10:

 

Paul Bloomfield (University of Connecticut, USA):

“Self-Respect as the Reward of Morality”

15:10 – 15:40:

Coffee Break

15:40 – 16:50:

 

Melanie Spangehl (University of Konstanz, Germany):

“The Benefit of Morality is the Quality of Pleasure”

19:00:

Conference Dinner at Wessenberg

Speakers

Guy Fletcher

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 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 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 Brad Hooker is Emeritus Professor at the University of Reading. He was awarded a doctorate at Oxford in 1986 under the supervision of Derek Parfit and James Griffin. He is the author of Ideal Code, Real World: A Rule-consequentialist Theory of Morality, editor of...

Paul Bloomfield

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 MoenOle 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 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

Susanne BurriMelanie 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...

Farewell from the Organisers

On Sept. 7 – 8 we hosted the Morality’s Reward Conference at the University of Konstanz – an amazing event for us.

The friendly atmosphere among all participants was a great pleasure and facilitated getting in touch with each other.

We are very grateful for the fruitful exchange that we had with the speakers and participants about the possibility of a reconciliation between morality and individual well-being.

The discussions at the conference have shed light on the difficulties, prospects and conditions for a success of the reconciliation project and will be helpful for future research in this field.

Sincere thanks is due to the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the Doctoral Fund of the University of Konstanz for the funding that they have provided to make this event possible.

Best wishes from the organisers,

Melanie and Susanne

University of Konstanz

Department of Philosophy

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D-78464 Konstanz

Phone +49 (0)7531 88-0

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