First announcement: Cambridge Metaethics Conference, 18 Nov. 2006 (fwd)
Alan Thew
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 03:38:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Fabian Freyenhagen <ffreye...@yahoo.com>
Subject: First announcement: Cambridge Metaethics Conference, 18 Nov. 2006
[Apologies for cross-posting]
One-day conference on METAETHICS
Topics in Metaethics are among the most discussed and
contested topics in contemporary moral philosophy. In
particular, there are three issues which are
especially salient and will be the focus of this
conference: moral realism/anti-realism, practical
reason and normativity in ethics. The conference
brings together leading contributors to the debates in
Metaethics in order to consolidate and advance the
positions held on these issues. The proceedings of the
conference will be published as a special theme issue
of the Journal of Moral Philosophy.
Date: 18th November 2006
Time: 10.30h-18.30h.
Venue: King’s College, Cambridge
Panel 1: Moral Realism
Speakers: Prof. R. Shafer-Landau (Wisconsin) and Dr.
M. Ridge (Edinburgh)
Panel 2: Practical Reason
Speakers: Prof. J. Broome (Oxford) and Dr. A. Hills
(Bristol)
Panel 3: Normativity in Ethics
Speakers: Prof. O. O’Neill (Cambridge) and Dr. T.
Pink (King’s College London)
Registration fee: £ 10.00 (Waged)/£ 5.00 (unwaged).
(Please note that neither fee includes lunch or dinner
or any accommodation)
The registration form and a provisional timetable can
be found at
http://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/metaethics_nov06/metaethics_nov06.htm
The Conference is generously supported by the Research
Centre of King’s College; the Faculty of Philosophy,
Cambridge; and the Journal of Moral Philosophy.
Any queries or questions should be directed to Fabian
Freyenhagen (fc...@cam.ac.uk).
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