UCL Ethics of Risk Workshop and Conference
Jonathan Wolff
On November 10th and 11th we will hold a workshop and a conference on
the ethics of risk. November 10th will focus on the work of members of
the UCL AHRC Ethics of Risk project, while on November 11th we will
hold a one-day conference, with invited speakers, on Moral Decision-
Making Under Uncertainty.
The workshop and conference are supported by the AHRC.
Registration is free, but to register please email Madeleine
Hayenhjelm at m.haye...@ucl.ac.uk stating whether you would like to
attend one or both days.
Note that the workshop will be held at UCL, while the conference is co-
hosted by the Institute of Philosophy in Senate House, University of
London.
November 10th:
Ethics of Risk Workshop
Location Gavin De Beer Lecture Theatre
9.30 Registration
10.00 Dave Holly "Models of Moral Reasoning and Risk"
11.15 Madeleine Hayenhjelm 'The Fair Distribution of Risk'
12.30 Lunch
1.30 Mike Otsuka and Alex Voorhoeve 'The Priority View And Cases
Involving Risk'
2.45 Tea
3.15 Jo Wolff 'Five Types of Risky Situation'
4.30 Finish
November 11th
Moral Decision Making Under Uncertainty
Location: Senate Room, Senate House, Malet Street
Location: Senate Room, Senate House, Malet Street
9.30 Registration
10.00 Luc Bovens (LSE) 10.00 - Ethics, Risk and Public Works: An
Economic Model of Optimal Risk Reduction (Joint work with Marc
Fleurbaey)
11.15 Sabine Roesler (Delft)
12.30 Lunch
1.30 Sven Ove Hansson (Stockholm)
2.45 Tea
3.15 John Broome (Oxford) 'The Most Important Thing About Climate
Change'
4.30 Finish
Jonathan Wolff
Department of Philosophy
University College London
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London
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