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VERSION 18/03/2008

 

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice: How do they relate?

Conference on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the journal  Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 March 2008

Location: Main Building of Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105

 

Downloadable Program (PDF format)

 

TUESDAY, MARCH 18

time

activity

 

 

room

15.00 – 17.00

registration

 

 

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19

 

 

time

activity

speaker/presenter

title lecture/paper

room

8.30

registration

 

 

congresbalie 

8.45 – 9.15

coffee & tea

 

 

foyer 

9.15 – 9.30

opening

Bert Musschenga, VU University

 

Auditorium

9.30 – 11.00

keynote address

Dieter Birnbacher, University of Dusseldorf

What motivates us to care for the distant future?

Auditorium

11.00 – 11.30

coffee & tea

 

 

foyer 

 

 

 

 

 

11.30 – 12.45

session IA

chair: Anna Bergqvist

 

 

14 A 02

 

 

Kime, M

Universalism and Ethical Schizophrenia: A Call for Treatment

 

 

 

Jansen, C

The Amoralist’s judgement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IB

chair: Michael Lacewing

 

 

14 A 08

 

 

Backström, J.

Do we really want to know? On self-deception and the naivety of theory

 

 

 

Bagnoli, C.

Reflective Mobsters, Autonomy and Self-Respect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IC

chair: Robert Heeger

 

 

14 A 05

 

 

Kihlbom, U.

To Narrow the Gap by way of Empirical Ethics

 

 

 

Zielinska, A.C.

Normativity and Moral Psychology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session ID

chair: Andreas Lind

 

 

11 A 12

 

 

Egonsson, D.

Kant's Principle and the Mitigation of Responsibility

 

 

 

Goldman, A.

Is Moral Motivation Rationally Required?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IE

chair: Toni Ronnow-Rasmussen

 

 

13 A 11/13

 

 

Brown, E.

Transparency Arguments

 

 

 

Petterson, B.

Moral Responsibility and Causal Involvement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IF

chair: Wibren van der Burg

 

 

 

15 A 42

 

 

Räikkä, J.

On the Ethics of Political Conspiracy Theories

 

 

 

Toppinen, P.

Two Roles of Deliberation in Democratic Procedures

 

12.45 – 14.00

lunch

 

 

restaurant 

 

 

 

 

 

14.00 – 15.45

session IIA

chair: Zoe Drayson

 

 

14 A 02

 

 

Otsuka, M. and Voorhoeve, A. 

Why It Matters that Some Are Worse Off than Others: An Argument against Parfit's Priority View

 

 

 

Williston, B.

Situationism and Moral Responsibility

 

 

 

Wilson, J.

Intuitions, Empirical Research and Reflective Equilibrium

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IIB

chair: Bert Musschenga

 

 

14 A 04

 

 

Beggs, S.

Becoming Morally Better through Novels, with Caution

 

 

 

Bransen, J.

Ethics, Politics and Behavioural Science as Competing Social Arrangements for Moral Growth

 

 

 

Brey, P.

Well-being, contingency, and socio-cultural change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IIC

chair: Michael Quante

Amato, Andrea

The Ethic of Foundation and Principles. The Ethic of Criteria and Possibilities

14 A 13

 

 

Björnsson, G.

Regaining the Importance of Metaethics

 

 

 

Cochrane, A.

Rationalist Moral Realism: Two Norms of Morality and Two Norms of Rationality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IID

chair: Michael Cholbi

 

 

12 A 04

 

 

Eylon, Y.

Must a Virtuous Person Engage in Reflective Criticism?

 

 

 

Fjellstrom, R.

One should – but should I?

 

 

 

Kalis, A.

Haidt and a Hype: Some Thoughts about Moral Judgements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IIE

chair: Björn Petersson

 

 

11 A 10

 

 

Samet-Porat,I

Satanic Motivations

 

 

 

Spence, E

Between a Rock and the Deep Blue Sea: Moral Justification, Motivation and Compliance

 

 

 

 

Strandberg, C

An Internalist Dilemma 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.45 – 16.15

coffee & tea

 

 

foyer 

 

 

 

 

 

16.15 – 18.00

session IIIA

chair: Michael Quante

 

 

14 A 13

 

 

Burch Brown, J.

Consequences, Climate Change and Limits to Knowledge: Ethics under Partial Ignorance

 

 

 

Cave, E.

The Moral Status of Sexual Seduction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IIIB

chair: Dan Egonsson

 

 

14 A 14

 

 

Bergqvist, A.

What kind of ethical theory might be of help to a moral practice (if any)?

 

 

 

Burg, W. van der

The Incommensurability of Theory and Practice

 

 

 

Callcut, D.

Bernard Williams on Moral Theory and Moral Practice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IIIC

chair: Jan Bransen

 

 

5 A 10

 

 

Brännmark, J.

We-Judgments: On Speaking for the Community

 

 

 

Hennig, B.

Virtues and Intentions

 

 

 

Gianni, M.

Context-based vs. generalisation-based approaches to normative puzzles: An epistemological, methodological and normative assessment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IIID

chair: Alex Voorhoeve

 

 

5 A 11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lind, A

Moral Theory and the Practicality Requirement

 

 

 

Rodogno, R.

The Role of Reasons in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IIIE

chair: Michael Zimmerman

 

 

 

5 A 12

 

 

Lacewing, M.

'What Reason Can't Do: An Implication of Psychoanalysis for Ethical Theory'

 

 

 

Schinkel, A

Some presuppositions, and one possible answer to the Question: What kind of ethical theory might be of help to moral practice (if any)?

 

 

 

Schönecker, D.

Ethical Theory, Moral Practice, and the Burden of Proof

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IIIF

chair: Maureen Sie

 

 

6 A 02

 

 

Toft, K.H.

'Primates and Philosophers': Reciprocity and Distant People in Need

 

 

 

Weinberg, J.

Competent Acquaintance, Decision-Dependent Judgments, and Normative Experimentation

 

 

 

Wright, C.W.

Reasoned Deliberation and Unreasoned Intuition in Everyday Moral Judgment: Jürgen Habermas and Jonathan Haidt in Dialogue

 

 

 

 

 

 

19.00

conference dinner

 

 

Restaurant Café Veranda

Amstelveenseweg 764

tel 020-6445814

 

 

 

THURSDAY, MARCH 20

time

activity

speaker/presenter

title lecture/paper

room

 

 

 

 

 

9.00 – 10.30

keynote address

John Skorupski, University of St Andrews

Sentimentalism: Its Scope and Limits

Auditorium

10.30 – 11.00

coffee & tea

 

 

foyer 

11.00 – 12.45

session IVA

chair: Bert Musschenga

 

 

14 A 02

 

 

Frowe, H

Self-defence, Non-combatants and Terrorism

 

 

 

Goodwin, T.L.

The Problem of 'Dirty Hands': Morally Complicated but Conceptually Clear

 

 

 

Mandelbaum, E. et al.

Responsibility and the Brain Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IVB

chair: Johan Brännmark

 

 

14 A 04

 

 

Davis, J.K.

Moral Practice and Applying

Principles to Cases

 

 

 

Hämäläinen, N.

Is Ethical Theory Destructive in Practice?

 

 

 

Hoven, M.A. van den

Critical reflection in professional ethics education: Is there a (mis)match between applied philosophy and (educational) practice?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IVC

chair: Michael Quante

 

 

14 A 13

 

 

Dimitriou, K.

The Moral Status of Motives

 

 

 

Giebel, H.M. et al.

Joseph A. Grundtner, Maria C. Rode, Tonia S. Bock

The Effect of Undergraduate Philosophical Ethics Courses on Moral Judgment, Moral Motivation, and Moral Behavior

 

 

 

Krämer, F.

What is a Morally Appropriate Response? The Role of Emotions in Moral Judgment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IVD

chair: Gunnar Bjørnsson

 

 

12 A 4

 

 

Jensen, K.K.

The Working of Fairness-Claims

 

 

 

Knorpp, W.M.

Logical Psychologism, Moral Relativism and the Relation between Norms and the Scientific Descriptions of Practice

 

 

 

Pantazatos. A.

Pluralistic Account of Values and the Dualism of Practical Reason

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IVE

chair: Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen

 

 

11 A 10

 

 

Radoilska, L.

Collective Responsibility: An Aristotelian Approach

 

 

 

Roberts, B.

Desert versus Entitlement

 

 

 

Sarkissian, H.

Minor Manners, Major Effects: A Social Psychological Defense of Propriety

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session IVF

chair: Robert Heeger

 

 

8 A 10

 

 

Schellenberg, I.

Clinical Medical Ethics Consultations: The Pervasiveness of Patient Manipulation

 

 

 

Weinstock, D.

Rescuing Ethics from the Juridical Model

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.45 – 14.00

lunch

 

 

Restaurant 

 

 

 

 

 

14.00 – 15.30

keynote address

Alfred Mele, Florida State University

Moral Responsibilities and Agents’ Histories

Auditorium

 

 

 

 

 

15.30 – 16.00

coffee & tea

 

 

foyer 

 

 

 

 

 

15.45 – 17.15

session VA

chair: Bert Musschenga

 

 

14 A 02

 

 

Cingel, C.J.M. van der; Huijer, M;  Boomkens R

Compassion and Professional Care: Exploring the Domain

 

 

 

Dwarswaard, J., Hilhorst, M & Trappenburg, M

50 Years of moralizing strategies in Dutch general practice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session VB

chair: Michael Quante

 

 

14 A 04

 

 

Kole, J.J.

Beyond reflective equilibrium: Theory and method of justification in professional ethics

 

 

 

Snow, N.E.

How Ethical Theory Can Improve Practice: Lessons from Abu Ghraib

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session VC

chair: Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen

 

 

14 A 13

 

 

Drayson, Z.

Situationism and Psychological Explanation

 

 

 

Horstkötter, D.

On being unconcerned

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session VD

chair: Robert Heeger

 

 

12 A 04

 

 

Nawrath, T.

Being Morally Obligated – but Also Feeling Obligated? On Kant's Foundation of Moral Education

 

 

 

O’Hagan, E.

Moral Self-Knowledge in Kantian Ethics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session VE

chair: Caj Strandberg

 

 

11 A 10

 

 

Martin, A.M.

Hope, Fantasy, and Commitment

 

 

 

Sie, M.M.S.K.

Moral Agency, Conscious Control and Deliberative Awareness

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

session VF

chair: Helen Frowe

 

 

1 A 08

 

 

Zimmerman, M.J.

Ross on Retributivism

 

 

 

 

Cholbi, M.

Moore's Paradox and Moral Motivation

 

 

 

 

 

 

17.15

closure

Robert Heeger, Utrecht University

 

Auditorium

 

 
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