Open Workshop: Emotions and Moral Motivation
Presentations from the Philosophy department at Manchester with guests from Osnabrück and Neuchâtel – students and staff from all disciplines welcome.
Monday 5th Nov (2nd floor Arthur Lewis Building Boardroom, 2.016/017, 9am-4pm)
- 9.00-9.30: Welcome
- 9.30-10.20: Chloë FitzGerald (University of Manchester) ‘Moral or conventional motivation?’
- 10.40-11.30: Gayle Impey (University of Manchester) ‘Adam Smith and Empathy.’
- 11.50-12.40: Jan Slaby (University of Osnabrück) ‘On being happy regardless of the circumstances.’
- 2.00- 2.50: Myfanwy Williams (University of Manchester) ‘The eighth deadly sin: melancholy and being motivated to be moral.’
- 3.10-4.00: David Liggins (University of Manchester) ‘Smith and Strawson.'
Tuesday 6th Nov (Roscoe Building, room 2.5, 9am-1pm)
- 9.00-9.30: Welcome
- 9.30-10.20: Harry Lesser (University of Manchester) ‘Love is not enough: Kant on moral motivation.’
- 10.40-11.30: Paula Satne Jones (University of Manchester) ‘Moral worth, duty and the emotions.’
- 11.50-1.00: Christian Maurer (University of Neuchâtel) & Christine Clavien (Universities of Neuchâtel, Sorbonne and Lausanne) ‘Was Hutcheson right about psychological egoism?’
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