Conference - Moral Emotions and Intuitions
How do we know what is morally right or wrong, good or bad? There have been innumerable answers to this question in the history of philosophy. Most of these answers can be grouped under two major positions. Either moral experience is emotional, but then it must be subjective (sentimentalism); or it is objective, but then it must be rational (rationalism). This division is based on the dichotomy between reason and emotion. However, this dichotomy has long been rejected by many emotion-scholars from philosophy and psychology alike. They believe that we need emotions in order to be practically rational. This conference will explore the potential contribution that moral emotions and intuitions can make to our moral knowledge.
- Robert Audi (University of Notre Dame)
- Jonathan Dancy (University of Texas/University of Reading)
- Sabine Döring (University of Tübingen)
- Peter Goldie (University of Manchester)
- Robert C. Roberts (Baylor University)
- Nancy Sherman (Georgetown University)
The conference invites contributions by philosophers and psychologists working on moral emotions and intuitions. Possible topics include: the relation between moral emotions and intuitions, the reliability of moral emotions and/or intuitions, the role of emotions and intuitions in virtue ethics, emotions and intuitions in applied ethics, the relation between psychological and philosophical accounts of moral emotions and intuitions, etc. Abstracts (ca. 500 words) can be submitted before February 1st 2011 via email to , notification of participation by February 15th 2011.
The conference will include a book symposium of the following book:
Sabine Roeser (2011), Moral Emotions and Intuitions, Palgrave Macmillan
In my book I defend a combination of ethical intuitionism with a cognitive theory of emotions, which I call ‘affectual intuitionism’. I argue that paradigmatically, our ethical intuitions are cognitive moral emotions, and that we need moral emotions in order to have knowledge of objective, non-reductive moral truths.
The Hague, Eden Babylon Hotel.
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Conference fees:
Early bird registration (before April 15th): 200 Euros regular, 100 Euros PhD-students. This includes all meals (3 x lunch, 2 x dinner). After April 15th: 250 Euros for everyone.
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Conference chair: Prof.dr. Sabine Roeser, Philosophy Departments of University of Twente and TU Delft; http://www.tbm.tudelft.nl/sroeser co-organizers: Sofia Kaliarnta (TU Delft) and dr. Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist (TU Delft/KTH Stockholm).
Organizational support: Henneke Filiz-Piekhaar
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Please note that a conference on a related topic (’Reasons of Love’) will take place the week after in Leuven, at a short distance from The Hague, so you might want to consider attending both events:
http://www.hiw.kuleuven.be/ned/reasonsoflove
The tentative program can be downloaded from here
