The Truth of Ethics
Fordham University Graduate Philosophy Conference
February 24 - 25, 2012
(Tentative Schedule)
Day 1: Friday, February 24
3:45-4:15 pm - Welcome
4:15-5:45pm - Session 1: Tradition, Bias, and Ethics
Kevin Tobia, (Rutgers University) “Experts, Biases, and the Truth Content of Moral Intuitions”
Peter Seipel (Fordham University) “MacIntyre and the Rationality of Moral Traditions”
5:45-6:45pm - Dinner
7:15-8:45pm - Plenary Lecture by Dr. Baur (Tognino Hall)
8:45pm - Reception (Collins Hall)
Day 2: Saturday, February 25
9:00-9:30am - Coffee and Brunch
9:30-11:00am - Session 2: Moral Reasoning
Nicholas Engel (Columbia University) “Harman on Moral Reasoning”
Ryan Kemp (University of Notre Dame) “Korsgaard and Wittgenstein on the Privacy of Reasons”
11:00-11:15am - Coffee Break
11:15am-12:45pm - Session 3: Moral Realism?
Daniel Osusksy (Texas Tech University)
“Error Theory without the Error: Crispin Wright and Superassertibility”
Nicolas Delon (Université de Picardie Jules Verne, CURAPP)
“The Truth about Animal Moral Status: from Science to Context ”
12:45-2:15pm - Lunch
2:15-3:45pm - Session 4: Moral Intuitions
Brian Besong (Purdue University) “Prudence and a Properly Functioning Conscience”
Nathan Robert Howard (University of Toronto) “What Good Are Counterexamples in Ethics?"
3:45-4:15pm - Coffee Break
4:15-6:30pm - Session 5: Naturalism and Morality
Steve Coyne (University of Toronto)
"The Open Question Argument and Non-Reductive Moral Naturalism"
Grace Hunt (New School for Social Research)
“Unearthing the Authority of Nietzsche’s Re-Evaluation of Values”
John Mumm (Fordham University)
“Deliberating Together: Practical Reasons and the Function of Normative Discourse”
7:00-8:30pm - Keynote Lecture by Dr. Darwall (Tognino Hall)
8:30pm - Conference Banquet
Sponsors:
Fordham Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Fordham Graduate Student Association
Fordham Philosophical Society
Fordham Office of the Provost
Fordham Philosophy Department
International Philosophical Quarterly
Center for Ethics Education
