Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: 鈥淥n Seeking Objective Grounds for Moral Evaluation鈥� Abstract: The paper argues that to do justice to questions of objectivity that arise within and about moral discourse,…
Location: Teams (online only) Title: Disharmony as a Political Vice Abstract: In this presentation, I examine two important concepts, those of harmony and disharmony by drawing on some thoughts including…
Location: Teams (online only) Title: Epistemic Dynamics Abstract:聽Epistemic agents are finite and fallible.聽 Our range is limited and some of what we accept is, no doubt, flawed.聽 To achieve our…
Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title:聽“The Mind that Matters: Degrees of Sentience and Moral Status”. Abstract:聽It is often argued that the capacity for conscious experience is necessary for a creature to morally…
Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: Values as Vectors Abstract: Often, two things seem tied in value, though slightly improving one would not break the tie. How can we model such ‘insensitivity…
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Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: QUASI-REALISM FOR REALISTS Abstract: Reductive realists think that normative properties are identical to descriptive properties. But they are often charged with being relativists: it is often…
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Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: 鈥淪uperspreading the Word鈥�. Abstract: Quasi-realists are expressivists who say much of what realists say. To avoid making their view indistinguishable from realism, however, they usually stop…
Location: Edgecliffe G03 Title: Humorlessness and Moral Recognition Abstract: We鈥檙e often quick to point fingers at people who fail to find humor in themselves. And our accusations have a moral…
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