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Spring Conference March 12-14, 2010
Theme: Practical Ethics
Erdman Hall Conference Center of Princeton Theological Seminary
Practical Ethics
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Among Scottish philosophers of the 18th and 19th century speculative and practical ethics were intertwined in ways that subsequently became alien to analytic philosophy. The re-emergence of "applied" or practical ethics in late 20th century philosophy has reopened the question of the relation between the two. This conference has a dual purpose: to investigate the ways in which the Scottish philosophical tradition combined an interest in theoretical and practical ethics and explore their relevance to contemporary moral philosophy. Papers are invited that address practical ethics. Topics of particular interest include 1) the ways in which the Scottish philosophical tradition combined theoretical and practical ethics and 2) explorations of the degree to which Scottish practical ethics might be relevant to contemporary philosophical concerns.
Plenary Speakers:
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Fania Oz-Salzberger
Faculty of Law, University of Haifa and Rockefeller Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University Center for Human Values 2009-10
“Ethics in Politics: Hume versus Ferguson”
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Colin Heydt
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of South Florida and ACLS Fellow 2009-10
"Debating Duties to Others in Eighteenth Century Britain".
Conference Schedule
Friday 12th
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1-2:30 p.m. - Session I
Fred Ablondi, Hendrix College, 'Beattie on Human Nature'
Thomas D Kennedy, Berry College, 'Fordyce on Practical Ethics'
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Break
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2.45-3:45 - PLENARY LECTURE I Colin Heydt, University of South Florida
'Debating Duties to Others in Eighteenth Century Britain'.
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Break
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4 -5:30 - Paper Session II
Petra Van Brabandt, University of Antwerp 'Female Chastity, a Nunnish Virtue?'
Alison McIntyre, Wellesley College, 'Pride's Embarrassments in The Whole Duty of Man'
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6-7 Dinner 7.30 Reception
Saturday 13th
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9-10:30 a.m. - Paper Session III
James Foster, Princeton Seminary, 'Reid and Augustine'
Christian Maurer, University of Blaise Pascal, 'Archibald Campbell on Self-Cultivation and Self denial'
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Break
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10:45-11:45 PLENARY II Fania Oz-Salzberger, University of Haifa and Princeton University Center for Human Values
'Ethics in Politics: Hume versus Ferguson'
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12-1 Lunch
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1:15-2:45 - Paper Session IV
Gordon Graham, Princeton Seminary, 'Reid on Judgment and the Irrelevance of Realism'
Remy Debes, University of Memphis 'A compass to the 'Real": the sentiment of approval'
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Free time
Dinner at Mountain Lakes
Sunday 14th
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9:15-10:45 a.m. - Paper Session V
Jacqueline Taylor, University of San Francisco, 'The Practical Implications of Humean Humanity'
Max Grober, Austin College, 'A steady contempt of life: suicide narratives in Hume and others'
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Break
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11-12 Panel Discussion
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Close of conference
The cost of the conference is $225 including registration, meals, and lodging. Registration only is $50. An optional conference banquet ou of town is an additional $50, including transportation.
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Revised versions of presented papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Scottish Philosophy (Guest Editor: Colin Heydt).
2nd Princeton International Symposium on Scottish Philosophy & 18th Scottish Studies Society Annual Conference in association & the International Adam Smith Society
Thomas Reid, William Cullen and Adam Smith: The Science of Mind and Body in the Scottish Enlightenment.
Celebrating the tercentenary of the births of Reid and Cullen.
Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, NJ, 24-27 June 2010.
A conference on the interplay of philosophy, medicine, science, religion, literature, and political economy during the Scottish Enlightenment, and its influence in Princeton and America.
Plenary Lectures:
Aaron Garrett, Boston University, "Thomas Reid as Historian of Philosophy"
Guenter B. Risse, Emeritus, University of California San Francisco, "William Cullen and His Edinburgh Medical World."
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