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Formal Ethics 2019

19-21 Jun 2019
Gent, Belgium

Formal Ethics 2019 | International Conference | Ghent University | June 19?21, 2019.

The Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science of Ghent University 
(Belgium) is proud to host the sixth Formal Ethics conference, FE2019.

Keynote speakers: Edith Elkind (Oxford), Campbell Brown (LSE), and Ray 
Briggs (Stanford).

About Formal Ethics

Formal Ethics is a common denominator for the application of tools from 
logic, decision theory, game theory, and social choice theory to the 
analysis of concepts in moral and political philosophy and to the 
development of ethical theory. It is a rapidly growing field of research 
which goes back to the work of Kenneth Arrow, Amartya Sen, John Harsanyi, 
Georg Henrik von Wright and others. The field has recently gained new 
impetus with formal work on non-classical logic, freedom and 
responsibility, value theory and the evolution of norms and conventions.

Previous editions of this conference series were held in Groningen (2010), 
Munich (2012), Rotterdam (2014), Bayreuth (2015), and York (2017). See 
www.FE2019.ugent.be/about <http://www.fe2019.ugent.be/about> for 
information about previous Formal Ethics conferences.

Contributed Talks for FE2019

Formal Ethics 2019 will feature a single track for contributed talks of 
40-45 minutes. Authors should submit an extended abstract (1000 words max, 
pdf format) via easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fe2019 
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fe2019> by February 15, 2019. 
Submissions in all areas of formal ethics, broadly construed, are welcome. 
For Formal Ethics 2019, submissions related to joint responsibility and 
collective decision-making are particularly welcome (cf. infra, the 
specific topic for this edition). Contributions need not be formal in 
nature but should show familiarity with applying formal tools and results 
to ethical investigations. We aim at an inclusive conference in which 
speakers at different stages of their careers (including PhD students and 
post-docs) participate. We also aim at a strong representation of female 
scholars. An issue of a specialist journal, dedicated to the conference 
theme, is being planned. Specific topic for FE2019: ?joint responsibility 
and collective decision-making?.

We specifically welcome submissions on the theme of joint responsibility 
and collective decision-making. These notions are under investigation in 
various fields including computer science, (meta)ethics, and political 
theory. Our aim is to further stimulate the synergy between these 
different fields, and to provide a forum for both conceptual, ethical, and 
formal disputes on questions such as:

Does collective responsibility presuppose a notion of (intentional) 
collective agency? Does either notion reduce to a suitable configuration 
of individual attitudes or properties?
  How does or can a group deliberate towards a collective decision problem, 
i.e. how is the agenda for collective decision-making set? How should 
groups reach a decision, once they have settled on a set of alternatives 
to choose from? How) can one compute the distribution of responsibility in 
a multi-agent system? How do collective responsibility and collective 
decision-making relate? Does the latter make for a stronger, or rather for 
a weaker type of collective responsibility?
  How should one interpret or overcome well-known limitative results
  regarding preference aggregation (cf. Arrow, Sen), collective
  decision-making (cf. Dietrich & List) and joint responsibility (cf.
  Braham & Van Hees)?

Important Dates
Deadline for submissions:           15/2/2019, 23h59 CET
Notification of acceptance:          29/3/2019
Conference:                                19-21/06/2019 <tel:19-21/06/2019>
Organization of FE2019

Chairs: Frederik Van De Putte and Federico Faroldi

Programme Committee: Albert Anglberger (Munich), Constanze Binder 
(Rotterdam), Matthew Braham (Hamburg), Jan Broersen (Utrecht), Hein Duijf 
(Utrecht), Federico Faroldi (Ghent/Frankfurt/New York), Conrad Heilmann 
(Rotterdam), John Horty (Maryland), Dominik Klein (Bayreuth and Bamberg), 
Paul McNamara (New Hampshire), Alessandra Marra (Bayreuth), Joke Meheus 
(Ghent), Gillman Payette (Vancouver), Wlodek Rabinowicz (Lund), Oliver Roy 
(Bayreuth), Justin Snedegar (St. Andrews), Katie Steele (Canberra), Allard 
Tamminga (Groningen and Utrecht), Johanna Thoma (LSE), Martin van Hees 
(Amsterdam), and Frederik Van De Putte (Ghent and Bayreuth).

Local Organizing committee: Thijs De Coninck (Ghent), Federico Faroldi 
(Ghent/Frankfurt/New York), Stef Frijters (Ghent), Bert Leuridan 
(Antwerp), Joke Meheus (Ghent), Julie Mennes (Ghent), Frederik Van De 
Putte (Ghent & Bayreuth), Nathan Wood (Ghent)

Scientific Committee: Albert Anglberger (Bayreuth), Constanze Binder 
(Rotterdam), Stefaan Cuypers (Leuven), Karen François (Brussels), Conrad 
Heilmann (Rotterdam), Paul McNamara (New Hampshire), Joke Meheus (Ghent), 
Veerle Provoost (Ghent), Oliver Roy (Bayreuth), Peter Verdée 
(Louvain-La-Neuve), Erik Weber (Ghent)

Steering Committee of Formal Ethics Conference Series: Albert Anglberger 
(Munich), Constanze Binder (Rotterdam), Conrad Heilmann (Rotterdam), Paul 
McNamara (New Hampshire), Oliver Roy (Bayreuth) We are very grateful to 
the following organisations for their funding:

ERC, through the Marie Curie project DYCODE 
<https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/214532_en.html> Research Foundation 
of Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen) Ghent University

Contact and further information: FE2019Ghent@gmail.com 
<mailto:FE2019Ghent@gmail.com> and www.FE2019.ugent.be 
<http://www.fe2019.ugent.be/>.

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