20-23 Apr 2010
Groningen, The Netherlands
Formal Ethics Week, April 20-23rd, 2010, University of Groningen
The application of formal tools from logic and rational choice theory to
the analysis of ethical concepts and theories is a rapidly growing field
of research. It has proved its mettle by shedding new light on a variety
of concepts that are central to ethical theory, such as freedom,
responsibility, values, norms, and conventions.
The Formal Ethics Week will be held at the University of Groningen (the
Netherlands) on April 20-23rd, 2010. A joint venture of the Faculty of
Philosophy of the University of Groningen and the Department of
Philosophy of Uppsala University, the workshop aims to bring together
researchers at the crossroads of ethical theory and formal methods.
The event will feature four tutorials by leading scholars:
Tutorial 1: Formal Methods and Philosophy of Public Policy, Luc Bovens
(London School of Economics)
Tutorial 2: Changes in Preferences,Sven Ove Hansson (Royal Institute of
Technology, Stockholm)
Tutorial 3: t.b.a. Jason M. Alexander (London School of Economics)
Tutorial 4: Modelling Value, Wlodek Rabinowicz (Lund University)
Apart from the tutorials, there will be eight working sessions, where
researchers from Groningen and from Uppsala will present and discuss
each others work.
Confirmed participants:
>From Uppsala:
Per Algander, Erik Carlson, Karin Enflo, Kent Hurtig , Karl Pettersson.
>From Groningen:
Constanze Binder, Matthew Braham, Bouwdewijn de Bruin, Martin van Hees,
Barteld Kooi, Olivier Roy, Allard Tamminga, Peter Timmerman.
Attendance to the Formal Ethics Week is open to everyone, but
registration is required. For more information, and to register, please
visit the website of the workshop:
http://www.philos.rug.nl/FEW