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 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 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), 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), 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>. -- [LOGIC] mailing list http://www.dvmlg.de/mailingliste.html Archive: http://www.illc.uva.nl/LogicList/ provided by a collaboration of the DVMLG, the Maths Departments in Bonn and Hamburg, and the ILLC at the Universiteit van Amsterdam