Evolution and the Metaphysical Conditions of Ethics
Friday, 6 June 2008 to Saturday, 7 June 2008
Location: CRASSH

Friday 6

 

13.30 - 13.45

Registration

13.45 -14.00. 

Welcome and Introduction 

14.00 - 14.45

Assessing Moral Realism in the face of Darwinian Dilemmas

Kevin Brosnan (University of Cambridge)

14.45 - 15.30 

Discussion

15.30 - 16.00 

Tea / Coffee Break

16.00 - 16.45 

Putting morality in its right place.  Ethics and three theories of cultural evolution

    Wybo Houkes  (Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands)

    16.45 - 17.30 

    Discussion

    17.30 - 18.00     

    Tea / Coffee Break 

    18.00 - 18.45 

    Evolution and the Grounds of Ethical Judgements

    Andreas Spahn (Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands)

    18.45 - 19.30 

    Discussion 

    19.30     

    Dinner in a Restaurant in town.  If you are would like to join them for dinner, please contact  Gabriele De Anna or Reception by 30th May.

     

     

    Saturday 7

     

    9.00 - 9.45

    In What Sense Can an Evolutionary Metaethical  Sceptic Be Moral?

    Gabriele De Anna (Trinity Hall, Cambridge)

    9.45 - 10.30

    Discussion

    10.30 - 11.00  

    Tea / Coffee Break 

    11.00 - 11.45

    In What Sense Can an Moral Realist be an Evolutionist?

    Christian Illies (Technical University Delft, Netherlands)

    11.45 - 12.30

    Discussion

      12.30 - 14.00 

      Lunch

      14.00 - 14.45 

      Platonism and Darwinism

      Christian Spahn (University of Jena, Germany)

      14.45 - 15.30

      Discussion

      15.30 - 16.00 

      Tea / Coffee Break 

      16.00 - 16.45

      Selective Pressures between  'Cheap Tricks' and Evolutionary Neutrality: Lessons from the Function Debate

      Predrag Sustar  (University of Rijeka, Croatia)

      16.45 - 17.30             

      Discussion 

      17.30 - 18.30 

      Conclusions by Gabriele De Anna and Christian Illies 

      19.00         

      Conference Dinner at Trinity Hall.

      Those interested in joining for the dinner can contact Gabriele De Anna (gd299@cam.ac.uk) by 20th May 2008 .   Approximate Cost £40.00