German Idealism and Normativity conference
14-15 March 2007
Venue: Humanities Institute of Ireland, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4
Wednesday 14th March
2.00-3.30: Paul Franks (Toronto), “Normativity, Naturalism, and Individuality”
4.00-5.30: Frederick Beiser (Syracuse), “Neo-Kantianism, Normativity and Historicism”
Thursday 15th March
9.30-11.00: Marcus Willaschek (Frankfurt), “No Obligation without Consent. Kant on Autonomy”
11.30-1.00: Gerhard Seel (Berne), “How does Kant justify the “Universal law of right,” if at all?”
2.30-4.00: Robert Stern (Sheffield), “Freedom, Self-Legislation and Morality in Kant and Hegel: Constructivist vs. Realist Accounts”
4.30-6.00: Georg Mohr (Bremen), “Practical Reasoning and Motivation: Kant on Normative Knowledge and Moral Sentiment”
This conference forms part of a Normativity Research Programme in the School of Philosophy. See the project website for further details: http://www.ucd.ie/philosophy/news/norm_research.html
Details on registration will be announced later. For other enquiries please contact the conference organizer: Dr Brian O’Connor, UCD School of Philosophy, John Henry Newman Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland