British Personalist Forum: Workshop Announcement

WORKSHOP ON ‘ETHICS OF THE PERSON’

SATURDAY MARCH 24th, 10.00 to 4.30.

in

ROOM 307, The BOOTS library

NO FEES!

Drinks and snacks will be available in the café  in the library.

This Workshop is designed primarily for undergraduate and postgraduate students but everyone is welcome.

Would all who wish to attend please contact us at webmaster@britishpersonalistforum.org. uk by  March 20th so that we can arrange the seating.

 

Programme

10-10.30         Registration and welcome;

10.30-12.30    Four 30 min. sessions, each of 15 mins for a short paper, and 15 mins for discussion;

12.30-1.30      Lunch

1.30- 3.30       Four 30 min. sessions, as before.

3.30-4.30        Short break followed by General Discussion and Close.

PAPERS

Preference will be given to submissions by students. We also prefer speakers’ own thoughts about their chosen topics, or at least critical accounts of work by others with positive alternatives to any negative ones.

Papers should be about 1000-1500 max. words long.

The deadline for submission of papers is 12 noon, Friday March 16th Please send them to webmaster@britishpersonalistforum.org.uk

some Suggestions for topics

The role and value of persons in:

          Utilitarianism or other Consequentialisms,

          Kant’s ethics,

          situation ethics and moral particularism,

          virtue ethics,

          individualism or collectivism,

          or any other system of ethics.

What aspects of persons are morally significant?

The choice of either egoism or altruism.

 Justice and persons.

For more about Personalism go to britishpersonalistforum.org.uk and follow the links.