KANTIAN ETHICS AND MORAL LIFE

International conference

 September 20–21, 2012

University of Antwerp, Belgium

The conference Kantian Ethics and Moral Life aims at bringing together influential authors and young Kant scholars, permitting the participants to engage into a debate concerning the various facets of Kant’s views on how human beings can lead a moral life and on what features are necessary and distinctive for leading a moral life. It invites participants to question and challenge Kant’s thought for its present-day relevance and to discuss Kantian approaches to specific problems in (applied) ethics, but it also welcomes exegetical approaches to Kant’s account of moral life.

Confirmed speakers

• Marcus Duewell (Universiteit Utrecht)

• Paul Guyer (University of Pennsylvania)

• Barbara Herman (UCLA)

• Pauline Kleingeld (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)

• Jens Timmermann (University of St. Andrews)

Call for Abstracts

In addition to the plenary sessions there will be room for presentations of short papers (20-30 min). If you wish to contribute, please send an abstract of 500 words to liesbet.vanhaute@ua.ac.be. The deadline for submission is 30 September 2011. Participants whose abstract is accepted will be asked to send in a full paper by May 2012.

For further information and a full description of the conference theme, please contact liesbet.vanhaute@ua.ac.be or stijn.vanimpe@ugent.be