Implications of the Experimental Approach to Ethics

"Ethics and Contemporary Life: Implications of the Experimental Approach to Ethics"

The Applied Ethics Centre (ERA), and The Law and Philosophy Departments at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro will be hosting the event "Ethics and Contemporary Life: Implications of the Experimental Approach to Ethics"

Organizers: Danilo Marcondes de Souza Filho and Noel Struchiner

Funded by: CAPES FINEP U.S. Consulate General Rio de Janeiro

Participants:

Fiery Cushman (Harvard University)
Edouard Machery (University of Pittsburgh)
Thomas Nadelhoffer (Dickinson College/ The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University)
David Pizarro (Cornell University)
Jesse Prinz (City University of New York)

Main Event Date: December 9th, 2010

We will have three sessions: the first will run from 10am to 12pm, the second from 1:30pm to 3:30pm, and the third from 4pm to 6pm.  Other Activities Open to the General Public:

December 7th, 2010 (2pm-5pm): Informal discussion with participants day one

December 8th, 2010 (2pm-5pm): Informal discussion with participants day two

All talks will happen here: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro – Auditório B8 Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Ala Frings, 8º andar - Gávea - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil Contact in case you need further instructions: noel@puc-rio.br

All events will be free of charge! Thanks, Noel Struchiner