Dear all, At the next meeting of the SMG we will have Andrew Sepielli (Toronto University) presenting a talk entitled ‘On the Superficiality of Normative Ethics’ (abstract below, which you may recognise from last week’s incorrect abstract). As usual it will be on Wednesday (the 8th) from 4.30 to 6pm in the Philosophy Faculty Board Room. The talk should last about 45 minutes followed by questions and discussion. All graduate students are welcome.
After the talk we will be going to a nearby restaurant for dinner. If you would like to join us (at your own expense) please let me know by midday Tuesday. A full list of speakers for Lent and Easter term is available here: https://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/seminars-phil/SMG Abstract: Upon which mundane aspects of the world should we focus if we wish to say the right things about the status of normative ethics? I say: Primarily on what I call the "depth" or "superficiality" of inquiry and debate. The conclusions we form pursuant to deep inquiry and debate have effects on our other beliefs, our non-conceptual representational states, and our actions that those we form pursuant to superficial debate and inquiry do not. I'll show how the superficiality of the debates we tend to lump under "normative ethics" explains not only why normative ethics is an objective but autonomous domain of inquiry, but also why it appears in many respects not to be objective. I hope to see you there! Nathan Hawkins PhD student in Philosophy Cambridge University _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
