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Philosophy of Green Economics (Sat 18 Nov, 2006)

Philosophy of Green Economics ConferenceSaturday  18th November 2006  10 am - 6 pm

at the Friends Meeting House, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster

Admission is £15.00 for the day, payable in advance. Plus vegetarian and vegan catering and all day tea and coffee. Bookings now open. Note that the venue is wheelchair accessible on the ground floor only.

Please register for the conference using the booking form on the website www.greeneconomics.org.uk and send your cheque payable to "The Green Economics Institute"  to The Green Economics Institute, 6 Strachey Close, Tidmarsh, Reading RG8 8EP.

Programme

10 - 10.30 am          Welcome and Coffee

10.30 - 11.45 am          Introductory session

Plenary: The need for a Philosophy of Green Economics

Chair Dr Anne Chapman

Miriam Kennet Director Green Economics Institute, Mansfield College Oxford University, Roots and philosophy of Green Economics

Professor John O'Neill, Philosopher Lancaster University, Why we need a philosophy of Green Economics

Dr Philip Hutchinson Philosophy of Green Economics

11.45 am - 12.00          Coffee  break

12 - 1.00 pm

Parallel Sessions;The aims of the economy

Professor Andrew Sayer, Sociology Lancaster University, The moral economy

Dr Pat Devine, Manchester University, Economist

1.00 - 2.00 pm         Lunch

2.00 - 3.00 pm

Parallel sessions:  Ethics and the economy for the world

Professor John Whitelegg Ethics and the environment

Professor Mary Mellor,  'Critical immanent realism: a philosophy for an embodied and embedded humanity'

3.00 - 4.00 pm

Parallel sessions:

The development of  Issues, schools and tools in the evolution of Green Economics philosophy Professor John O'Neill, Philosopher Lancaster University, Why we need a philosophy of Green Economics

David Tyfield Philosopher

Anthony Alexander philosopher  (to be confirmed)

4.00 - 4.30 pm          Tea

4.30 - 5.15 pm

Parallel sessions: Suggestions in Economic philosophy

Dr Philip Hutchinson Philosophy of Green Economics

Dr David Rodway  Philosopher "Ecologism: The new paradigm and revolution in perception & thought in philosophy, science, art, politics & economics - countering the neo-liberal (Cartesian) tyranny, and saving the planet".

5.15 - 6.00 pm

Parallel  sessions:  Towards a new economy for the world

Dr Anne Chapman The economy of the world

Dr Dan Rigby,Senior Lecturer, Environmental Economics, School of Economic Studies, Manchester University

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Miriam Kennet, Institute Director greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com

Ethical Aspects of Risk (14-16 June, 2006)

Ethical Aspects of Risk, 14-16 June 2006 Philosophy Department, Delft University of Technology REGISTRATION IS STILL POSSIBLE!

http://www.ethicsrisk.tbm.tudelft.nl/registration.asp

Keynote speakers:

Ruth Chadwick University of Lancaster

Carl Cranor University of California Riverside

Douglas MacLean University of North Carolina

Paul Slovic Decision Research, Oregon

Technology has advanced human well being in a myriad of respects, such as energy, communication and abilities to travel. Still, every technology also has negative side-effects, such as risks from accidents and pollution. A standard way to judge the acceptability of a specific technology is cost-benefit analysis. However, next to the balance between the benefits and risks of a technology the following considerations seem to be important: the distribution of costs and benefits, whether a risk is voluntarily taken, whether there are available alternatives etc. How to judge whether a risk is acceptable is a pressing ethical question that deserves thorough investigation. There is a vast amount of sociological and psychological research on acceptable risks, but surprisingly, there is only very little research from moral philosophy on risks. This conference aims to fill this gap by bringing together moral philosophers, sociologists, psychologists and engineers to reflect on the ethical issues concerning 'acceptable risk'.

The following questions will be the focus of the conference:

  • What are morally legitimate considerations in judging the acceptability of risks? Is cost-benefit analysis the best way or do we need additional considerations?
  • What role should emotions play in judging the acceptability of risks? Are they irrational and distorting or are they a necessary precondition for practically rational judgments?
  • What role should the public play in judging the acceptability of risks (e.g. informed consent procedures analogous to medical ethics)?
  • Is the precautionary principle a fruitful tool in dealing with risks?

Visit the conference website at http://www.ethicsrisk.tbm.tudelft.nl/

For inquiries, contact the organization committee through ethicsrisk@tbm.tudelft.nl

Organization:

Sabine Roeser and Lotte Asveld;

conference management: Henneke Piekhaar ----- 2628 BX Delft The Netherlands T: +31-15-2788779 F: +31-15-2786233 E: S.Roeser@tudelft.nl

http://www.tbm.tudelft.nl/webstaf/sabiner/

Lost and Philosophy

Lost and Philosophy Call for Abstracts

Sharon M. Kaye, Editor (skaye@jcu.edu) William Irwin, General Editor (wtirwin@kings.edu) The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series

To propose ideas for future volumes in the Blackwell series please contact William Irwin, <mailto:wtirwin@kings.edu>.

Abstracts and subsequent essays should be philosophically substantial but accessible, written to engage the intelligent lay reader. Contributors of accepted essays will receive an honorarium.

Possible themes and topics might include, but are not limited to, the following:

Is "John Locke" John Locke?; Socrates and Sawyer on egoism; Hurley, Descartes, and Skepticism; Kate, Kant, and the value of good will; Would Aristotle see Jack as a man of virtue?; Prisoners' dilemma strategies among the islanders; Nietzsche, survival, and salvation; Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the noble savage; Jean-Paul Sartre's Other and The Others; Dharma, free will, and fate; Hobbes and the state of nature; The metaphysics of tropical polar bears; The ethics of deception, torture, incest, drug use, and experimentation on human subjects; The Lost women and feminism; Flashback selves: continuity or reinvention?; Foucault, power, and insanity; Aquinas and Rose on faith and reason; Lost numerology; Bootstrapping society: communitarianism vs. liberalism.Contributor guidelines: 1. Abstract of paper (100-500 words).

2. CV or resume for each author and co-author.

3. Submission deadline for abstracts: July 10, 2006

4. Submission deadline for first drafts of accepted papers: October 10, 2006

5. Submission deadline for final papers: February 1, 2007.

6. Submissions should be sent by e-mail, with or without Word attachment to: Sharon Kaye, Associate Professor, John Carroll University (skaye@jcu.edu)