"Virtue and Vice: Moral and Intellectual"
Cal State Fullerton's 2008 International Philosophy Conference
Heather Battaly, associate professor of philosophy
What:
Cal State Fullerton's 2008 International Philosophy Conference, "Virtue and Vice: Moral and Intellectual," will address such questions as:
- Can we live well without virtue?
- Does living well require being courageous, just and wise?
- If I am a coward, am I really living a good life?
- Was Aristotle correct when he characterized good lives as virtuous ones?
When:
June 26 and 27, all day
Where:
Fullerton Marriott on the southeast corner of campus
Amy Coplan, assistant professor of philosophy
Why:
"Many of us may think that we are virtuous, think that we know a lot, and think that we are living good lives, but we may be wrong," said Heather Battaly, associate professor of philosophy and conference organizer. "This conference brings together 12 renowned philosophers from five different countries to help us figure out what it takes to be morally and intellectually virtuous or vicious."
Speakers
June 26:
Roger Crisp, Uehiro Fellow in Philosophy at St. Anne's College, Oxford University will deliver the keynote address, "Virtue Ethics and Virtue Epistemology." He is the author of "Reasons and the Good" (Clarendon Press, 2006), and editor of "How Should One Live? Essays on the Virtues" (Clarendon Press, 1996).
Other speakers and their discussion topics:
- Jason Baehr, assistant professor of philosophy, Loyola Marymount University: "Epistemic Malevolence"
- Heather Battaly, associate professor of philosophy, Cal State Fullerton: "Epistemic Self-Indulgence"
- Guy Axtell, professor of philosophy, University of Nevada, Reno: "Intersections: Character-Trait Ascriptions in Ethics and Epistemology"
- Wayne Riggs, associate professor of philosophy, University of Oklahoma: "Insight and Open-Mindedness"
- Miranda Fricker, graduate student in philosophy, Birbeck College, University of London: "Institutional Virtue?"
June 27:
Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski, George Lynn Cross research professor of philosophy and Kingfisher College chair of the philosophy of religion and ethics at the University of Oklahoma, will deliver the keynote address, "Exemplarist Virtue Theory." Her books include "The Dilemma of Freedom and Foreknowledge" (Oxford University Press, 1991), "Virtues of the Mind" (Cambridge University Press, 1996), "Divine Motivation Theory" (Cambridge University Press, 2004) and "Philosophy of Religion: An Historical Introduction" (Blackwell, 2007).
Other speakers and their discussion topics:
- Amy Coplan, assistant professor of philosophy, Cal State Fullerton: "Why I Am Not An Intellectualist"
- Michael Brady, lecturer of philosophy, University of Glasgow: "Virtue and Attention"
- Thomas Hurka, professor of philosophy, University of Toronto: "Right Act, Virtuous Motive"
- Nomy Arpaly, professor of philosophy, Brown University: "Open mindedness"
- Christine Swanton, professor of philosophy, University of Auckland: "A Challenge to Intellectual Virtue from Moral Virtue: The Case of Universal Love"
Website:
http://hss.fullerton.edu/philosophy/fipc.htm
Cost:
$50 for the general public and free CSUF faculty, staff and students
Registration:
Required. Please visit http://hss.fullerton.edu/philosophy/VVlogistics.htm
Photos:
Available online at www.fullerton.edu/newsphotos
Media Contacts:
Heather Battaly, Philosophy Department, 657-278-7180
Mimi Ko Cruz, Public Affairs, 657-278-7586
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