This is a reminder for:
Title: Ben Fraser
Pre-talk at 2PM in the Philosophy Common Room. All honours and graduate
students are expected to attend the pre-talk; all others are welcome.
The nature of moral judgment and the extent of the moral domain
A key question for research on the evolutionary origins of morality is just
what the target of an evolutionary explanation of morality should be. Some
researchers focus on behaviors, others on systems of norms, yet others on
certain emotions. Richard Joyce offers an evolutionary explanation for the
trait of making moral judgments. Here, I defend Joyce’s account of moral
judgment against two objections from Stephen Stich. Stich’s first objection
concerns the supposed universality of moral judgments as Joyce conceives of
them. I respond by undermining the empirical evidence upon which this
objection is based. Stich’s second objection concerns the extent of the
moral domain, which he takes to include far more than the considerations of
harm and fairness central to Joyce’s account. In response, I outline
several strategies for reconciling Stich’s observations with Joyce’s
account.
When: Wed Oct 13 3:30pm – 5:30pm Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney
Where: The Refectory
Calendar: Seminars
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