Call for Abstracts
Proposals are welcome for the International Conference on Ethics, which will be held at the Faculty of Arts, University of Porto (Portugal) on June 19, 20 and 21, 2019.
Official languages: English and Portuguese.
Graduate students, junior researchers and senior scholars are welcome to submit their work.
Abstract submission:
We invite submission for a 30 minute presentation (followed by 10 minute discussion).
The following tracks are available:
Track A: Meta-Ethics
- Descriptive definitions of “Ethics";
- Normative definitions of “Ethics”;
- Naturalism, Non-naturalism, and Supernaturalism;
- The Open Question Argument;
- Morals, motives, and reasons;
- Relativism, subjectivism and objectivism;
- Cognitive versus non-cognitive approaches to Ethics;
- Culture versus particular approaches to Ethics;
- Moral Psychology and Evolutionary Ethics;
- Egoism, Altruism and Donation;
Track B: Theories of Moral Philosophy
- Deontological Ethics (fundamentals, types, problems, controversies, etc).
- Virtue Ethics (fundamentals, types, problems, controversies, etc).
- Consequentialist Ethics (fundamentals, types, problems, controversies, etc).
- Hedonist Ethics (fundamentals, types, problems, controversies, etc).
- Other theories (Pragmatic ethics, Role ethics, Ethics of care, Anarchist Ethics, Postmodern ethics, etc)
Track C: Ethics and Politics
- Terrorism, Biometrics and Privacy;
- Proverty and Effective Altruism;
- Universal Basic Income;
- Ethics of War (before, during and after);
- Political Dissidence;
- Open Borders versus Closed Borders (immigration, war refugees, etc.);
- The Problem of Corruption;
- Freedom of Speech versus Political Correctness;
- Paternalism, Nudge Theory and Libertarianism;
Track D: Feminist and Gender Ethics
- History and Philosophy of Feminism;
- Liberal, Radical, Marxist/Socialist, Multicultural, Global, and Ecological Approaches;
- Existentialist, Psychoanalytic, Postmodern Approaches;
- Sexual Harassment;
- Gender Inequality and Gender Pay Gap;
- LGBTQ+ Rights;
- First, Second and Third-Wave Feminism;
- Gender Role and Biological Sex;
- Positive discrimination versus Negative Discrimination;
- Gender Ideology and Patriarchy;
Track E: Bioethics and Medical Ethics
- Abortion, Eugenics and Artificial Insemination;
- The Value of the Fetus and the Status of the Embryo in the Laboratory;
- Euthanasia, Palliative Care and Life Support;
- Cloning, Human Genetic Engineering, Genetically Modified Food, Genetically Modified Organisms;
- Informed Consent, Autonomy, Non-maleficence and Beneficence (meaning, justification, relevance, etc.);
- Relationship between Health Professional and Patient (veracity, privacy, confidentiality, fidelity, etc.);
- Nursing Ethics, Compulsory Vaccinatio and Neuroethics;
- Organ Donation an Transplants;
- The Morality of Resource Allocation;
- Equity and Justice in Access to Health;
- Bioethical Awareness in the Educational Context;
Track F: Philosophy and Ethics of Information;
- The 4th Revolution: the impacts of ICTs and the infosphere;
- The Design of Internet Architecture and Human Rights;
- The Ethics of Big Data and Cloud Computing: the Right to be Forgotten;
- The Right to Privacy;
- Surveillance and the Problem of Autonomy;
Track G : Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
- Artificial General Intelligence and Friendly AI;
- Robots Replacing Human Work (Moley robotics, Everwin Precision Technology, Da Vinci (surgery), Humanoid Robots, Robot Sex, Nursing, Health Care, Law, etc.);
- Therapeutic Applications and their Possible Exceedance (human enhancement), Mind-Reading and privacy, Mind-Control;
- Risks of an Uncontrolled AI Development (the Control Problem, Robots of War, Virtual Reality Torture, etc);
- Existential Risks (Hawking, Musk, Bostrom, Gates);
- Whole Brain Emulation (mind-uploading) and Life Extension Technology (digital immortality);
- Artificial Agency and Moral Status of robots;
- Programming Machine Ethics;
- Robots, AI Revolution and Unemployment;
- Political, legal and ethical consequences of non-human agents;
Track H: Ethics and Aesthetics
- Erotic Art vs Pornography;
- Contemporary Aesthetics and the Problem of Pornographic Art;
- Radical Autonism and Radical Moralism;
- Moderate Autononism and Moderate Moralism;
- The Causal Thesis, Ethical Criticism and Censorship;
- Ethics in Art (paitings, pictures, movies, etc).
Track I: Ecology and Environmental Ethics:
- The Challenge of Environmental Ethics;
- Deep Ecology, Social Ecology and Bioregionalism;
- Geenhouse gas and Climate Change;
- Sustainability and Capitalism;
- Do We Owe Something to Future Generations?
- Technological Revolutions and Environmental;
- Arguments in Favour of Biodiversity;
- Eco-Capitalism and other alternatives;
Track J: Animal Ethics
- History and Philosophy of Animal Ethics;
- Animal Welfare and Experimentation;
- Wild Animals and Suffering;
- Animal Rights and Moral Status;
- Abolitionism versus Welfarism;
- Speciesism and Moral ;
- Arguments in Favour and Against Animal Experiments;
- Use of Stray Animal in Research;
- Cosmetics and Household Product Testing;
- Genetic Engineering;
- International Law and Legislation on Animals;
- and Pollution;
An extended abstract of approximately 300-500 words should be prepared for blind review. You should also include a cover page with full name, institution, contact information and short bio (150 words). Files should be submitted in doc(x) word. You shall indicate clearly for which track you are applying your submission.
Please indicate in the subject of the message the following structure:
“First Name Last Name - Track - Title of Abstract"
Proposals must be sent to [email protected]
Further queries can be directed to the same address.
Deadline for submissions: January 27, 2019 ( 2pm/14h00, local hour - all submissions will be refused after the indicated timeline). == ----> CLOSED <----
Scientific Committee: Sofia Vaz (Portuguese Enviromental Ethics Society), Fabienne Peter (Moral and Political Philosophy, Warwick University), Tamar Schapiro (Ethics and Philosophy, Massachuseets Institute of Technology), Elena Casetta (LABONT, University of Turin / CFCUL, University of Lisbon), Jeff Sebo (Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Philosophy, New York University), Miguel Ricou (Bioethics and Medicine, CINTESIS, University of Porto), Patrick Tomlin (Moral, Politic and Legal Philosophy, University of Warwick), Fernando Conde Monteiro (Law, University of Minho), Sofia Miguens (Philosophy, MLAG-IF, University of Porto), Mª José Varandas (Portuguese Enviromental Ethics Society), Cátia Faria (Ethics and Philosophy, University of Minho), Patrícia Fernandes (Political Philosophy, Beira-Interior University), Ana Leonor Santos (Ethics, Beira-Interior University), Lucília Nunes (Bioethics, Vice-President of the National Council of Ethics for Life Sciences), Mª Luísa Ribeiro Ferreira (Portuguese Enviromental Ethics Society), Sandra Escobar (Portuguese Enviromental Ethics Society) and Pedro Galvão (University of Lisbon).
Organization: Episteme & Logos Association
Support: Mind, Language and Action Group - Institute of Philosophy (University of Porto)
Scientific Parterns: S.E.A (Portuguese Enviromental Ethics Society)
Official languages: English and Portuguese.
Graduate students, junior researchers and senior scholars are welcome to submit their work.
Abstract submission:
We invite submission for a 30 minute presentation (followed by 10 minute discussion).
The following tracks are available:
Track A: Meta-Ethics
- Descriptive definitions of “Ethics";
- Normative definitions of “Ethics”;
- Naturalism, Non-naturalism, and Supernaturalism;
- The Open Question Argument;
- Morals, motives, and reasons;
- Relativism, subjectivism and objectivism;
- Cognitive versus non-cognitive approaches to Ethics;
- Culture versus particular approaches to Ethics;
- Moral Psychology and Evolutionary Ethics;
- Egoism, Altruism and Donation;
Track B: Theories of Moral Philosophy
- Deontological Ethics (fundamentals, types, problems, controversies, etc).
- Virtue Ethics (fundamentals, types, problems, controversies, etc).
- Consequentialist Ethics (fundamentals, types, problems, controversies, etc).
- Hedonist Ethics (fundamentals, types, problems, controversies, etc).
- Other theories (Pragmatic ethics, Role ethics, Ethics of care, Anarchist Ethics, Postmodern ethics, etc)
Track C: Ethics and Politics
- Terrorism, Biometrics and Privacy;
- Proverty and Effective Altruism;
- Universal Basic Income;
- Ethics of War (before, during and after);
- Political Dissidence;
- Open Borders versus Closed Borders (immigration, war refugees, etc.);
- The Problem of Corruption;
- Freedom of Speech versus Political Correctness;
- Paternalism, Nudge Theory and Libertarianism;
Track D: Feminist and Gender Ethics
- History and Philosophy of Feminism;
- Liberal, Radical, Marxist/Socialist, Multicultural, Global, and Ecological Approaches;
- Existentialist, Psychoanalytic, Postmodern Approaches;
- Sexual Harassment;
- Gender Inequality and Gender Pay Gap;
- LGBTQ+ Rights;
- First, Second and Third-Wave Feminism;
- Gender Role and Biological Sex;
- Positive discrimination versus Negative Discrimination;
- Gender Ideology and Patriarchy;
Track E: Bioethics and Medical Ethics
- Abortion, Eugenics and Artificial Insemination;
- The Value of the Fetus and the Status of the Embryo in the Laboratory;
- Euthanasia, Palliative Care and Life Support;
- Cloning, Human Genetic Engineering, Genetically Modified Food, Genetically Modified Organisms;
- Informed Consent, Autonomy, Non-maleficence and Beneficence (meaning, justification, relevance, etc.);
- Relationship between Health Professional and Patient (veracity, privacy, confidentiality, fidelity, etc.);
- Nursing Ethics, Compulsory Vaccinatio and Neuroethics;
- Organ Donation an Transplants;
- The Morality of Resource Allocation;
- Equity and Justice in Access to Health;
- Bioethical Awareness in the Educational Context;
Track F: Philosophy and Ethics of Information;
- The 4th Revolution: the impacts of ICTs and the infosphere;
- The Design of Internet Architecture and Human Rights;
- The Ethics of Big Data and Cloud Computing: the Right to be Forgotten;
- The Right to Privacy;
- Surveillance and the Problem of Autonomy;
Track G : Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
- Artificial General Intelligence and Friendly AI;
- Robots Replacing Human Work (Moley robotics, Everwin Precision Technology, Da Vinci (surgery), Humanoid Robots, Robot Sex, Nursing, Health Care, Law, etc.);
- Therapeutic Applications and their Possible Exceedance (human enhancement), Mind-Reading and privacy, Mind-Control;
- Risks of an Uncontrolled AI Development (the Control Problem, Robots of War, Virtual Reality Torture, etc);
- Existential Risks (Hawking, Musk, Bostrom, Gates);
- Whole Brain Emulation (mind-uploading) and Life Extension Technology (digital immortality);
- Artificial Agency and Moral Status of robots;
- Programming Machine Ethics;
- Robots, AI Revolution and Unemployment;
- Political, legal and ethical consequences of non-human agents;
Track H: Ethics and Aesthetics
- Erotic Art vs Pornography;
- Contemporary Aesthetics and the Problem of Pornographic Art;
- Radical Autonism and Radical Moralism;
- Moderate Autononism and Moderate Moralism;
- The Causal Thesis, Ethical Criticism and Censorship;
- Ethics in Art (paitings, pictures, movies, etc).
Track I: Ecology and Environmental Ethics:
- The Challenge of Environmental Ethics;
- Deep Ecology, Social Ecology and Bioregionalism;
- Geenhouse gas and Climate Change;
- Sustainability and Capitalism;
- Do We Owe Something to Future Generations?
- Technological Revolutions and Environmental;
- Arguments in Favour of Biodiversity;
- Eco-Capitalism and other alternatives;
Track J: Animal Ethics
- History and Philosophy of Animal Ethics;
- Animal Welfare and Experimentation;
- Wild Animals and Suffering;
- Animal Rights and Moral Status;
- Abolitionism versus Welfarism;
- Speciesism and Moral ;
- Arguments in Favour and Against Animal Experiments;
- Use of Stray Animal in Research;
- Cosmetics and Household Product Testing;
- Genetic Engineering;
- International Law and Legislation on Animals;
- and Pollution;
An extended abstract of approximately 300-500 words should be prepared for blind review. You should also include a cover page with full name, institution, contact information and short bio (150 words). Files should be submitted in doc(x) word. You shall indicate clearly for which track you are applying your submission.
Please indicate in the subject of the message the following structure:
“First Name Last Name - Track - Title of Abstract"
Proposals must be sent to [email protected]
Further queries can be directed to the same address.
Deadline for submissions: January 27, 2019 ( 2pm/14h00, local hour - all submissions will be refused after the indicated timeline). == ----> CLOSED <----
Scientific Committee: Sofia Vaz (Portuguese Enviromental Ethics Society), Fabienne Peter (Moral and Political Philosophy, Warwick University), Tamar Schapiro (Ethics and Philosophy, Massachuseets Institute of Technology), Elena Casetta (LABONT, University of Turin / CFCUL, University of Lisbon), Jeff Sebo (Bioethics, Medical Ethics, and Philosophy, New York University), Miguel Ricou (Bioethics and Medicine, CINTESIS, University of Porto), Patrick Tomlin (Moral, Politic and Legal Philosophy, University of Warwick), Fernando Conde Monteiro (Law, University of Minho), Sofia Miguens (Philosophy, MLAG-IF, University of Porto), Mª José Varandas (Portuguese Enviromental Ethics Society), Cátia Faria (Ethics and Philosophy, University of Minho), Patrícia Fernandes (Political Philosophy, Beira-Interior University), Ana Leonor Santos (Ethics, Beira-Interior University), Lucília Nunes (Bioethics, Vice-President of the National Council of Ethics for Life Sciences), Mª Luísa Ribeiro Ferreira (Portuguese Enviromental Ethics Society), Sandra Escobar (Portuguese Enviromental Ethics Society) and Pedro Galvão (University of Lisbon).
Organization: Episteme & Logos Association
Support: Mind, Language and Action Group - Institute of Philosophy (University of Porto)
Scientific Parterns: S.E.A (Portuguese Enviromental Ethics Society)