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Uncertain Oughts
Helsinki, December 8-9, 2022

Update: Tentative Schedule

December 8 
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Unioninkatu 40 Metsätalo (Forest House), Room 10

10.00-11.30     Benjamin Kiesewetter  
11.30-11.45     Coffee break (15 min)
11.45-13.00     Paul Forrester              
13.00-14.30     Lunch outside (1,5 h) 
14.30-15.45     Raul Ibarra Herrera 
15.45-16.00     Coffee Break (15 min)
16.00-17.30     Elisabeth Harman  (remote talk) 
18.30   Dinner at Lulu’s (Pohjoisesplanadi 17) 
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December 9   
10.00-11.30     Maria Lasonen-Aarnio  
11.30-11.45     Coffee break (15 min)
11.45-13.00    Teru Thomas 
13.00-14.15    Lunch outside (1h 15 min) 
14.15-15.30    Leora Urim Sung 
15.30-15.45    Coffee break (15 min)
15.45-17.00    Michael Bukoski 

Call for Abstracts
The Responsible Beliefs project at the University of Helsinki is happy to invite abstracts for a workshop on the topic of what we ought to do in situations in which we are uncertain about normative or non-normative facts. This in-person workshop will include eight speakers over two days to have plenty of time and energy for discussion. Our keynote speakers will be Benjamin Kiesewetter (HU Berlin) and Maria Lasonen-Aarnio (Helsinki). (More invited speakers may be added.)
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Possible questions that abstracts could address include (but are not limited to) the following:
  • Are there both subjective and objective oughts? If so, what is the relationship between them? What is the relationship between what we are rationally required to do and what we ought to do?
  • Are moral oughts relative to the agent’s beliefs or evidence, or to their objective circumstances? Must oughts be action-guiding?
  • What should we do when we’re unsure of the value of the possible outcomes of our actions? Should moral and empirical uncertainty be treated symmetrically? Is the ought of moral uncertainty just what we rationally ought to do in our epistemic situation insofar as we’re conscientious, or is it something else?
  • What is the relationship between different kinds of normative uncertainty (e.g., epistemic, moral, and prudential)? What should we do if we’re uncertain about what to do when we’re uncertain about normative or non-normative facts?
  • Is morally worthy action possible under moral uncertainty?
  • Are theories of what to do when normatively uncertain independent from first-order normative theories? Conversely, do independently plausible theories of what to do when normatively uncertain have first-order implications?
 
Abstracts should be: (a) 750-1,000 words long, (b) prepared for anonymous review, and (c) suitable for a 30 minute presentation. We strongly encourage authors from underrepresented groups in philosophy to apply.
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Please submit your abstracts via email to ResponsibilityForBeliefs@gmail.com by October 21, 2022. If you have any questions about the workshop, please contact project researchers Max Lewis (max.lewis at helsinki.fi), Giulia Luvisotto (giulia.luvisotto at helsinki.fi) or Jaakko Hirvelä (jaakko.hirvela at helsinki.fi).

Important dates:
Submission deadline: October 21
Decision of acceptance: November 1
Workshop: December 8-9

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