Programme

11.30am – 1.00pm:

Coffee and Registration

1.00pm – 1.45pm:

Stephen Stich, Philosophy, Rutgers University and University of Sheffield
Is the Moral / Conventional Distinction a Myth?

1.45pm – 2.15pm:

Open Discussion

30 minute break, with coffee

2.45pm – 3.30pm:

Peter Richerson, Environmental Science and Policy, UC Davis
Darwin's Theory of Moral Evolution in Modern Garb

3.30pm – 4.00pm:

Open Discussion

30 minute break, with coffee

4.30pm – 5.15pm:

Nicola Knight, Anthropology, London School of Economics
The Psychology of Normative Judgement and Explanation

5.15pm – 5.45pm:

Open Discussion

30 minute break, with coffee

6.15pm – 7.00pm:

Simon Gächter, Economics, University of Nottingham
Measuring Norms of Cooperation in Different Societies

7.00pm – 7.30pm:

Open Discussion

End of Day 1: Optional conference dinner follows.

8.00pm – onwards:

Optional Conference Dinner

8.30am – 9.00am:

Coffee

9.00am – 9.45am:

John Doris, Washington University, St. Louis
How (Not) to Build a Person

9.45am – 10.15am:

Open Discussion

30 minute break, with coffee

10.45am – 11.30am:

Aimee Plourde, Archaeology, University College London
The Role of Prestige and Prestige Goods in the Emergence of Agrandizing Behavior: Some Insight into How Moral Norms Change over Time

11.30am – 12.00pm:

Open Discussion

12.00pm – 1.30pm

Lunch Break — Lunch not provided by conference

1.30pm – 2.15pm:

Tom Walker, Centre for Professional Ethics, Keele
Two Ways to Build an Altruist

2.15pm – 2.45pm:

Open Discussion

30 minute break, with coffee

3.15pm – 4.00pm:

David Sloan Wilson, Biology, SUNY Binghamton
The Ecology of Altruism in Everyday Life

4.00pm – 4.30pm:

Open Discussion

End of Conference