June 3rd and 4th, 2021 (online)
Hosted by the Interdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies (IZEA) at Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Sponsored by:
Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, The German Research Foundation, The University of Würzburg, and IZEA
Speakers:
Ruth Boeker (UCD) • Elizabeth Radcliffe (William and Mary) • Dale Dorsey (Kansas) • Stephen Darwall (Yale) • Christian Maurer (Lausanne) • Michael Walschots (Würzburg)
Schedule:
(all times are CEST / GMT +2)
June 3rd
4pm – Introduction
4:05 – Ruth Boeker – Moral Sense or Instinct? Hutcheson and his Critics on the Moral Sense
4:55 – Short Break
5:05 – Stephen Darwall – Hutcheson in the History of Rights
5:55 – Short Break
6:05 – Elizabeth Radcliffe – The Nature of Motivating Reasons: Hutcheson in Contemporary Debate
7 – Informal Discussion
June 4th
4pm – Christian Maurer – “Scruples in their Consciences” – Remarks on a Correction in Hutcheson’s Manuscript of the System
4:50 – Short Break
5 – Dale Dorsey – Two Puzzles in Hutcheson’s Axiology
5:50 – Short Break
6 – Michael Walschots – Hutcheson’s Theory of Moral Obligation
7 – Informal Discussion