UK Association for Legal and Social Philosophy
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> Annual Conference
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> The Ethics of Altruism
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> Thursday 11 - Saturday 13 April 2002
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> Royal Holloway, University of London
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Call for Papers
'The chief problem of human life [is] the subordination of egoism to
altruism' Auguste Comte
In the contemporary world, altruism is a commodity in scarce supply. Market
societies discourage it, globalisation tends to erode it and much Anglophone
moral philosophy is suspicious of it, caught as it is between individual and
impartial concern. Yet voluntary altruism is commonly regarded as an
archetypical moral act, whilst institutionalised altruism such as the
welfare state or good Samaritan laws are arguably legitimate kinds of legal
enforcement in a liberal society. Social institutions where altruism
flowers - friends, families, cultures and communities - are considered
ethically praiseworthy on that account. If anything is good, then altruism
is.
The aim of this conference is two-fold: to evaluate the ethics of altruism
in the various practical contexts - legal, social, economic and political -
in which it occurs, and to help situate it within the constellation of our
moral concepts. The conference is intended to be a wide-ranging one and we
hope it will be of interest to moral and political philosophers, and to
theoretically-minded sociologists, historians, lawyers, economists,
political scientists and experts in social policy. Papers on any topic that
explore the ethics of altruism are warmly invited
More details at:
http://www.rhul.ac.uk/SocioPolitical-Science/News-and-Events/Altruism.htm
> Papers:
Papers should be of about 25-30 minutes presentation time. Proposals of
about 300 words should be sent to Dr Jonathan Seglow at [log in to unmask]
> UK Association for Legal and Social Philosophy
> As well as organising an annual conference it publishes a thrice-yearly
> inter-disciplinary journal, Res Publica concerned with the philosophical
> analysis of moral, political, legal and social issues.
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