Dear Colleague,
Please excuse this unsolicited email.
I would be grateful is you could forward this Second Call for Papers for
the 9th International Graduate Conference in Philosophy at the
University of Essex (U.K.) on 17th June 2006 to all relevant graduate
students, departments, mailing lists, etc. as appropriate. The
organisers invite graduate students to submit papers for presentation -
the deadline has been extended to 28th February. If possible, you could
also print out the attached MS Word file for use as an A4 poster.
Here is the text from the file:
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Morality, Ethics and the Social Order: 2nd Call for Papers
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We invite graduate papers that investigate philosophical ethics and its
role in projects of social transformation. The twentieth century
witnessed the development of widespread scepticism about the grand
narratives of the Enlightenment project. Political catastrophes and
economic crises forced philosophy to question its affirmation of social
progress. Robbed of any ground in a teleology of history or traditional
emancipatory narratives, the social character of reason demanded
re-assessment. Social transformation - once the goal of rational
thought - has since been seen as either utopian or simply beyond the
remit of the philosopher. Our world is typically understood in
accordance with political liberalism and economic individualism, not in
terms of the good of social participation.
The existence of an ethical unity between individual and social life has
been problematised in a number of ways, and there has been corresponding
range of reactions. These diverse responses seem to spring from a shared
intuition: the need for a return to ethics. Our question today is
whether these accounts - be they an ethics of the 'Other,' of
non-identity, of deconstruction, of an ethics of discourse,
acknowledgement or recognition - are capable of defending the
uniqueness of individual existence, while at the same time providing the
ground for a just and meaningful collective life .
In some of these responses, the very possibility of ethical categories
comes into question. But is such constant self-interrogation enough?
Following Nietzsche, are we now beyond all talk of morality? Or should
we still strive for an interrelation of moral and political categories?
And, if so, does philosophy provide a space where such an interrelation
can be clarified and thought through?
Opening Seminar: 'The Outrage of Meaning: Secular and Religious Language
in Philosophical Responses to Moral Atrocity' - Professor Peter Dews
(University of Essex, UK)
Closing Seminar: tbc.
The Department is able to provide those giving papers with limited
financial assistance for travel and accommodation, but we encourage you
to ask for travel grants from other bodies, e.g. home institutions.
Papers should be suitable for a 30 minute presentation. Abstracts of 500
words should be sent in triplicate by 28th February 2006 to:
Graduate Conference
Department of Philosophy
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester CO4 3SQ
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With kind regards and thanks for your anticipated help,
Ian Helm,
Department of Philosophy,
University of Essex,
Wivenhoe Park, Essex CO4 3SQ
UNITED KINGDOM
http://www.essex.ac.uk/philosophy/
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