Program of the conference on moral and political philosophy, Northwestern University 2008

	Northwestern Society for Ethical Theory and Political Philosophy
	2^nd Annual Conference
	Program
	Thursday, May 15^th (Norris University Center, room “Northwestern”)
	9:00 – 10:25	“Receptivity and the Will”
		Edward Hinchman (University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee)
		Commentator: Kyla Ebels Duggan (Northwestern University)
	10:35 – 12:00	“In Praise of Akrasia?”
		Mathieu Doucet (Queen’s University)
		Commentator: Ryan Doran (Northwestern University)
	2:00 – 3:25	“Constructing a Moral Semantics for Hume’s Moral Ontology”
		Keith Erwin (University of Southern California)
		Commentator: Lee Goldsmith (Northwestern University)
	3:35 – 5:00	“Anger, Faith, and Forgiveness”
		Andrea Westlund (University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee)
		Commentator: Jonathan Jacobs (Colgate University)
	Friday, May 16^th (Harris Hall, room 108)
	9:00 – 10:25	“Well-Being, Time, and Dementia”
		Jennifer Hawkins (University of Toronto)
		Commentator: Coleen Macnamara (University of California at Riverside)
	10:35 – 12:00	“Human Rights in a Well-Ordered Society”
		Quentin Gee (University of California at Santa Barbara)
		Commentator: Max Cherem (Northwestern University)
	2:00 – 3:25	“Why the Shape of a Life Matters”
		Antti Kauppinen (University of St. Andrew’s)
		Commentator: Douglas MacLean (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
	3:35 – 5:30	Keynote address: “Meaningfulness: A Third Dimension of the Good Life”
		Susan Wolf (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
		Commentator: Samuel Fleischacker (University of Illinois at Chicago)
	Saturday, May 17^th (Harris Hall, room 108)
	9:00 – 10:25	“Imps of the Perverse”
		David Sussman (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
		Commentator: Matthew Silverstein (Amherst College)
	10:35 – 12:00	“Dealing with Trespassers in the Kingdom of Ends”
		Ryan Davis (Princeton University)
		Commentator: Laura Papish (Northwestern University)
	2:00 – 3:25	“Anderson and Velleman’s Kantian Thesis”
		Christian Coons (Bowling Green State University)
		Commentator: Jon Garthoff (Northwestern University)
	3:35 – 5:30	Keynote address: “Love and Nonexistence”
		J. David Velleman (New York University)
		Commentator: Richard Kraut (Northwestern University)