CFP: NORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS OF MORAL PSYCHOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM NOVEMBER 11-13, 2011

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: AUGUST 31, 2011

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) invites papers for a conference on the normative implications of recent work in moral psychology, broadly construed. The conference will be held in Birmingham, AL on November 11-13, 2011. The conference, to be hosted by the Department of Philosophy and the Center for Ethics and Values in the Sciences, will examine connections between moral psychology and normative issues in law, bioethics, social and politics issues, well-being, and similar topics. We welcome interdisciplinary research involving psychology, neuroscience, law, medicine, public health, political science, economics, game theory, and related fields. Confirmed invited speakers include:

      * Daniel Haybron (St. Louis University)
      * Adina Roskies (Dartmouth)
      * Valerie Tiberius (Minnesota)
      * Peter Vanderschraaf (UC Merced)

Please send complete papers to the conference organizers, David

Morrow and Erik Angner, at [email protected]. Papers should be prepared for blind review. The deadline for submissions is August 31, 2011. Conference participants will receive a modest stipend to defray travel costs.