Dale Dorsey (KU): Idealization and the Heart of Subjectivism
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Subjectivism about well-being, as it is understood most commonly, seems anything but a trusting view. Though subjectivists ostensibly tie a person's good to her pro-attitudes, subjectivists have typically refused to take people at their word. To understand what is good for someone, it…
Stephen Clarke (CSU/Oxford): Conservatism, Risk Aversion and Prospect Theory
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Philosophers and psychologists often assert that political conservatives are risk averse. The only considerations that ever appear to be offered, in support of this assertion, are the observations that conservatives generally advocate avoiding the risks involved in significant social and political…
Yoavv Isaacs (Princeton): A Practical Guide to the St. Petersburg Paradox
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It's hard to put a fair value on a St. Petersburg lottery ticket. There are strong arguments that the ticket should not be assigned any finite value and there are strong arguments that the ticket should not be assigned any infinite value. I will contend that we should follow these arguments where…
Herlinde Pauer-Studer (Vienna): “A Community of Rational Beings”: Kant's Realm of Ends and the Distinction Between Internal and External Freedom
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In my talk I try to present a novel account of the relationship between Kant’s ethics and Kant’s philosophy of right. I reject the familiar claim that Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals cannot offer a foundation for Kant’s philosophy of right. While I agree that the basic principle of…