Programme

The conference will take place at the Humanities Research Institute (34 Gell Street, Sheffield S3 7QW) at the University of Sheffield (see map — opens in a new window).

FRIDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2010

• 11.00 – 1.00:
  Coffee & Registration
• 1.00 – 2.00:
  Joshua Greene (Psychology, Harvard University)
  Of trolleys and cheaters: automatic and controlled processes in moral judgement
• 2.00 – 2.30:
  Open Discussion
• 45 minute break, with coffee
• 3.15 – 4.15:
  Liane Young (Brain & Cognitive Sciences, MIT)
  The role of intent across distinct moral domains
• 4.15 – 4.45:
  Open Discussion
• 30 minute break, with coffee
• 5.15 – 6.15:
  Urs Fischbacher (Economics, University of Konstanz)
  Lies in disguise — an experimental study on cheating
• 6.15 – 6.45:
  Open Discussion

SATURDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER 2010

• 9.00 – 10.00:
  Renée Baillargeon (Psychology, University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana)
  Early moral reasoning about interactions between ingroup and outgroup agents
• 10.00 – 10.30:
  Open Discussion
• 30 minute break, with coffee
• 11.00 – 12.00:
  Sonya Sachdeva (Psychology, Northwestern University)
  The norm of self-sacrifice
• 12.00 – 12.30:
  Open Discussion
• 2 hour lunch break — lunch not provided
• 2.30 – 3.30:
  Fiery Cushman (Psychology, Harvard University)
  Two functions of morality
• 3.30 – 4.00:
  Open Discussion
• 30 minute break, with coffee
• 4.30 – 5.30:
  John Mikhail (Law and Philosophy, Georgetown University)
  Moral grammar: the mind's hidden rules of moral judgment
• 5.30 – 6.00:
  Open Discussion

SUNDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2010

• 9.00 – 10.00:
  Will Bennis (Psychology, Northwestern University)
  Sacred values in the service of good consequences
• 10.00 – 10.30:
  Open Discussion
• 30 minute break, with coffee
• 11.00 – 12.00:
  Corey Maley & Gilbert Harman (Philosophy, Princeton University)
  Guilt and shame in philosophy and psychology
• 12.00 – 12.30:
  Open Discussion

 

• End of Conference