Kant in Progress

Workshop at the Centre for Advanced Study in Bioethics

Kant is still the the most cited philosopher and is from a systematic point of view considered as essential for proponents of deontological conceptions of ethics. But how significant is Kant's philosophy for concrete problems of applied ethics? In the workshop Kant in Progressat the Centre for Advanced Study in Bioethics, papers on the later writings of Kant shall be presented and discussed. The event takes place on 28 January 2013 in room GE 1.32 (Geiststrasse 24–26) instead. If you are interested in participating, please contact theoffice of the Centre. The workshop will be held in English and German.

Kant in Progress

In recent years, students of Kantian ethics have been moving beyond the traditional rigorism and formalism of the „Groundwork“ to the more applied – and perhaps more nuanced – picture we find in Kant‘s writings on moral theory and religion in the 1790s.

This tendency is reflected in the topics of this graduate workshop, ranging from Kant‘s theory of moral consciousness and his conception of honour to his views on sexual desire and evil.

Programme

10:00 – 11:15	Kant’s Grounding of the Fact of Reason Martin Sticker (St Andrews)
	Coffee Break
11:45 – 13:00	Kant on the Love of Honor and the Duty to Preserve One’s Own Honor Leonard Randall (St Andrews)
	Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:15	„unmittelbares Vergnügen an der bloß tierischen Gemeinschaft“ – Kant über sexuelles Begehren und sexuelle Verdinglichung Martin Brecher (Bonn)
	Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:00	Das „ethische Gemeinwesen“ als endgültige Überwindung des Bösen. Probleme im Dritten Stück der Religionsschrift Matthias Hoesch (Münster)