CALLFORPAPERS
InternationalAssociationfortheStudyofthePhilosophyofEdithSteinincollaborationwiththe
UniversityofPortlandandthe
McNerney-HansonEndowedChairinEthics
presentsthe
FourthBi-AnnualInternationalConference
Applications&Implications:EthicsandMetaphysicsinEdithStein’sPhilosophy
June8,9,10,2017,UniversityofPortland,USA
GuestSpeakers:SarahBordenSharkey(WheatonCollege),MichaelF.Andrews(UniversityofPortland),ChristofBetschart(UniversityofFribourg,Switzerland)andSuzanneM.Batzdorff
EdithStein(1891–1942)neverwroteaformalworkofethics,yetherphilosophicalcorpus,especiallyhermetaphysics,containsaplethoraofethicalresourcesandideasthatcanbeminedtoaddressvariousquestions,themesorpositionsincontemporaryethicsandmetaphysics,includingtherelationshipbetweenthegoodandbeing,evil,limits,judgement,responsibility,personalidentity,collectiveversusindividualactionandresponsibility,moralguilt,andintention.GiventherichnessofStein’sideas,canherethicalinsightsbebroughttobearoncontemporaryissuesandethicaldilemmas?HowwouldSteinrespondtovariousethicalproblemsraisedbydominantethicalschools,includingutilitarianism,deontology,virtueethics,pragmatism,andexistentialism?AretherepossiblepracticalapplicationsofStein’smetaphysicsandethicstocontemporarysociety?TheInternationalAssociationfortheStudyofthePhilosophyofEdithStein(IASPES)incollaborationwiththeUniversityofPortlandandtheMcNerney-HansonChairinEthicsinvitesabstracts(250wordsmaximum)dealingwiththeaforementionedtheme.WealsoinviteabstractsonanyaspectofStein’sphilosophy.
DEADLINEforAbstracts:February10,2017
Abstractsandinquiriesshouldbesentto:[email protected]
AbstractswillbeconsideredinEnglish,German,French,andSpanish
