Progress in Ethics

This is an international network of researchers from a variety of disciplines, providing a forum for discussions on what progress have been made in the field of ethics.

PROGRESS IN ETHICS Workshop at the Institute for Future Studies (IFFS), Stockholm, 19-20 June 2023  This is an open workshop, but seats are limited. Interested in attending? Send an e-mail to [email protected]:30 – 11:00: Coffee  11:00 – 12:30: Finnur Dellsén (University of Iceland/Inland Norway University/Oslo), Tina Firing (University of Iceland), and James Norton (University of Iceland), “Understanding Philosophical Progress”  12:30 – 14:00: Lunch  14:00 – 15:30: Joe Roussos (IFFS), “When is agreement between moral models significant?”  15:30 – 16:00: Coffee  16:00 – 17:30: Ylwa Sjölin Wirling (Gothenburg), “A portrait of understanding as a nonfactive state”  

International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP)

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