Hear No Evil
 3rd Duke/UNC Workshop on Emotion, Evolution, and Ethics

EEE  3
Psychological, Evolutionary, and Comparative Perspectives on the Sociomoral Mind

February 18-19, 2006


Overview
In recent years, research in various empirical fields has been brought to bear on our understanding of moral psychology.  In this workshop, we will profile developments in psychology, ethology, and evolutionary theory.  Our distinguished guests include two philosophers who have done groundbreaking interdisciplinary work on the nature and evolution of social cognition, a primatologist who has made important discoveries about social behavior in monkeys, and a psychologist who has been rigorously investigating the role of emotion and reasoning in moral judgment.

Location: Caldwell Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Registration:  There is no charge for the workshop, but we will need a head-count.  If you are going to attend, please send an email with a header that says ATTENDING to Alex Rosenberg (alexrose@duke.edu)


Saturday, February 18

9:00-10:45
David Pizarro
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology Cornell University

"Truth and Consequences: The Motivated Use of Reasoned Moral Principles"

10:45-11:00 Break

11:00-12:45
Stephen Stich
Board of Governors Professor and Director of Research Group on Evolution & Higher Cognition, Rutgers University

"Two Theories About the Cognitive Architecture Underlying Morality" (for a MS Word draft click here)

12:45-3:00 Lunch Break (find local restaurants on Franklin Street

3:00-4:45
Laurie Santos
Assistant Professor and Director of Comparative Cognition Lab, Yale University

"The Evolution of Mind-Reading: Insights from Non-Human Primates"

5:30-8:30
Buffet dinner and reception at Jesse Prinz's house (5 Marilyn Lane in Chapel Hill, directions given at workshop)

Sunday, February 19

9:30-11:15
Kim Sterelny
Personal Chair in Philosophy at Victoria University in Wellington and Professor of Philosophy at the Research School of Social sciences, Australian National University

"Constructing the Moral Niche"

11:15-12:00 Open Discussion with Workshop Participants


Workshop organized by Joshua Knobe, Jesse Prinz, and Alex Rosenberg.  Funded by the University of North Carolina and Duke University.  We are grateful for the support.