Animal Morality Conference

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    Animal Morality Conference

    22nd–24th February 2023 in Vienna, Austria
    by the Messerli Research Institute & Vetmeduni Vienna

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    Conference Schedule

    DATE: 22nd–24th February 2023
    LOCATION: Lecture Hall A at the Vetmeduni Vienna Campus (Veterinary Place 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria)
    MODE: This Conference will be held In-Person

    Click on a speaker’s name to see a description of their talk.

    22 February: Animal Morality, the Theoretical Issues

    10.30–11.00Welcome Address
    11.00–12.30Mark Rowlands (University of Miami, USA) & Simon Fitzpatrick (John Carroll University, USA): Can animals be moral? 10 years on
    12.30–14.00Lunch Break
    14.00–15.00Dorna Behdadi (University of Gothenburg, Sweden): Animals as Moral Claimants
    15.00–16.00Kristin Andrews (York University, Canada): Examining Social Norms in Animal Cultures
    16.00–16.30Coffee Break
    16.30–17.30Lori Gruen (Wesleyan University, USA): Empathy and Animals
    19.00Conference Dinner for Speakers

    23 February: Animal Morality, Scope of the Challenges

    10.00–11.00Pieter Adriaens (KU Leuven, Belgium): Moralizing animals
    11.00–12.00Dennis Papadopoulos (Messerli Research Institute, Vetmeduni Vienna, Austria): Nonhuman animals & Indigenous conceptions of respect
    12.00–13.00Susana Monsó (UNED Madrid, Spain) & Birte Wrgae (Messerli Research Institute, Vetmeduni Vienna, Austria): Tactful animals: How the study of touch can inform the animal morality debate
    13.00–14.30Lunch Break
    14.30–15.30Rebekah Humphreys (University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK): Shared Language, Meaningful Communication and Inter-species Trust: 
    A Discussion of Key Themes Related to Anthropomorphism as Philosophical Sin
    15.30–16.30Mara-Daria Cojocaru (Munich School of Philosophy, Germany; PAN Works, USA) & Florian Steinberger (Birkbeck, University of London, UK): 
    In what sense, if any, can dog training ever be truly moral?
    16.30–17.00Coffee Break
    17.00–18.00Gary Comstock (North Carolina State University, USA): Animal culture and morality: A new approach to industrial farm animal reform

    24 February: Animal Morality, the Practical Implications

    9.00–10.00Judith Benz-Schwarzburg & Johanna Karg (Messerli Research Institute, Vetmeduni Vienna, Austria): Human interference in animal caregiving
    10.00–11.00Steve Cooke (University of Leicester, UK): The ethics of touch & the importance of nonhuman relationships in agriculture
    11.00–12.00Don Ross (University College Cork, Ireland; University of Cape Town, South Africa; Georgia State University, USA): Economic Agency for Elephants
    12.00–13.00Lunch Break

    Contact Us

    To Register, please give us your name and email below.
    Or email: dennis.papadopoulos@vetmeduni.ac.at

    The Animal Morality Conference is funded by the FWF Austrian National Science Funding Agency, Project P31466-G32.