• Date: 15:00-17:00, 9 October 2023


• Venue: W517, Humanities and Social Sciences Classroom Buildings, Hokkaido University


• Official language: English






• Abstract:
  Is it ethical for doctors or courts to prevent patients from making choices that will cause significant harm to themselves in the future? According to an important liberal principle the only justification for infringing the liberty of an individual is to prevent harm to others; harm to the self does not suffice.In this talk, Prof.Wilkinson explores Derek Parfit's arguments that blur the sharp line between harm to self and others,and outlines an Identity Relative Paternalistic Intervention Principle for determining when we should disallow refusal of treatment where the harm will be accrued by a future self.


• Speaker：
  Dominic Wilkinson
  (Professor of Medical Ethics, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics)
  Professor Dominic Wilkinson is Professor of Medical Ethics and Director of Medical Ethics at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. He is a physician specialising in newborn intensive care and medical ethics and a consultant neonatologist at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
• Speaker：
  Kiichi Inarimori
  (Hokkaido University, Ph. D. Course Student)
  

• Contact: caep[@]let.hokudai.ac.jp

• Date: 18:15-19:45, 11th of May 2023


• Venue: W517, Humanities and Social Sciences Classroom Buildings, Hokkaido University


• Official language: English






• Abstract:
  Theorists and the public tend to use the terms “fraternity” and “solidarity” interchangeably. Yet, we can ask whether the model of fraternity―exemplified in the Three Musketeers and their slogan “All for one and one for all,” or in the bonds among members of a single nation, or in pernicious form in Ultranationalist or White Supremacist groups―can adequately characterize the sorts of transnational solidarities most needed today. Traditional understandings take solidarity to require not only standing with fellow group members or compatriots but also necessarily standing against, and even fighting, an “other.” In this paper, I will argue that feminist approaches that highlight notions such as care, mutuality, empathy, and difference (as exemplified in some key examples of feminist activism) have much to contribute to an enriched conception of solidarity better suited to address core problems of contemporary societies, including entrenched inequalities and crossborder crises like climate change.


• Speaker：
  Carol C. Gould
  (Distinguished Professor, The City University of New York)
  Carol C. Gould is Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York, where she teaches in the Philosophy Department at Hunter College and in the Doctoral Programs in Philosophy and Political Science at the Graduate Center and is Director of the Center for Global Ethics and Politics at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Affairs. She is the Editor of the Journal of Social Philosophy. Her most recent books are Interactive Democracy: The Social Roots of Global Justice (Cambridge University Press, 2014), which received the Joseph B. Gittler Award of the American Philosophical Association and Globalizing Democracy and Human Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2004), which won the David Easton Award from the American Political Science Association. She has published two other authored books, eight edited books, and over 100 articles in social and political philosophy, feminist theory, applied ethics, and the philosophy of law. Her book Women and Philosophy: Toward a Theory of Liberation, edited with Marx Wartofsky, was the first collection in English on feminist philosophy (G. P. Putnam’s, 1976).

• Contact: caep[@]let.hokudai.ac.jp

• Date: 16:30-18:00, 16th of April 2023


• Venue: W517, Humanities and Social Sciences Classroom Buildings, Hokkaido University

• Timetable：
  • 15:00-15:45
    Hayate Shimizu (Hokkaido University)
  Reason as Master, Emotion as Slave?
  ――What Kantian Virtues Demand
  
  
  • Lecture
    16:00-17:30
    Samuel Kahn (Indiana University and Purdue University)
  Obligatory Actions, Obligatory Maxims
  
  

• Official language: English

• Contact: caep[@]let.hokudai.ac.jp

• Date: 16:30-18:00, 6th of March 2023


• Venue: W202, Humanities and Social Sciences Classroom Buildings, Hokkaido University

• Speaker：Dr. Andrea Altobrando
  （Associate Professor, the University of Padova）

After Sellars, the dominant view is that only what is conceptually formed can enter the space of reasons, and that only within the latter can we properly speak of knowledge in a way that is specific to human nature. Dretske’s idea of simple seeing, and Husserl’s phenomenology of perception and cognition, will help show that 1) not only what is intrinsically conceptual can have epistemic efficacy, 2) we are able rationally to see nonconceptual contents, and 3) the ”vision” of nonconceptual content plays an essential role within the realm of epistemic rationality. Nonconceptual content is, indeed, given, and its resistance allows us to know that we are in touch with the world.

• Official language: English

• Contact: caep[@]let.hokudai.ac.jp

• Dates and venues: October 7-9, 2019
  International Conference Center, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

• Website of the conference: http://www.philosophyoflife.org/pml/waseda.html

• Keynote speakers:
  • Rivka Weinberg (Scripps College)
  • Yujin Nagasawa (University of Birmingham)
  • Thaddeus Metz (University of Johannesburg)

• Official language: English

• Conference organizers 2018-2019:
  • Nobuo Kurata (Hokkaido University)
  • Thaddeus Metz (University of Johannesburg)
  • Masahiro Morioka (Waseda University)*
  • Tatsuya Murayama (Tohoku University)
  * Chair of the 2019 conference

• Email: icpml2019[a]gmail.com
• Financial Support:
  Research Institute of Modern Thanatology, Waseda University Advanced Research Center for Human Sciences, Waseda University,
  Center for Applied Ethics and Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences, Hokkaido University,
  KAKENHI: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

• Date: 13:00-18:00, 18th of September 2019
• Venue: W202, Humanities and Social Sciences Classroom Buildings, Hokkaido University

• Timetable：
  • 13:00　Hye Young Kim
    （Husserl Archives - Pays Germaniques / Ecole Normale Superieure）
  　Knots and Consciousness: Knotted Models Applied to Uriah Kriegel’s “Consciousness, Permanent Self-Awareness, and Higher-Order Monitoring”
  
  
  • 14:45　Katsunori Miyahara（University of Wollongong / University of Tokyo）
  　The integrated structure of consciousness
  
  
  • 16:30　Takuya Niikawa（Institut Jean Nicod / Hokkaido University)
  　Can we explore the structure of consciousness scientifically?

This workshop aims to discuss the structure of consciousness from various perspectives. Hye Young Kim presents a mathematical model of the relation between observing self and observed self that holds in self-consciousness as an invariant structure. Katsunori Miyahara provides a phenomenological analysis of the sense of conscious unity/integrity. Takuya Niikawa analyzes the notion of the structure of consciousness and then discusses whether it can be explored in a neuroscientific framework.

Please feel free to take a look at the abstracts here.

• Organizer: Takuya Niikawa　　Contact: niitaku11@gmail.com
• This workshop is organized by
  the Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience (CHAIN) https://www.chain.hokudai.ac.jp/ and the Department of Philosophy and Ethics at Hokkaido University, and supported by JSPS Kakenhi Grant Number JP17K02153 and the Center for Applied Ethics and Philosophy (CAEP).

The First International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life will be held on August 20th and 21st, 2018, at Hokkaido University (Humanities and Social Sciences Classroom Building), Sapporo, Japan.

• Program [pdf]
• Abstracts [pdf]

• Call for Papers (Closed)
  The Call for Papers is now closed.

• Confirmed speakers:
  • Thaddeus Metz (University of Johannesburg)
  “Is a Moderate Supernaturalism about Meaning in Life Possible?”
  • David Benatar (University of Cape Town)
  “An Unexpected Route to Anti-Natalism”
  • Masahiro Morioka (Waseda University)
  “A Solipsistic and Affirmative Approach to Meaning in Life”

• The list of other 40 presentations [pdf]

• Leaflet[pdf]

• Registration: We must ask that not only speakers but also all participants fill in the Registration Form (https://goo.gl/forms/tLqGrbuhaTmWHXs23) by July 31, 2018 (Tuesday). No registration fee is required.

• Travel and Lodging Information[pdf]
• Route guide from New Chitose Airport International Terminal to Sapporo Station[pdf] (Updated: July 26th)
• Direction from JR Sapporo Station to the Conference Venue[pdf] (Updated: August 3rd)

• Announcement to all speakers:
  Time for presentation:30 minutes (including questions and answers)
  Official language: English
  

  A detailed program including a time table and venues will be announced in May, 2018.

• Organizing Committee:
  • Nobuo Kurata, Hokkaido University
  • Tomohiko Kondo, Hokkaido University
  • Masahiro Morioka, Waseda University
  • Tatsuya Murayama, Tohoku University

* This conference will be sponsored by JSPS Grant (no.16H0333707) entitled “Meaning of Life from the Viewpoint of Analytic Existentialism and its Implementation to Applied Ethics”
(Principal Investigator: Nobuo Kurata)

• Contact addresses:
  Prof. Nobuo Kurata (kurata[a]let.hokudai.ac.jp),
  Prof. Masahiro Morioka (morioka[a]waseda.jp) ,
  Center for Applied Ethics and Philosophy (caep[a]let.hokudai.ac.jp)

• Time/Date: 14:00-16:00/Sunday 30th of October, 2016
• Venue: Conference Hall Room 4
• Speaker: Peter G. Stone (Newcastle)
  
• Title: 'Cultural heritage and the Sustainable Development Goals. A missed opportunity?'

• Program[pdf]
• Building W(vicinity map)[pdf]
• Building W(floor map)[pdf]

• We are delighted to announce the 10th International Conference on Applied Ethics on October 28-30 (Fri-Sun), 2016, at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.

• Confirmed speakers include:
・Ruth Chadwick (Manchester)
　　‘Interdisciplinarity in applied ethics: how far have we come?’
・Michael Davis (Illinois Institute of Technology)
　　‘How Applied Should Applied Ethics Be?’
・Peter G. Stone (Newcastle)
　　‘Ethical issues relating to the protection of cultural property and
　　cultural heritage during armed conflict’
・Robert Sparrow (Monash)
　　‘Robots, rape, and representation'
　　　

• Participants who wish to present papers are requested to submit a 150-300 word abstract in a MS-Word file (.doc) to CAEP (caep@let.hokudai.ac.jp) by May 31 (Tue), 2016.

• Registration Form　[MS-Word] [pdf]

• Lodging and Travel Information　[MS-Word] [pdf]

All queries should be sent to: caep[at]let.hokudai.ac.jp

• Time/Date: 17:00-18:30/Thursday 27th of October, 2016
• Venue: W309
• Speaker: Robert Sparrow (Monash University)
  
• Title: 'Unravelling the human tapestry. Diversity, flourishing, and genetic modification'

• Program [PDF]

• We are delighted to announce the 9th International Conference on Applied Ethics on October 31 - November 2, 2014, at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.
  We invite papers written towards the conference theme of security, sustainability and human flourishing and will give these preferences, but we also welcome papers in applied ethics, broadly construed, that address philosophical, political, economic, social, and cultural issues in applied ethics beyond the conference theme.
  This includes, but is not limited to: meta/normative ethics, bio/medical ethics, engineering ethics, ethics of science and technology, information ethics, environmental ethics, business ethics, feminist/gender/sexuality ethics, philosophy of sex, political philosophy, moral psychology, and international/global ethics.

• Confirmed speakers include:
• Nancy Sherman (Georgetown)
• Dale Jamieson (NYU)
• Jeroen van den Hoven (Delft)

• Registration Form [PDF] [DOC]
  

• Lodging and Travel Information [PDF] [DOC]

• Post-Conference Seminar
  Time/Date: 16:30-19:45 / Sunday 2nd of November
  Venue: Room 409, Building W
• Lecture 1: 16:30-18:00
  ‘Sustainability and Beyond’
  Dale Jamieson (New York University)
• Lecture 2: 18:15-19:45
  ‘Privacy and Big Data’
  Jeroen van den Hoven (Delft University of Technology)
  

• All queries should be sent to: caep@let.hokudai.ac.jp

• Program
• Building W (vicinity map)
• Building W (floor map)

• We are delighted to announce the 8th International Conference on Applied Ethics on November 1-3, 2013, at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.

• We invite papers written towards the conference theme of emerging technologies and will give these preference, but we also welcome papers in applied ethics, broadly construed, that address political, economic, social, and cultural issues in applied ethics beyond the conference theme. This includes, but is not limited to: meta/normative ethics, bio/medical ethics, engineering ethics, ethics of science and technology, information ethics, environmental ethics, business ethics, feminist/gender/sexuality ethics, and international/global ethics.

• Registration Form
• Registration Form
• Lodging and Travel Information

• Confirmed speakers include:
• John Kleinig (City University of New York)
• Paul B. Thompson (Michigan State University)
• Peter-Paul Verbeek (University of Twente)
• Timothy F. Murphy (University of Illinois)

• Conference Chair: Shunzo Majima
• Program Committee: Nobuo Kurata,Tomoyuki Yamada, Tomohiko
  　　　　　　　　　　　Kondo

• Poster
• Program
• Campus Map
• Building W (vicinity map)
• Building W (floor map)

• We are delighted to announce the Seventh International Conference on Applied Ethics on 26-28 October 2012 at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

• We invite the submission of papers related to (but not limited to) the following topics:
  meta/normative ethics, bio/medical ethics, engineering ethics, ethics of science and technology, information ethics, environmental ethics, business ethics, feminist ethics, international/global ethics.

• Since the main theme of this year's conference is 'Risk, Justice and Liberty', we particularly encourage contributions addressing the theme; however, we also welcome submissions on topics that address social, cultural, political, economic areas of applied ethics beyond the conference theme.

• Registration Form
• Registration Form
• Lodging and Travel Information

• Confirmed speakers include:
• Simon Blackburn (Cambridge)
• Kristin Shrader-Frechette (Notre Dame)
• Ruth Chadwick (Cardiff)
• Seumas Miller (Charles Sturt and Delft)
• Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Duke)

• Conference Chair: Shunzo Majima
• Program Chair: Takashi Masubuchi

• Time/Date: 16:30-18:00/Tuesday 4th of August, 2015
• Venue: Building W: Room 205
• Speaker: Tsuyoshi Awaya (Professor and Chairman, Department of Bioethics, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University)
  
• Title: 'Unethically Excessive Medical Treatment'

• Time/Date: 13:50-16:50/Friday 31th of July, 2015
• Venue: Building W: Room 305
• Timetable:
  

• Time/Date: 16:30-18:00/Monday 6th of July, 2015
• Venue: Building W: Room 205
• Speaker: Taro OKUDA (Associate Professor, Nanzan University Institute for Social Ethics)
• Title: 'Ethical Analysis on Family and Law'

• Time/Date: 16:30-18:00/Friday 19th of June, 2015
• Venue: Building W: Room 205
• Speaker: Hirotsugu OHBA (Visiting Researcher, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University)
• Title: 'Ethical Dilemmas of Military Professionals'

• Time/Date: 13:00-17:20/November 3 (Monday), 2014
• Venue: W409
• Timetable：
  13:00-13:10
  Opening Address
  13:10-14:00
  Mircea Dumitru (Bucharest), ‘Remarks on Modal Fictionalism from the Vantage Point of Modal Actualism’
  14:10-15:00
  Tomoyuki Yamada (Hokkaido), ‘Background Conditions, Normality, and Context Shifts in Logical Dynamics of Speech Acts’
  15:20-16:10
  Emilian Mihailov (Bucharest), ‘The Ethics of Doping in Chess’
  16:20-17:10
  Ken Saito (Hokkaido), ‘The Significance of Interactive Events in Science Communication’
  17:10-17:20
  Closing Address

• Brief Overview:
  The aim of SOCREAL Workshop is to bring together researchers working on diverse aspects of such interaction in logic, philosophy, ethics, computer science, cognitive science and related fields in order to share issues, ideas, techniques, and results.

• Invited speakers include:
• Thomas Agotnes (University of Bergen, Norway, and Southwest University, China)
• Johan van Benthem (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Stanford University, USA)
• Fenrong Liu (Tsinghua University, China)
• Tomoyuki Yamada (Hokkaido University, Japan)
• Berislav ?arni? (University of Split, Croatia)