Program for Conference, Philosophy of Ethics: 27-29 May 2011

"Better to be an unhappy man than a happy pig". Was John Stuart Mill right?

Key note address: Timothy Chappell, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Ethics Centre, The Open University

The papers are available in the May 2011 issue of the Parmenideum Journal available for immediate download in PDF format via PayPal, at a total cost of €15. Print copies available at €30. Please email.

Friday 27: Arrivals

Afternoon 18.00-20.00: Smoker, Hotel Venere, Corso Elea, Marina di Ascea (Sa)

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Saturday 28

9.45 Habeeb Marouf ( London ): Welcome

10.00 Timothy Chappell (Open University) “ENEKA TOY KAAOY ” Response: Florian Couturier

11.30 Coffee break

11.45 Livio Rossetti (Perugia University) “Who said ‘I must be cruel only to be kind'? Perhaps Socrates?”

13.15 Lunch break

15.30 Chelsea Harry ( Köln University ) “A Platonic Reply to J.S. Mill” Response: Ioanna Patsioti-Tsacpounidis ( American College of Greece )

17.00 Coffee break

17.15 Alan Preti ( Rosemont College ) “Mill and the Satisfied Pig: Some Reflections on the Qualitative Distinction between Types of Pleasures“ Response: Martha C. Beck

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20.30 Dinner: Menu di Gustazione, a bargain at a 20 eur contribution at Albergo Elea, incl. music: RM Jazz Quartet . Please sign up now or upon arrival.

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Sunday 29:

10.00 Safiye Yigit ( Bogazici University ) “Beyond Happiness: A Complete Life" Response: Habeeb Marouf

10.30 Coffee break

11.45 Martha C. Beck ( Lyon College ) “Ancient Greeks, Modern Utilitarians and Satisfied Pigs” Response: Timothy Chappell

13.15 Lunch break

15.30 Ioanna Patsioti-Tsacpounidis “A possible Aristotelian Reply to the Dictum ‘ Better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied' ” Response: Alan Preti

17.00 Coffee break

17.15 Florian Couturier ( Grenoble University ) “Mill's Thought in Contemporary Applied Ethics” Chelsea Harry's response

18.45 Conclusions (round table: Last replies to critics)

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Monday 30th May:

Suggestions: Visit Elea excavations, or Pæstum excavations by train.

Departures