PCT12: Moral Psychology

Collaborative Goals

Our goals are to get in touch with philosophers across the corridors geographic area, and build relationships, to play a part in the development of new ideas in the field which will be disseminated through subsequent conversations and publication, and finally, to bridge the divide between those who do research and write in moral psychology with a broad focus on empirical studies, and those who do research in a more traditional philosophical vein. We met/tried to meet these goals by holding our annual Workshop on Dec. 2. We hosted four philosophers from all across the country: Laura Soter, from Duke University, Paul Rezkalla, from Baylor University, Matt Stichter, from Washington State University, and Carissa Phillips-Garrett, from Loyola Marymount University. These were selected from a pool of 50 applicants who replied to postings on PhilEvents, the main conference website in Philosophy. Each visitor shared a working paper in advance and all the attendees discussed the paper. The expectation is that future publication of this work will reference our Working Group event. We were sure to include papers that emphasize empirical and non-empirical approaches. To further this goal, we invited a Keynote John Doris (from Cornell University). The hope was that Doris's talk would bring more interest in submissions and attendance and further demonstrate our commitment to bridging the empirical/non-empirical gap. Finally, our event this year was held in-person, which gave us opportunities to network and interact with our guests and attendees. These opportunities were missing in the past two years of entirely online Workshops.