Art, Imagination and Morality
Trinity College, Oxford
20-21 June 2024
This conference aimed to bring into dialogue graduate and early-career researchers working in Aesthetics, Ethics and Philosophy of Mind to discuss the various philosophical issues that occur at the intersections of Art, Imagination and Morality.
The conference was generously supported by the Aristotelian Society, the British Society of Aesthetics, the Mind Association, the Society for Applied Philosophy, and Trinity College, Oxford.
Conference organisers:
Dr Zoe Walker (Trinity College, Oxford)
Alex Fisher (University of Cambridge)
The conference was generously supported by the Aristotelian Society, the British Society of Aesthetics, the Mind Association, the Society for Applied Philosophy, and Trinity College, Oxford.
Conference organisers:
Dr Zoe Walker (Trinity College, Oxford)
Alex Fisher (University of Cambridge)
Programme
Thursday 20th June
9.30-10.45
‘Political Iconoclasm: (when) should political protestors attack artworks?’
Alice Hilder Jarvis (Cambridge)
Respondent: Thomas Sinclair (Oxford)
10.45-11.15 BREAK
11.15-12.30
‘The Cognitive Value of Discrepant Affective Responses to Artworks’
Emily Kay Williamson (Central European University)
Respondent: Stephen Mulhall (Oxford)
12.30-13.30 LUNCH
13.30-14.45
‘Standing to Stand-Up: Gender and the Standing to Joke about Sexual Assault’
Anna Hotter (CUNY)
Respondent: Zoe Walker (Oxford)
14.45-16.00
‘Fitting Emotions and Just Art: How Aesthetic Features Undermine Virtuous Perception’
Anna Morse (Virginia)
Respondent: Michael Martin (Oxford)
16.00-16.30 BREAK
16.30-18.00 KEYNOTE 1
‘Imaginings and Salience’
Ella Whiteley (Sheffield)
Conference Dinner
Friday 21st June
9.30-10.45 ‘Privacy, Ignorance, and the Importance of Fiction’
Sam Rogers (NYU)
Respondent: Robbie Kubala (UT Austin)
10.45-11.15 BREAK
11.15-12.30 ‘Speech Acts and Unspeakable Raps’
Tareeq Jalloh (Sheffield)
Respondent: Lucy McDonald (KCL)
12.30-13.30 LUNCH
13.30-14.45 ‘Due Respect Makes Demands of our Imaginative Practices: A More Complete Picture of the Ethics of Our Mental Lives’
Caroline von Klemperer (Rutgers)
Respondent: James Laing (Oxford)
14.45-16.00 ‘Art as a Guide to Imagining the Joy and Suffering of Animals as Our Own’
Maisie Luo (Rutgers)
Respondent: Alison Hills (Oxford)
16.00-16.30 BREAK
16.30-18.00 KEYNOTE 2
‘Does it Matter if Beauty is Objective?’
James Grant (Oxford)
9.30-10.45
‘Political Iconoclasm: (when) should political protestors attack artworks?’
Alice Hilder Jarvis (Cambridge)
Respondent: Thomas Sinclair (Oxford)
10.45-11.15 BREAK
11.15-12.30
‘The Cognitive Value of Discrepant Affective Responses to Artworks’
Emily Kay Williamson (Central European University)
Respondent: Stephen Mulhall (Oxford)
12.30-13.30 LUNCH
13.30-14.45
‘Standing to Stand-Up: Gender and the Standing to Joke about Sexual Assault’
Anna Hotter (CUNY)
Respondent: Zoe Walker (Oxford)
14.45-16.00
‘Fitting Emotions and Just Art: How Aesthetic Features Undermine Virtuous Perception’
Anna Morse (Virginia)
Respondent: Michael Martin (Oxford)
16.00-16.30 BREAK
16.30-18.00 KEYNOTE 1
‘Imaginings and Salience’
Ella Whiteley (Sheffield)
Conference Dinner
Friday 21st June
9.30-10.45 ‘Privacy, Ignorance, and the Importance of Fiction’
Sam Rogers (NYU)
Respondent: Robbie Kubala (UT Austin)
10.45-11.15 BREAK
11.15-12.30 ‘Speech Acts and Unspeakable Raps’
Tareeq Jalloh (Sheffield)
Respondent: Lucy McDonald (KCL)
12.30-13.30 LUNCH
13.30-14.45 ‘Due Respect Makes Demands of our Imaginative Practices: A More Complete Picture of the Ethics of Our Mental Lives’
Caroline von Klemperer (Rutgers)
Respondent: James Laing (Oxford)
14.45-16.00 ‘Art as a Guide to Imagining the Joy and Suffering of Animals as Our Own’
Maisie Luo (Rutgers)
Respondent: Alison Hills (Oxford)
16.00-16.30 BREAK
16.30-18.00 KEYNOTE 2
‘Does it Matter if Beauty is Objective?’
James Grant (Oxford)
