Schedule and Location

Schedule | Location

Morality and the Mind: Cognitive Science and Policy

Saturday, October 16

9:00am | Welcome and Introduction: Dr. Jamshed Bharucha, Provost, Tufts University

9:10am | “The place of morality in social cognition”, Ray Jackendoff

9:45am | “Why this issue grabs me”, perspectives from policy makers

10:15am | Coffee Break

10:40am | “The Definition of Morality: Why it matters ... and why it might not exist”, Stephen Stich

11:30am | “Just Babies”, Paul Bloom

12:20pm | Commentary

12:50pm | General discussion

1:20pm | Break for Lunch (provided for conference presenters)

3:00pm | "Are Monkeys Moral?", Laurie Santos

3:50pm | "What Can Evolution Teach Us About Morality?", Robert Boyd

4:40pm | Commentary

5:10pm | General discussion

5:45pm | Adjourn

Sunday, October 17

9:00am | Coffee

9:30am | "Morally constrained behavior: Where from, and who decides?", Marcel Kinsbourne

10:20am | “The sophisticated legislator’s dilemma: Optimal taxes and subsidies when incentives affect preferences”, Samuel Bowles

11:10am | Coffee

11:40am | "‘Any Animal Whatever’: Harmful Battery and its Elements as Building Blocks of Human and Nonhuman Moral Cognition", John Mikhail

12:30pm | Commentary

1:00pm | General discussion

1:30pm | Wrapup

Location

The symposium will be held in Cabot Auditorium, located on the second floor of the Cabot Intercultural Center

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