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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology July 22-28, 2018 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology July 22-28, 2018 ISUS Utility, Progress, and Technology 15th Conference of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies Table of Contents 4 About the Hosts 5 General Information 6 Summer School: July 22, 23 7 Conference Day 1: Tuesday July 24 8 Conference Day 2: Wednesday July 25 9 Conference Day 3: Thursday July 26 10 Panels 14 Satellite Workshops: July 27, 28 16 All Accepted Section Talks in Alphabetical Order 21 Conference Map 22 The Panopticon Dinner ISUS 2018 gratefully acknowledges support from: KIT Fördergesellschaft e.V. International Society for Utilitarian Studies Gesellschaft für Utilitarismusstudien e.V. Welcome to ISUS 2018! Organising the 15th conference of the Interna- Our conference theme, ‘Utility, Progress, and tional Society for Utilitarian Studies has been a Technology‘ is intended to emphasise that any great pleasure for us. We are honored the ISUS reflection on technology necessarily requires committee trusted us with this project and sin- normative dimensions that even the best sci- cerely thank you all for joining us in Karlsruhe entific education or training cannot provide. from all over the world. Does some innovation, useful as it may seem, actually constitute progress? Does it increase Legend has it that the founder of Karlsruhe, human happiness? We hope ISUS 2018 will Margrave of Baden-Durlach Karl Wilhelm, fell help all of us in improving our thinking on asleep in the forest and dreamt of a palace. these (and other) philosophical problems. He had the palace of Karlsruhe built in 1715, in that very forest, as the epicentre of a new Michael Schefczyk and Christoph Schmidt-Petri city. The absolutist idea reflected in the map of Karlsruhe, with the ruler overlooking its With the local organising team: streets from the palace’s tower, of course re- Marie Baur, Dorothee Bleisch, Nico Brähler, minded us of Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon Max Hagelstein, Michael W. Schmidt, and project, which subsequently led to various as- Sina Schmitt. pects of the conference taking equally pecu- liar shapes. We hope you enjoy it! F.l.t.r.: Marie Baur, Michael Schefczyk, Dorothee Bleisch, Nico Brähler, Christoph Schmidt-Petri, Sina Schmitt, Max Hagelstein, and Michael Schmidt About the Hosts Karlsruhe Institute of Technology The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology was founders of the software firm SAP have stud- created in 2009 through the merger of two ied at KIT, and one of its graduates, Alexander institutions with much longer traditions: the Gerst, is currently in outer space. Technical University of Karlsruhe, founded KIT is the best German university in the QS in 1825, and the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Employability Ranking at place 30 in the world. Centre, founded in 1956. KIT is now the biggest research institution in W. B. Rogers, the founding director of MIT, sum- Germany – with a budget of about 900 million marised his opinion on the (then) Polytechnical Euros, 9.000 members of staff and more than School in Karlsruhe in 1864 as follows: 25.000 students. Four of its Professors and two former stu- The Polytechnic Institute at Carlsruhe, which is dents have been awarded Nobel Prizes (mostly regarded as the model school of Germany and in chemistry). Its affiliates also include well- perhaps of Europe, is nearer what it is intended known people like Heinrich Hertz, who proved the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shall the existence of electromagnetic waves, Karl be than any other foreign institution. Benz, the inventor of the automobile, and post- war architect Egon Eiermann. Three of the International Society for Utilitarian Studies The International Society for Utilitarian Stud- Members of ISUS receive the quarterly journal ies (ISUS) reflects the world-wide interest in Utilitas (published by Cambridge University utilitarianism. It is based at the Bentham Pro- Press) and a discount of 25% on the list price ject at the Faculty of Laws, University College of the Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham London. The aims of this body are to further (published by Oxford University Press) – and the work of the Bentham Project in making many other happiness-promoting benefits. available all of Bentham’s writings in modern scholarly editions; to organize seminars and Recent ISUS conferences were held at Lille conferences on topics relevant to lawyers, Catholic University (France), Yokohama Na- philosophers, political scientists and histo- tional University (Japan), the Stern School of rians; to provide a forum for debate and re- Business of New York University (USA), Pisa search on utilitarianism and its present-day University (Italy), and the University of Cali- relevance in the fields of legal, political and fornia at Berkeley (USA). social reform. 4 General Information ISUS 2018 is dedicated to providing a har- Wifi is available all over the KIT campus. assment-free conference experience for Please use eduroam and log in with the cre- everyone, regardless of gender identity and dentials of your home institution. If you do not expression, sexual orientation, disability, have eduroam, we are happy to provide you physical appearance, body size, ethnicity, with guest access to the KIT network. Please age or religion. If you are being harassed, come to the registration desk to get a person- notice that someone else is being harassed, alised password. or have any other concerns, please contact one of the following members of conference staff: During the conference, we will be taking Michael Schefczyk: pictures. We intend to put up some of these [email protected] on the website (about 15). If you do not Annegret Scheibe: want your picture to appear on the website, [email protected] please let the organisers know. Ombudsperson of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Programme Overview ISUS 2018 ISUS 2018 ISUS 2018 ISUS 2018 Monday July 22 & 23 Tuesday Wednesday Thursday July 27 & 28 July 23 July 24 July 25 July 26 ISUS Talks Talks Talks Summer School in seven in seven in seven ISUS (2nd day) parallel sessions parallel sessions parallel sessions ISUS Summer Satellite School Evening: Evening: Evening: Evening: Workshops Public Lecture Keynote Keynote Keynote Dieter Birnbacher Anders Sandberg Julia Driver William MacAskill Conference Get together Dinner 5 Summer School Sunday, July 22 Panel: New Technology 09:00 10:20 Anders Sandberg (University of Oxford/UK) 10:40 Karolina Kudlek (University of Twente/Netherlands) 11:20 The Role of Utilitarianism in the Moral Bioenhancement Debate 10:40 Timo Speith (Saarland University/Germany) 11:20 Moral(?) Decision-Making of Autonomous Systems under Uncertainty 12:00 Tomi Francis (University of Oxford/UK) 12:40 On Deciding Between Maximising Expected Total Utility and Minimising Existential Risk Panel: Objections to Utilitarianism 14:00 15:20 Ulla Wessels (Saarland University/Germany) 15:40 Simon Rosenqvist (Uppsala University/Sweden) 16:20 Utilitarianism and Action Guidance 16:20 Logan T. Wigglesworth (Rice University Houston/USA) 17:00 A Finer Measure for Higher Pleasure Monday, July 23 Panel: Utilitarian Thinkers / History of Utilitarianism 09:00 10:20 Julia Driver (Washington University in St. Louis/USA) 10:40 Michał Kłusek (Jagiellonian University Cracow/Poland) 11:20 Nudging for the Most Good – Comments on Effective Altruism and the Identifiability Effect 10:40 Jeremy Letwin (King’s College London/UK) 11:20 Can Utilitarianism Take Moral Rights Seriously? 12:00 Fayna Fuentes Lopez (Macquarie University Sydney/Australia) 12:40 Killing Animals: Replaceability and Value Panel: Population Ethics 14:00 15:20 Roger Crisp (University of Oxford/UK) 15:40 Konstantin Weber (Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen/Germany) 16:20 The Procreation Asymmetry and Common Sense 16:20 Jonas Harney (Humboldt University Berlin/Germany) 17:00 Parfit’s Wide Dual Person-Affecting Principle: A Double Hybrid 6 Conference Day 1: Tuesday July 24 7 Conference Day 2: Wednesday July 25 8 Conference Day 3: Thursday July 26 9 Panels Day 1, Tuesday July 24 Utility, Nudges and Behavioral Insights: New Technologies to Improve People’s Behaviour Convenor: Malik Bozzo-Rey Room D, 11.00-12.30 Malik Bozzo-Rey (Lille Catholic University/France) Nudges, Behavioral Sciences and Utility: Some Normative Challenges. Anne Brunon-Ernst (Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas/France) Framing Consent. Viktor Ivankovic (Central European University/Hungary) Nudging, Transparency, and Watchfulness. Axiological Implications of New Developments in Welfare Science Convenors: Adam Shriver & Lisa Forsberg Room D, 14.00-15.30 Adam Shriver (Oxford University/UK) Lisa Forsberg (Oxford University/UK) & Anthony Skelton (University of Western Ontario/USA) Philosophy, Obligation and the Law: Bentham’s Ontology of Normativity Convenors: Philip Schofeld & Piero Tarantino Room F, 14.00-17.30 Malik Bozzo-Rey (Lille Catholic University/France) Norms and Obligations in Bentham’s Theory of Law. Emmanuelle De Champs (Université de Cergy-Pontoise/France) The Historical Sources of Bentham’s Theory of Real and Fictitious Entities. Anne Brunon-Ernst (Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas/France) A Special Case of Normativity: Indirect Legislation. Gianfranco Pellegrino (LUISS Guido Carli/Italy) Bentham’s View of Fictitious Entities and the Metaethical Framework of Contemporary Fictionalism. Philip Schofield (University College London/UK), The Place of Logic and Language in the Future Direction of Bentham Studies. Hare’s Utilitarianism, Varner’s Animals Convenor: Gary Comstock Room B, 16.00-17.30 Gary Comstock
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