Kant, Animal Moral Status, Environmental Ethics, and Vulnerability

The Lisbon Kant Group Graduate Conference on “Kant, Animal Moral Status, Environmental Ethics, and Vulnerability” will take place in room 219 of Colégio Almada Negreiros, from 4 to 5 September 2023. The conference seeks to explore the relevance of Kant’s philosophy in addressing the ethical challenges posed by the current ecological crisis, the moral standing of non-human animals, and the question of vulnerability.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
David Baumeister (University of Stuttgart)
Holly Wilson (Louisiana State University)

ORGANISATION
Francisco Lisboa
Inês Salgueiro

Programme

Monday, September 4

11h00–11h15
Welcoming Session

11h15–12h15
David Baumeister, Crooked Timber: Toward a Kantian Theory of Environmental Vulnerability
Chair: Inês Salgueiro

12h15–13h00
Semyon Reshenin, Friedrich Schiller’s Aesthetic Environmentalism
Chair: João Lemos

13h00–14h15
Lunch Break

14h15–15h00
Stefan Pinzan, Kant’s Ethics of Care
Chair: Francisco Maia

15h00–15h45
João Esteves da Silva, The Moral Significance of (Non-Human) Animal Minds: A Post-Kantian, Post-Analytic Perspective
Chair: Francisco Lisboa

15h45–16h00
Coffee Break

16h00–16h45
Katja Tiisala, Sustainability and Scales of Respectful Relating
Chair: Inês Salgueiro

16h45–17h45
Holly Wilson, Kant, Anthropocentrism, and Animal Welfare
Chair: Francisco Lisboa

Tuesday, September 5

11h00–11h15
Welcoming

11h15–12h15
Eric Linder, Veterinarian/Scheveterinarian: Can Kantian Constitutivism Guide Veterinarians in Euthanasia For Diagnostic Purposes?
Chair: Inês Salgueiro

12h15–13h00
Inês Salgueiro, A Kantian Defence of Animal Concern
Chair: Francisco Lisboa

13h00–14h15
Lunch Break

14h15–15h00
Francisco Lisboa, Kantian Constructivism, Finitude and Vulnerability
Chair: Sofia Estudante

15h00–15h45
Álvaro Rodríguez-González, Alive and free: are organisms autonomous according to Kant?
Chair: Inês Salgueiro