Call For Abstracts

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Call for abstracts now closed

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Animals and Death is a one day philosophy conference focusing on the moral problems surrounding animals and death. Questions that might be addressed include:

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How does death harm animals and how is this different from how it harms humans?

Should we intervene in predator, prey relations to minimize/eliminate death?

Do we owe posthumous treatment to animals and their corpses?

When, if ever, is it right to 'euthanise' a companion animal?

Is death worse than non-existence for animals?

We invite presentations from anybody who does not hold a doctoral degree or who has received their doctorate within 3 years of the conference date. We welcome papers of both an applied and theoretical nature from any tradition of philosophy and also interdisciplinary work that considers the moral problems relating to animals and death. Speakers will be given a 30 minute presentation slot followed by a 15 minute Q and A session. We particularly encourage submissions from under-represented groups in philosophy.
 

Submissions: Please send an abstract of up to 500 words to: animalsanddeath@gmail.com. Abstracts should be prepared for blind review and include no information that identifies the author or their institution. Please send abstracts in .doc or .pdf format, accompanied by a separate document including the author’s name, paper title, institutional affiliation and contact details.

CFA Deadline: 5th August 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please direct all enquiries to: animalsanddeath@gmail.com