Normative Ethics and Welfare Economics at HBS, and Behavioral Ethics, also at HBS (at the same time:)

There are two (competing) conferences on ethics at Harvard this weekend, one on Friday and Saturday and the other on Friday, both at HBS.

I'll be speaking at this one:

2016 Normative Ethics and Welfare Economics Conference

October 21-22, Harvard Business School

Organizers: Itai Sher and Matt Weinzierl

All sessions will take place in the Chao Center, room 340

Transportation to the HBS campus from the Hyatt Regency Cambridge Hotel will be provided.

Oct 21

A Harvard University shuttle bus will depart the Hyatt at 8:00 am

8:15-8:45	Breakfast
8:45-9:00	Opening Remarks
9:00-10:30	Population Ethics Partha Dasgupta and Johann Frick Discussant: Glen Weyl Papers: Birth and Death Socially Embedded Preferences, Environmental Externalities, and Reproductive Rights
10:30-11:00	Break
11:00-12:30	Reasons and Preferences Justin Snedegar and Itai Sher Discussant: Caspar Hare Papers: Overlapping Reasons Comparative Value and the Weight of Reasons
12:30-2:00	Lunch
2:00-3:30	Public Reason Matt Weinzierl and Sean Ingham Discussant: Lucas Stanczyk Papers: A Dilemma for Theories of Public Reason A Welfarist Role for Nonwelfarist Rules: An Example with Envy
3:30-4:00	Break
4:00-5:30	Forbidden Transactions Michael Sandel and Al Roth Discussant: Stefanie Stantcheva
5:30-6:00	Break
6:00-8:30	Dinner for Speakers & Discussants Location TBA Transportation will be provided.

Oct 22

A Harvard University shuttle bus will depart the Hyatt at 8:00 am

8:30-9:00	Breakfast
9:00-10:30	Business Ethics Rebecca Henderson, Karthik Ramanna, and Wayne Norman Discussant: Nien-hê Hsieh Papers: Business Ethics, Democratic Theory, and the Regulatory State: Merriment & Diversion when Regulators and the Regulated Meet? Business Ethics Do managers have a role to play in sustaining the institutions of capitalism?
10:30-11:00	Break
11:00-12:30	Behavioral Economics and Welfare Economics John Doris, Julia Haas, and Dan Benjamin Discussant: Ben Lockwood Papers: Moral Psychonomics Reconsidering Risk Aversion
12:30-1:30	Lunch​​
1:30 - 3:00	Prioritarianism Matthew Adler and Hilary Greaves Discussant: Jerry Green Papers: Justice, Claims and Prioritarianism: Room for Desert? Antiprioritarianism
3:00-3:30	Break
3:30-5:00	Closing Panel Marc Fleurbaey, Dan Hausman, Greg Mankiw, Tim Scanlon Moderator: Nathan Hendren
	Adjourn

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It turns out that there is a lot of interest in ethics at Harvard, and so there is another ethics conference at the same time, also meeting at HBS:

Symposium - "Behavioral Ethics: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives" Featuring Peter Singer

Date: 

Friday, October 21, 2016 (All day)

See also: Ethics

Location: 

Spangler Auditorium, Harvard Business School

Organizers: Max Bazerman and Joshua Greene

Sponsors: Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard Business School, Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School

This symposium will integrate psychology and philosophy to explore a goal state for ethical behavior, why we fail to achieve that goal state, and what society can do create more ethical behavior.

Event Participant Bios

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Welcome
Danielle Allen and Max Bazerman

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.         
What does the greatest good look like in contemporary society?
Peter Singer, "What is the Most Good We Can Do?"

Joshua Greene, TBD

Steven Pinker, “Measuring and Defining Progress”

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.           
Lunch Break

1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.             
Why don’t we get there?
Mahzarin Banaji, "The Difficulty with Discretion"

Fiery Cushman, “Is Non-Consequentialism a Feature or a Bug?”

Michael Norton, "Spreading the Wealth (and Health): Evidence for a Universal Desire for Greater Equality"

3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
What can be done to change behavior (nudging and beyond)?
Francesca Gino, “To Do or Not To Do: Motivating Ethical Behavior”

Iris Bohnet, "Gender Equality by Design"

Max Bazerman, "Prescriptions for Creating Greater Good"

4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.             
Closing Statement
Max Bazerman