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Thursday, November 20
| Session Time | Session A | Session B |
|---|---|---|
| I: 9:00-10:00am | B. Clack, “Constructing death as a form of failure“ | K. Ekendahl and J. Johansson, “Epicureanism, extrinsic badness, and prudence“ |
| II: 10:10-11:10am | K. O’Neill, “The many deaths of Jacques Derrida“ | A. Gorman, “On the desirability of body-bound immortality“ |
| III: 11:20am-12:30pm | A. Pavelich, “Hume on suicide“ | F. Kaufman, “Lucretius and the fear of death“ |
| 12:30-1:30pm: Lunch | ||
| IV: 1:40-2:40pm | C. Overall, “Death, longevity, and companion animals“ | D. Beglin, “Absolute and comparative bads, rational fear, and death“ |
| V: 2:50-3:50pm | M. Nair-Collins, “Can the brain dead be harmed or wronged?“ | D. Werner, “Love and death“ |
| 3:55-4:10pm: Afternoon Break | ||
| VI: 4:15-5:15pm | T. Timmerman, “Two new problems for categorical desire accounts of death“ | S. Fayad, “The temporality of investment: A project-bound account of mourning and the possibility of authentic Being-with“ |
Friday, November 21
| Session Time | Session A | Session B |
|---|---|---|
| VII: 9:00-10:00am | R. Altshuler, “Immortality, identity, and desirability“ | T. Cyr, “Rationally not caring about torture“ |
| 10:10-11:45am: Keynote 1 A. Olberding, “Other people die and that’s the problem” |
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| 12:00-1:30pm: Lunch | ||
| 2:00-2:45pm: IAPDD Business Meeting | ||
| VIII: 3:00-4:00pm | A. Buben, “Resources for overcoming the boredom of immortality in Fischer and Kierkegaard“ | R. Goggins, “Posthumous harm and happiness as virtuous activity“ |
| IX: 4:10-5:10pm | P. Stokes, “Deletion and second death: The moral status of digital remains“ | E. Anderson, “The being-toward-death who also mourns“ |
Saturday, November 22
| Session Time | Session A | Session B |
|---|---|---|
| X: 8:45-9:45am | C. Belshaw, “Victims“ | D. Cooley, “Subjective and objective guilt, moral dilemmas, and end of life decisions“ |
| XI: 9:50-10:50am | C. Nolan, “Back for seconds?: How death is irreversible“ | D. Purves, “Criteria for a successful account of the harm of death“ |
| 11:00am-12:30pm: Keynote 2 J. Fischer, “Immortality and boredom” |
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