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2014 Conference Schedule

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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”
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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