The topic of duties to oneself is experiencing a resurgence in philosophy. In the last few decades, philosophers have tended to neglect, if not deny, the traditional idea that we might owe things to ourselves, and that morality might require us to treat ourselves with care and dignity. In recent years, however, several philosophers have begun to explore this side of morality again.

​While duties to oneself are thus back on the agenda of current philosophical research, there are very few events, special issues, edited volumes, or formal or informal networks dedicated to their systematic examination. As a result, although a number of philosophers are currently thinking and writing about duties to oneself, the field would greatly benefit from a higher level of coordination and exchange between these researchers.

This conference is an attempt to enable this kind of coordination and exchange. By bringing together philosophers working on duties to oneself and connected areas, such as self-knowledge, self-directed reactive attitudes, or rights against oneself, it aims to foster a fruitful exchange of ideas and thereby move the debate to the next level.

Speakers:


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Monika Betzler
Ludwig Maximilian Universität


Michael Cholbi
University of Edinburgh


Pablo Hubacher Haerle
University of Cambridge


Yuliya Kanygina
University of Gothenburg / Central European University


Thaddeus Metz
University of Pretoria


Daniel Muñoz & Nathaniel Baron-Schmitt
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & Freie Universität Berlin


Connie Rosati
University of Texas at Austin


​Janis David Schaab
University of Groningen


Paul Schofield
Bates College


Angela Sun
University of Michigan

Organizers:
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Yuliya Kanygina
Andrés Moles
Daniel Muñoz
Simon Rippon
Janis David Schaab