This is a workshop on Stoic ethics and its potential contribution to debate in modern moral philosophy. The workshop is based on draft chapters of a book on that subject by Christopher Gill (University of Exeter UK), who will lead the sessions, and will circulate the material a month before the workshop, so that participants have time to read it in advance. The aim is to have wide-ranging and searching discussions of Stoic and modern ethical theory, with involvement from all those attending and with no formal presentations. Invited faculty participants for this workshop will be, in addition to Professor Gill: Julia Annas, Daniel Russell, Katja Vogt and Jens Haas; Stephen Darwall, Verity Harte, Brad Inwood.
The times and topics are:
Sunday Oct 16, 10-12: ‘Being Good in Stoic Ethics’; 2-4 pm, ‘Learning to be Good in Stoic Ethics’
Monday 10-12: ’Stoic Ethics and Modern Moral Philosophy’.
Those interested in attending should contact the local organizers, Brad Inwood (brad.inwood@yale.edu) and Juan Piñeros Glasscock (juan.pineros@yale.edu) as space is limited. Preference will be given to graduate students working on ancient Greco-Roman thought or on moral philosophy (or both) and to those who plan to attend all sessions.
Yale is pleased to have the opportunity to host a small workshop on October 16th and 17th 2016, presented by Professor Christopher Gill from Exeter University. The workshop addresses the place of Stoic ethics in the context of modern moral philosophy and is supported by a Leverhulme Trust Emeritus Fellowship from the UK. It will bring together a group of philosophers from outside Yale with our own colleagues and provides an opportunity for a limited number of graduate students and faculty from Yale to participate. Professor Gill, whose doctorate in Classics is from Yale, is one of the world’s most distinguished specialists in ancient thought, especially in its relation to modern philosophy and psychology. His books include Personality in Greek Epic, Tragedy, and Philosophy: The Self in Dialogue (1996), The Structured Self in Hellenistic and Roman Thought (2006), Naturalistic Psychology in Galen and Stoicism (Oxford University Press, 2010) and Marcus Aurelius Meditations Books 1-6, translated with an introduction and commentary (2013).