the first annual

Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress

an international conference geared to offer the highest quality, highest altitude discussion of ethics, broadly conceived

August 8-10, 2008
Boulder, Colorado

Call For Papers

The Center for Values and Social Policy in the Philosophy Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder is pleased to invite paper proposals for the first annual ROME congress. Papers from all areas of ethics and political theory are invited. To encourage the participation of junior scholars, the University of Colorado will be awarding a Young Ethicist Prize of $500 for most meritorious submission. The prize competition is open to any participating untenured philosopher (including, but not limited to, tenure-track faculty, instructors, and graduate students).

Keynote speakers:

Speaker 1: Fred Feldman (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Speaker 2: Geoffrey Sayre-McCord (UNC Chapel Hill)

Speaker 3: Bonnie Steinbock (University at Albany, SUNY)

Deadlines

Submission of abstracts: March 1, 2008.

Notification of acceptance: April 25, 2008

Full paper submission for Young Ethicist Prize Consideration: June 1, 2008

Format

Abstracts (750-1000 words) or

Full papers (half-hour reading time or 4500 words, whichever is shorter)

Double spaced

Prepared for blind-review

In order to be considered for the Young Ethicist Prize, complete papers must be submitted by June 1, 2008 and must have already been accepted for participation. Announcement of a winner will be made at the event.

Indicate in your submission whether you would consider being a commentator on another paper, should your paper not be accepted to the conference as a primary

Please submit abstracts electronically (in Word format) to Benjamin Hale (bhale@colorado.edu) and Alastair Norcross (Alastair.Norcross@colorado.edu).

More information shortly.