Northwestern University Society for the Theory of Ethics and Politics
	7th Annual Conference
	Program
	Thursday, May 16  (John Evans Alumni Center)
	Morning Session
	9:00	Coffee and Refreshments Available
	9:15–10:40	“Love, Benevolence and How to Share a Beloved's Ends”
		Michelle Mason, University of Minnesota
		Commentator: Kyla Ebels–Duggan, Northwestern University
	10:50– 12:15	“Love and Agency”
		Adrienne Martin, University of Pennsylvania
		Commentator: Jennifer Lockhart, Auburn University
	Lunch
	Afternoon Session
	2:15–3:40	“Functional Explanations for Constructivists”
		John Mumm, Fordham University
		Commentator: Amy Flowerree, Northwestern University
	3:50–5:15	“Carving a Niche for Immoderate Moral Realism”
		Patrick Grafton–Cardwell, Purdue University
		Commentator: Raff Donelson, Northwestern University
	Dinner
	Friday, May 17  (John Evans Alumni Center)
	Morning Session
	9:15–10:40	“Aristotle on Choosing Virtuous Action For Its Own Sake”
		Yannig Luthra, UCLA
		Commentator: Cristina Carrillo, Northwestern University
	10:50–12:15	“The Salience of Moral Character”
		Jon Garthoff, University of Tennessee
		Commentator: Karen Stohr, Georgetown University
	Lunch
	Afternoon Session
	2:15–3:40	“Autonomy: Incoherent or Unimportant”
		Mikhail J. Valdman, Virginia Commonwealth University
		Commentator: Gwen Bradford, Rice University
	3:50–5:45	Keynote address: “Personal Ideals, Rational Agency, and Moral Requirements”
		Sarah Buss, the University of Michigan
		Commentator: Andrea Westlund, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
	Reception at the John Evans Alumni Center– Everybody is invited
	Saturday, May 18  (John Evans Alumni Center)
	Morning Session
	10:15	Refreshments
	10:35–12:00	“On the Justness of Defensive Wars”
		Lee-Ann Chae, UCLA
		Commentator: Chelsea Egbert, Northwestern University
	Lunch
	Afternoon Session
	2:00–3:25	“Responsibility and the Value of Intelligible Beings”
		Nandi Theunissen, Johns Hopkins University
		Commentator: Kristina Gehrman, Miami Ohio University
	3:35–5:30	Keynote address: “What Good Are the Humanities? A Heartfelt and Impolitic Defense”
		Talbot Brewer, University of Virginia
		Commentator: William Bristow, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
	Dinner