PG "Work In Progress" Seminar
TBC FOR 2026/27Postgraduate Work-In-Progress SeminarA weekly seminar for Philosophy postgraduates to present their in-progress work, followed by a well-spirited trip to the pub. OverviewThe WIP provides a risk-free and supportive space for postgraduates to present their work and receive feedback from other graduates and faculty.
Attendance optional but highly recommended. All postgraduates are welcome to present or attend -- whether MA, MPhil, PhD, Visitors, etc. Useful InfoThe WIP is a unique opportunity for graduates to develop their presenting and writing skills, take risks, test out ideas, and receive constructive feedback from peers.
Presentations need not be watertight or polished pieces at all. You are encouraged to present work at all stages of the writing process. "Should I present?"1. If you are a postgraduate, then you should present. 2. You are a postgraduate. 3. Therefore, you should present. |
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Ana Barandalla, 'Normativity, the second person, and morality'
The notion of the second person is used to explore the questions about the way we, agents, stand to each other. A particular conception of the second person in currency in ethics is built on the Kantian idea of seeing others as ends - that is, seeing others as having a normative status of their own, independently of any instrumental value they might have. But what kind of thing must normativity be in order for it to be possible that you are normative to me? Korsgaard tailors her account of normativity precisely to answer this question, and thus, to vindicate the conception of the second person as seeing others as ends. I argue that Korsgaard's account of normativity is in conflict with the normative commitments of the notion of seeing others as ends. However, I also argue, that her account of normativity can instead support an alternative, more Humean, conception of the second person.