*Hedonism and Well-being* *Professor Roger Crisp (Philosophy, University of Oxford) & * *Professor Andrew MacLeod (Psychology, Royal Holloway)*
*Wednesday, 5th November 2014, 17:00-19:00* *Room S1, 1st floor, Alison Richard Building, Sidgwick Site, West Road* The Moral Psychology Research Group is delighted to announce our next event, a debate between Prof. Roger Crisp and Prof Andrew MacLeod on the empirical psychological and philosophical questions surrounding well-being and the good life. The event will be chaired by Dr. Gillian Sandstrom (Psychology, University of Cambridge) and will include presentations by Prof. Crisp (5pm) and Prof. MacLeod (6pm), each followed by discussion between speakers and Q&A. A wine reception will conclude the event. *About the presenters:* *Prof. Roger Crisp *is a Uehiro fellow and professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. His work is dedicated to fundamental questions about the nature of well-being and the role of virtue in a well-lived life. He is the author of Mill on Utilitarianism (1997) and Reasons and the Good (2006) and editor of The Oxford Handbook of the History of Ethics (2013), among many others. *Prof. Andrew MacLeod *is a professor of Clinical Psychology and director of the clinical doctorate program of the Royal Holloway University of London. He is a leading researcher in the field of mental health and well-being, and adopts a positive psychological approach to the design of clinical and nonclinical interventions. This event is part of a series of biweekly interdisciplinary debates on moral psychology (http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/programmes/moral-psychology). Our future events include an interdisciplinary meet and greet, and talks by prominent researches on key contemporary issues in the field, including honesty and weakness of will. Sign up to be notified of future events here: http://talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/50108, and subscribe to our mailing list here:https://lists.cam.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/ucam-moralpsy-public. _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
