*Moral virtue and self-control* Prof. Roy Baumeister (Psychology, Florida State) Prof. Richard Holton (Philosophy, Cambridge) Chaired by Dr. Eric Levy (Judge Business School, Cambridge)
Monday, May 16, 2016 4.30-6pm Sidgwick Lecture Block Room 3, Sidgwick Site http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/66091 Prof. Baumeister and Prof. Holton have been awarded a grant from the Templeton Foundation for an interdisciplinary project on moral virtue and self-control. They have joined forces to empirically investigate the Aristotelian distinction between a self-controlled person who faces but overcomes temptation and a virtuous agent who is not tempted in the first place. Their research might shed new light on the familiar problem of how to best deal with challenges to our resolutions. *Professor Roy Baumeister *is one of the world's most influential psychologists. A prolific writer, he has published over 500 scientific papers over his academic career and more than 30 books, including the New York Times bestseller Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength. His work covers a variety of topics including self-regulation, people's 'need to belong', human sexuality, self-esteem and meaning. He received his Ph.D. in social psychology from Princeton University, and is currently a Francis Eppes Professor of Psychology at Florida State. He has received lifetime career awards from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, the International Society for Self and Identity Association of Psychological Science. *Professor Richard Holton* is one of the most prominent moral philosophers today. He completed his PhD in philosophy at Princeton University, and has since taught at several universities including MIT, Monash, and Edinburgh. He is currently a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, and a fellow of Peterhouse College. He is known for his seminal contributions to moral psychology, ethics, philosophy of law, and philosophy of language and action, most notably addiction and weakness of will. He has published numerous academic articles as well as the book Willing, Wanting, Waiting, where he presents a unique account of the will and related phenomena. This event is organised by the Cambridge Moral Psychology Research Group, an interdisciplinary platform to advance research in moral psychology. The group brings together researchers from neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, law, and others who have a common interest in understanding moral cognition and behaviour. (More at http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/programmes/moral-psychology). _____________________________________________________ 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.
