Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress

Julia Nefsky (Toronto) giving a talk at RoME IV

Julia Nefsky (Toronto) giving a talk at RoME IV

Poster session at RoME V

Poster session at RoME V

Jeff McMahan (Oxford) talking about military ethics at RoME V

Jeff McMahan (Oxford) talking about military ethics at RoME V

Roksana Alavi (South Texas College) during the poster session at RoME III

Roksana Alavi (South Texas College) during the poster session at RoME III

RoME founder and co-organizer Alastair Norcross presiding over RoME VI

RoME founder and co-organizer Alastair Norcross presiding over RoME VI

Keynote speaker Judith Jarvis Thomson (MIT) at RoME II

Keynote speaker Judith Jarvis Thomson (MIT) at RoME II

Annual Saturday hike during RoME VII

Annual Saturday hike during RoME VII

Mylan Engel giving a talk at RoME IV

Mylan Engel giving a talk at RoME IV

Eva Dadlez (Central Oklahoma) has been to RoME every year since its inception

Eva Dadlez (Central Oklahoma) has been to RoME every year since its inception

Frances Kamm (Harvard) keynote address on the trolley problem at RoME VI

Frances Kamm (Harvard) keynote address on the trolley problem at RoME VI

Annual Saturday hike during RoME VII

Annual Saturday hike during RoME VII

Molly Gardner and Eric Wiland having trouble accepting the thesis of a talk at RoME VI

Molly Gardner and Eric Wiland having trouble accepting the thesis of a talk at RoME VI

Apparently entertaining talk during RoME VII

Apparently entertaining talk during RoME VII

Bonnie Steinbock (SUNY Albany) keynote address at RoME I

Bonnie Steinbock (SUNY Albany) keynote address at RoME I

RoME

Seventeenth annual
Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress
University of Colorado, Boulder
August 8-11, 2024
Boulder, Colorado

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

 

RoME XVII: Click here for a pdf of the full schedule

 

Keynote Speaker: Wlodek Rabinowicz (Lund University)
 


 

Awards and Support

To encourage participation of junior scholars, as well as scholarship in underrepresented branches of ethics, the University of Colorado offers four targeted awards. Applicants may submit their paper to as many prizes as they are eligible, though please be sure to read the eligibility criteria:

 

First, as we have for over fifteen years, we award the Young Ethicist Prize (YEP) 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).

 

 Second, since 2017 we have been awarding the Minorities and Philosophy Ethicist Prize (MAP) of $500 for the most meritorious submission on a topic that addresses a moral, social, political, or legal question or set of questions (i) relating to issues in the profession regarding members of under-represented groups, (ii) regarding philosophy of gender, race, sexual orientation, class, disability, native language, etc. or (iii) addressing normative philosophical questions from an under-represented group perspective.

 

Deadlines

 

Submission of abstracts: March 20, 2024. 

Notification of acceptance: Sometime in May, 2024.

Full paper submission for Young Ethicist Prize Consideration: June 30, 2024.

 

Format

  • Abstracts only (750-1000 words).  Shorter or longer abstracts will not be accepted.
  • Double spaced, prepared for blind-review.
  • (Anticipate full papers at half-hour reading time or 4500 words, whichever is shorter.)
  • In order to be considered for the Young Ethicist Prize, complete papers must be submitted by June 30, 2024 and abstracts 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 for presentation.

 

Please submit abstracts electronically (in Word format) to Benjamin Hale (bhale@colorado.edu) and Alastair Norcross (Alastair.Norcross@colorado.edu).  For record-keeping purposes, please submit with your document title in the following format: [Lastname], [Firstname] -- [Title].docx

 

(For example: Hale, Benjamin -- How to Title a RoME Paper.docx)

 

Visit our website at /cvsp/events/rocky-mountain-ethics-congress

 

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